It could be you or someone you love. Strong, silent types are everywhere, and it is their telltale silence that has kept their problems hidden until now. A silent son can come from a family that coped with violence, alcoholism, child abuse, extreme rigidity, or divorce, but all silent sons have certain common characteristics

The Scholastic Children's Encyclopedia is an essential one-stop resource of general knowledge for every young researcher, and the ideal companion to the bestselling Scholastic Children's Dictionary. The Scholastic Children's Encyclopedia is the ultimate research tool for kids 8-12. With more than 600 entries ranging from Aircraft to the Korean War, the Respiratory System to Walt Whitman, this book will serve as an indispensible reference for students

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Looking for ways to make your social studies lessons come alive? This great resource is jam-packed with classroom-tested, creative, hands-on activities such as wondercircles, the export game, fold-up maps, paper-chain time lines, and lots more. You

Great Activities & Games, Bulletin Board Ideas, Time-Saving Reproducibles, and Loads of Terrific Tips for Winning a Winning First Week of School—and Beyond! This jam-packed resource includes creative, interactive bulletin board ideas, fabulous, ready-to-go "getting acquainted" activities, classroom-proven management and organization tips; reproducible checklists, name cards, and parent letters. Plus irresistible illustrations to be used as clip art and borders for newsletters, bulletin boards, awards, notes, and more

Enrich your social studies curriculum with this collection of engaging activities. Students host a historical ""dinner party,"" assemble an instant messenger buddy list, create a Preamble mobile and a Declaration of Independence collage, produce a musical CD based on a history unit, and play a Ready, Set, Draw vocabulary game. An easy way to meet your state standards! For use with Grades 4–6

Meticulusly researched, accurate, and informative, the paper models and lessons in this book will help you teach about Native American tribes of the Southwest including the Hopi, Mescarelo Apache, Navajo, and Zuni

In this review of strategy options for health, HIV/AIDS, and education, it is argued that human development sectors are at an important crossroad with a large unfinished agenda and a range of critical challenges

This book is uniquely useful in providing detailed practical advice to help students truly immerse themeselves in their campuses and communities. Professor Lipson guides them through the day-to-day details of student life in North America, and, more significantly, he explains with tremendous insight the nuances of the academic environments in which they will be working