A book that is filled with wisdom, gentle humor, and the practical concerns necessary for a satisfying life. A tender story about the fragile beginnings of a family relationship on its way to permanence

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

This is a handbook for teachers who want to use drama games in thier work

Called the most widely read English novel of the twentieth century, D.H.Lawrence`s largely autobiographical Sons and Lovers tells the story of Paul Morel, a young artisit growing into manhood in a British working-class community near the Nottingham coalfields

Dreiser`s first novel, Sister Carrie (1900) was inspired by the life of one of his own sisters, who had eloped to New York with her disreputable lover. Particularly in the unflinching tragedy of its final chapters, the novel broke new ground in American Fiction for its gritty realism and for the character of Carrie, who begins "a half-equipped little knight" and becomes a truly modern woman

George Eliot`s third novel, Silas Marner (1861) is a powerful and moving tale about one man`s journey from exile and loneliness to the warmth and joy of family

In April 1895, at the age of fifty-one, Joshua Slocum departed Boston in his thirty-six-foot sloopy Spray, a derelict boat he had rebuilt himself. Three years and 46,000 miles later, he returned, and wrote this remarkable account of his voyage. An instant besy-seller, Sailing Alone Around the World is now regarded as one of the literature`s greatest voyage narratives.