Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
Georgia Education Journal ...
Author: A Place for Wonder
Author: Georgia HeardPublisher: Stenhouse Publishers
ISBN: 1571104321
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
In A Place for Wonder, Georgia Heard and Jennifer McDonough discuss how to create "a landscape of wonder," a primary classroom where curiosity, creativity, and exploration are encouraged. For it is these characteristics, the authors write, that develop intelligent, inquiring, life-long learners. The authors' research shows that many primary grade state standards encourage teaching for understanding, critical thinking, creativity, and question asking, and promote the development of children who have the attributes of inventiveness, curiosity, engagement, imagination, and creativity. With these goals in mind, Georgia and Jennifer provide teachers with numerous, practical ways--setting up "wonder centers," gathering data though senses, teaching nonfiction craft--they can create a classroom environment where student's questions and observations are part of daily work. They also present a step-by-step guide to planning a nonfiction reading and writing unit of study--creating a nonfiction book, which includes creating a table of contents, writing focused chapters, using "wow" words, and developing point of view. A Place for Wonder will help teachers reclaim their classrooms as a place where true learning is the norm.
The Georgia Journal of Medicine and Surgery
Author: St. Joseph B. GrahamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Georgia Education Journal
Author: Georgia Journal of Medicine and Surgery
Author: Georgia's Frontier Women
Author: Ben MarshPublisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820343978
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Ranging from Georgia's founding in the 1730s until the American Revolution in the 1770s, Georgia's Frontier Women explores women's changing roles amid the developing demographic, economic, and social circumstances of the colony's settling. Georgia was launched as a unique experiment on the borderlands of the British Atlantic world. Its female population was far more diverse than any in nearby colonies at comparable times in their formation. Ben Marsh tells a complex story of narrowing opportunities for Georgia's women as the colony evolved from uncertainty toward stability in the face of sporadic warfare, changes in government, land speculation, and the arrival of slaves and immigrants in growing numbers. Marsh looks at the experiences of white, black, and Native American women-old and young, married and single, working in and out of the home. Mary Musgrove, who played a crucial role in mediating colonist-Creek relations, and Marie Camuse, a leading figure in Georgia's early silk industry, are among the figures whose life stories Marsh draws on to illustrate how some frontier women broke down economic barriers and wielded authority in exceptional ways. Marsh also looks at how basic assumptions about courtship, marriage, and family varied over time. To early settlers, for example, the search for stability could take them across race, class, or community lines in search of a suitable partner. This would change as emerging elites enforced the regulation of traditional social norms and as white relationships with blacks and Native Americans became more exploitive and adversarial. Many of the qualities that earlier had distinguished Georgia from other southern colonies faded away.
The Corruption Notebooks 2006
Author: Jonathan WervePublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0615152120
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Corruption is everywhere. Countries worldwide, from the richest to the poorest, are infected by it. But things are never quite as they seem, and no two countries suffer from corruption in the same way. The Corruption Notebooks are stories told by local journalists of how countries are struggling daily to rein in graft and protect the public interest. The authors are among the world's best journalists, examining the politics of their home countries as no one else can. The Corruption Notebooks are a product of Global Integrity, an award-winning network of researchers and journalists working to provide independent insights into corruption and governance issues worldwide. Formally launched in 2006, Global Integrity has field staff in over 70 countries.
Legend of the Island Horse
Author: Jenny HughesPublisher: Breakaway Books
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
* Horses, adventure, and mystery * Tia and her pony Gable are inseparable. When her father proposes a visit to a remote island to research the ancient legend of shipwrecked horse, Tia is reluctant until she realizes that Gable can come, too. Riding alone on the cliffs of the island, Tia meets a dark rider on a dark horse, who turn out to be an island-born teen, Daniel, and his amazing island horse, Harley. Daniel and Tia hit it off and spend days riding together. Daniel introduces Tia and Gable to the joys of swimming in the ocean, as well as honing their cross-country jumping skills. Elsewhere on the island, though, events take on a sinister pattern as the story of the shipwreck emerges and Tia’s father seems to be closing in on the mystery of the island horse. Soon, Tia and Gable must fight not only the awesome power of the sea but combat the evil human force that threatens their existence on the island.
The Georgia Eclectic Medical Journal
Author: Living Monuments
Author: R. B. RosenburgPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807864218
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
While battlefield parks and memorials erected in town squares and cemeteries have served to commemorate southern valor in the Civil War, Confederate soldiers' homes were actually 'living monuments' to the Lost Cause, housing the very men who made that cause their own. R. B. Rosenburg provides the first account of the establishment and operation of these homes for disabled and indigent southern veterans, which had their heyday between the 1880s and the 1920s. These institutions were commonly perceived as dignified retreats, where veterans who had seen better days could find peace, quiet, comfort, and happiness. But as Rosenburg shows, the harsher reality often included strict disciplinary tactics to maintain order and the treatment of indigent residents as wards and inmates rather than honored veterans. Many men chafed under the rigidly paternalistic administrative control and resented being told by their 'betters' how to behave. Rosenburg makes clear the idealism and sense of social responsibility that motivated the homes' founders and administrators, while also showing that from the outset the homes were enmeshed in political self-interest and the exploitation of the Confederate heritage.