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From inquiry to action

civic engagement with project-based learning in all content areas
2016
What really matters to your students? The issues in front of them at school and in life. When students inquire into those issues and know that their arguments will be read with a skeptical eye next week by the city council or published in the local newspaper, they're eager to research and find relevant information in nonfiction texts to bolster their claims. They become committed to write, revise, edit, and correct their grammar. They want to think broadly about what reasoning will be effective with their audience. Want that kind of engagement in your classroom? Whether you teach English, social studies, science, or math, From Inquiry to Action will show you how step-by-step. Its projects for civic-engagement help kids become not only college and career ready but citizen ready. And not ready someday, but right now.

Bedlam

an intimate journey into America's mental health crisis
2019
"A psychiatrist and . . . documentarian sheds light on the mental-health-care crisis in the United States"--Provided by publisher.

Hop, skip, go

2019
"From futuristic flying cars to high-speed trains, the fanciful promises 21st century have fallen flat. mobility expert John Rossant and business journalist Stephen Baker examine the real future of transportation and the reprecussions for cities, the world economy, the environment, and the individual"--.

Choosing war

presidential decisions in the Maine, Lusitania, and Panay incidents
2016
"Douglas Carl Peifer compares the ways in which different presidential administrations have responded when American lives were lost at sea. He examines in depth three cases: the Maine incident (1898), which led to war in the short term; the Lusitania crisis (1915), which set the trajectory for intervention; and the Panay incident (1937), which was settled diplomatically"--Provided by publisher.

Kidnapped by a client

the incredible true story of an attorney's fight for justice
"On April 7, 2006, Sharon Muse miraculously escaped from the sociopathic Larry Morrison, only to find that the threat to her life was just beginning. Ineptitude in the justice system threatened to release Morrison and allow him the opportunity to finish the job, which he adamantly pledged to do. Muse would have to fight at every step to ensure her safety. Muse would act as her own advocate, investigator, legal counsel, and bodyguard in the years following the event. Kidnapped by a Client covers the brutal kidnapping, two trials, two appeals, procedural errors galore, one Supreme Court reversal, and even Muse's intricate plan to murder Morrison before he could get to her. "In her stranger-than-fiction story, Muse analyzes the failures of the legal system, the mistakes she made, the steps she took to protect herself, and how she has coped with trauma. Readers will find not only a compelling narrative, but also insight into how to protect oneself and ensure one's own safety and well-being" -- Amazon.com.

All you can ever know

a memoir
The author shares her experiences as a child born in Korea who was adopted as an infant by American parents. Highlights her struggles growing up as a transracial adoptee and her search for the truth about her birth family.

The connected school

technology and learning in high school
2001
Offers an in-depth look at six high schools that have pioneered the use of technology within urban school districts and discusses how student engagement and the potential for learning rise when technology becomes an integral part of classroom curriculum.

The third rainbow girl

the long life of a double murder in Appalachia
The author investigates the murders of two women in the Appalachia Mountains in West Virginia while they were on their way to a Rainbow Gathering.

What you need to know about eating disorders

"This book provides readers with information to better understand eating disorders, written in accessible language for teens and young adults--those most at risk for these potentially deadly mental disorders"--Provided by publisher.

Catching a Russian spy

Agent Les Weiser Jr. and the case of Aldrich Ames
Tells the story of the FBI investigation of Aldrich Ames, a thirty-one-year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency, who was also a Russian spy, and Leslie G. Wiser, Jr., the agent whose determination helped bring him to justice.

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