Lies, Betty Bonham

Provides ideas, advice, examples, and classroom-tested exercises to bring poetry and poetry writing into the classroom.

Activities invite young people to envision what changes may occur in the future for fifty-two topics including sports, movies, communication methods, and fashion. Also profiles what developments and changes were made throughout history in the areas featured.

Describes the women in classical mythology and presents more than sixty stories about them on themes such as the creation; pride, beauty, and jealousy; courage and independence; lovers, wives, and mothers; and supernatural powers.