Educational: Social sciences, social studies

Understanding and addressing social justice concerns has become a central focus in an increasing number of schools as well as teacher education programs.

This book goes beyond the surface-level 'just say no' approach, offering deep insights into the real reasons young people may turn to harmful substances and exploring the complex factors - such as coping with trauma, mental health struggles or feelings of inadequacy - that influence these decisions.

This book goes beyond the surface-level 'just say no' approach, offering deep insights into the real reasons young people may turn to harmful substances and exploring the complex factors - such as coping with trauma, mental health struggles or feelings of inadequacy - that influence these decisions.

The media landscape has changed, and children and adolescents now face a tsunami of entertainment and information.

The media landscape has changed, and children and adolescents now face a tsunami of entertainment and information.

Social studies is a field in crisis.

Social studies is a field in crisis.

The fictional worlds created by many contemporary American and Canadian Indigenous novelists for young people provide unique access to the lived experiences of Indigenous people, past, present, and future and the often inaccessible worlds they inhabit.

The fictional worlds created by many contemporary American and Canadian Indigenous novelists for young people provide unique access to the lived experiences of Indigenous people, past, present, and future and the often inaccessible worlds they inhabit.

Getting Started with Middle School Chorus is designed for choral music educators getting started in a new position, as well as experienced educators wanting to keep up with current developments in choral music education.

Getting Started with Middle School Chorus is designed for choral music educators getting started in a new position, as well as experienced educators wanting to keep up with current developments in choral music education.

Ticknor, Howard, and Overstreet offer educators insights into the how-tos of culturally responsive pedagogy.

American political culture runs through civics classrooms, and the degraded dialogue and scorched-earth partisanship that has defined modern American politics is an indicator that all is not well in our nation's schools.

World history is not a subject; it is all the subjects.

In the last decade alone, the world has changed in seismic ways as marriage equality has been ruled on by the supreme court, social justice issues such as #metoo and BlackLivesMatter have arisen, and issues of immigration and deportation have come to the forefront of politics across the globe.

Ticknor, Howard, and Overstreet offer educators insights into the how-tos of culturally responsive pedagogy.

In the last decade alone, the world has changed in seismic ways as marriage equality has been ruled on by the supreme court, social justice issues such as #metoo and BlackLivesMatter have arisen, and issues of immigration and deportation have come to the forefront of politics across the globe.

World history is not a subject; it is all the subjects.

American political culture runs through civics classrooms, and the degraded dialogue and scorched-earth partisanship that has defined modern American politics is an indicator that all is not well in our nation's schools.

This book examines public policy in physical education and sport and provides insights into practices of school curriculum and after-school sport programs from a global context.

This book examines public policy in physical education and sport and provides insights into practices of school curriculum and after-school sport programs from a global context.

Music is a uniquely human phenomenon, and a solid understanding of people could be considered a musical necessity for music teachers and performers.

Finn LOVES adventures and having fun!

This book is designed to help children to understand and articulate the emotions they might experience - feelings of anxiety and worry, pride, joy and excitement, sadness, anger and jealousy - and provides simple strategies for managing their mental health.

This therapeutic journal provides you with the tools and coping strategies you need to better look after yourself.

Music is a uniquely human phenomenon, and a solid understanding of people could be considered a musical necessity for music teachers and performers.

This therapeutic journal provides you with the tools and coping strategies you need to better look after yourself.

Finn LOVES adventures and having fun!

This book is designed to help children to understand and articulate the emotions they might experience - feelings of anxiety and worry, pride, joy and excitement, sadness, anger and jealousy - and provides simple strategies for managing their mental health.

Meet Danny - a boy with a peanut allergy.

Meet Danny - a boy with a peanut allergy.

Coping with life's stresses is difficult for everybody, but can be especially challenging for teenagers, who often feel isolated and misunderstood.

Grounded in research and theory, Sparking Joyful Learning: A Teacher's Guide to Connecting Play and Reader Response highlights the connections between play and literacy and provides teachers with resources for building upon children's playful reading responses in the PK-3 classroom.

Grounded in research and theory, Sparking Joyful Learning: A Teacher's Guide to Connecting Play and Reader Response highlights the connections between play and literacy and provides teachers with resources for building upon children's playful reading responses in the PK-3 classroom.

Packed with fun sessions and practical group activities, Working with Young Women presents a multitude of opportunities for young women to build self-esteem, confidence and assertiveness.

The rules of physical contact can be tricky to grasp and children with special needs are at a heightened risk of abuse.

Kids today are in a media-saturated environment.

"e;Perry, you're not naughty and you've not upset your mum.

Engaging the Past: Action and Interaction in the History Classroom provides practical steps toward using engaging strategies in the classroom to teach students to think historically.

Very few PreK-12 teachers are adequately trained to address the gender identity and sexual identity of their students in a developmentally-appropriate and pedagogically-sound manner.

A critical question in social studies education is not whether teachers develop and teach units of study, but what is in the units of study teachers develop and teach.

Based on the highest levels of Bloom's taxonomy, The Social Studies Helper easily integrates technology into every core high school social studies course as well as two electives.

Just over 100 years ago Columbia's John Erskine started a General Honors program that was the precursor of the Great Books programs popularized by his student, Mortimer Adler.

This book addresses readers' most pressing questions and concerns about acne, including its causes, effects on the skin, and impact on self-esteem.

Every upper-elementary and middle school educator can teach news literacy and connected literacies, including text, visual, graphic, and video literacy, using this book.

Engaging the Past: Action and Interaction in the History Classroom provides practical steps toward using engaging strategies in the classroom to teach students to think historically.

In this educational era of increasing emphasis on student performance, there is a definite shortage of high-interest resources through which teachers can effectively address the ten standards identified by the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS).

Some of the most interesting people and events of the past often get bypassed in a classroom.

Children develop a sense of security and self-worth by becoming familiar with themselves, their home, and the world around them.

In the seventies, countries lauded American education as one of the best systems in the world.