Giant Treasury of Brer Rabbit

Giant Treasury of Brer Rabbit
Author: Joel Chandler Harris
Publisher: Gramercy
Total Pages: 96
Release: 1991-01-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780517032930

A retelling of the classic Afro-American tales about Br'er Rabbit and his friends and enemies, animals who are constantly on the prowl to fool each other.

Brer Rabbit, Uncle Remus, and the "Cornfield Journalist"

Brer Rabbit, Uncle Remus, and the
Author: Walter M. Brasch
Publisher:
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2000
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Brasch defends the accuracy of Harris's literary depiction of both American Black English and Reconstruction Georgia. Brasch also examines the nature of fame and places a variety of other social and political issues in the context of this major American writer.

Teaching & Learning Through Multiple Intelligences

Teaching & Learning Through Multiple Intelligences
Author: Linda Campbell
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Total Pages: 388
Release: 1999
Genre: Education
ISBN:

This outstanding resource offers an accurate reflection of Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences -- and the knowledge to extend this theory to effective classroom practice. Broad-based and comprehensive, this book describes implications for pedagogy, team-teaching, student strengths, curriculum, assessment, community involvement, and diverse classroom models. The authors devote one chapter to each of the eight intelligences. They define intelligence, provide a checklist for identifying it, suggest environmental considerations, and offer related teaching strategies. Additional chapters survey Gardner's recent work on teaching for understanding, performance-based assessment, and model MI school programs and student outcomes.

Stories

Stories
Author: Shirley C. Raines
Publisher: Singular
Total Pages: 456
Release: 1994
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Teaching the Language Arts

Teaching the Language Arts
Author: Cathy Collins Block
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Total Pages: 700
Release: 2001
Genre: Education
ISBN:

This book explains and demonstrates with a clear, step-by-step approach how communication and thinking competencies can be enhanced through instruction. This revision elaborates further on a language arts program built to focus on the needs of individual students. Each of the fourteen chapters is divided into three sections covering theoretical foundations, practice, and professional development, giving the text a practical, usable organization. The second and third sections apply the principles from the first section to the classroom. Features in these sections show specific teaching strategies that offer practical ideas for teachers to develop an ongoing and successful teaching repertoire. For Language Arts teachers.

Celebrating Diversity

Celebrating Diversity
Author: Frank Siccone
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Total Pages: 280
Release: 1995
Genre: Education
ISBN:

A resource designed to help teachers build self-esteem and appreciate cultural diversity. Includes 75 classroom activities for students in K-8th grades, with objectives and instructions for each activity, plus many reproducible worksheets. Activities emphasize cultural identity, working cooperativel