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The Museum Effect

How Museums, Libraries, and Cultural Institutions Educate and Civilize Society

by Jeffrey K. Smith ...

Museums, libraries, and cultural institutions provide opportunities for people to understand and celebrate who they are, were, and might be. These institutions educate the public and civilize society in a variety of ways, ranging from community events to a single child making a first visit. The Museum Effect documents this phenomenon, explains how it happens, and shows how institutions can ... Read more

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Museums, libraries, and cultural institutions provide opportunities for people to understand and celebrate who they are, were, and might be. These institutions educate the public and civilize society in a variety of ways, ranging from community events to a single child making a first visit. The Museum Effect documents this phenomenon, explains how it happens, and shows how institutions can
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Scoundrels, Cads, and Other Great Artists

by Jeffrey K. Smith ...

Just because the art is beautiful doesn't mean the artist was a saint . . .Scoundrels, Cads, and Other Great Artists examines the lives of nine great artists who were less than exemplary human beings in their lives outside of their art.It explores the question, “Why do we like magnificent art from artists who were awful human beings?” For example, the great Baroque painter, Caravaggio, who ... Read more

$34.09 USD

Just because the art is beautiful doesn't mean the artist was a saint . . .Scoundrels, Cads, and Other Great Artists examines the lives of nine great artists who were less than exemplary human beings in their lives outside of their art.It explores the question, “Why do we like magnificent art from artists who were awful human beings?” For example, the great Baroque painter, Caravaggio, who
... Read more
A Lingering Evil

The Unsolved Murder of Buford Lolley

by Jeffrey K Smith ...

On January 14, 1968, 51-year-old Buford Lolley was brutally murdered in Enteprise, Alabama. It took nearly nine years to arrest a suspect, who was later acquitted of the murder charges. After more than a half-century, the Lolley murder remains a stone cold case. This book represents an opportunity to reexamine this terrible, unsolved crime and its aftermath under an objective light. Both the ... Read more

$2.99 USD

On January 14, 1968, 51-year-old Buford Lolley was brutally murdered in Enteprise, Alabama. It took nearly nine years to arrest a suspect, who was later acquitted of the murder charges. After more than a half-century, the Lolley murder remains a stone cold case. This book represents an opportunity to reexamine this terrible, unsolved crime and its aftermath under an objective light. Both the
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Instructional Feedback

The Power, the Promise, the Practice

by Jeffrey K. Smith, Anastasiya A. Lipnevich, Thomas R. Guskey ...

Implement evidence-based feedback practices that move learners forwardFeedback is essential to successful instruction and improved student performance, but learners often dread and dismiss feedback and its effectiveness can vary. Thus, sharing intentions, clarifying success criteria, knowing what type of feedback to provide and when, and activating students as owners of their learning are ... Read more

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Implement evidence-based feedback practices that move learners forwardFeedback is essential to successful instruction and improved student performance, but learners often dread and dismiss feedback and its effectiveness can vary. Thus, sharing intentions, clarifying success criteria, knowing what type of feedback to provide and when, and activating students as owners of their learning are
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The Corinthian War, 395–387 BC

The Twilight of Sparta's Empire

by Jeffrey Smith ...

Narrates and analyzes an oft-neglected war between Sparta and an unlikely alliance of Athens, Persia, Thebes, Corinth and Argos all while including detailed analysis of the battles of Haliartus, Nemea, Cnidus, Coronea and Lechaeum. At the end of the Peloponnesian War in 404 BC, Sparta reigned supreme in Greece. Having vanquished their rival Athens and quickly dismantled the wealthy and powerful ... Read more

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Narrates and analyzes an oft-neglected war between Sparta and an unlikely alliance of Athens, Persia, Thebes, Corinth and Argos all while including detailed analysis of the battles of Haliartus, Nemea, Cnidus, Coronea and Lechaeum. At the end of the Peloponnesian War in 404 BC, Sparta reigned supreme in Greece. Having vanquished their rival Athens and quickly dismantled the wealthy and powerful
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Indigenous Activism

Profiles of Native Women in Contemporary America

by Cliff Trafzer, Amanda Wixon, Daniel Archuleta, Julia Coates, Theodor Gordon, Benjamin Jenkins, Thomas Long, Michelle Lorimer, Vera Parham0, Elvia Rodriguez1, Michael Seager2, Jeffrey Allen Smith3, Shannon Smith4, Daniel Stahl-Kovell5, Susan Wood6, Donna L. Akers8, Renae M. Bredin9, Richard A. Hanks0, Joshua Thunder Little1 ...

Indigenous Activism profiles eighteen American Indian women of the twentieth century who distinguished themselves through their political activism. Authors analyze the colorful careers of selected Indigenous women of North America during the last century, including Ramona Bennet, Mary Crow Dog, Ada Deer, LaDonna Harris, Wilma Mankiller, Alyce Spotted Bear, Irene Toledo, Marie Potts, Gertrude ... Read more

$32.39 USD

Indigenous Activism profiles eighteen American Indian women of the twentieth century who distinguished themselves through their political activism. Authors analyze the colorful careers of selected Indigenous women of North America during the last century, including Ramona Bennet, Mary Crow Dog, Ada Deer, LaDonna Harris, Wilma Mankiller, Alyce Spotted Bear, Irene Toledo, Marie Potts, Gertrude
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Eddy the Farting Pug Bakes the Bread

by Jeffrey Blatt ...

Narrated by Liam Smith ...

Series Audiobook 4 - Fart-Tastic Tales
Unabridged

5 min

On a sleepless moonlit night, Eddy follows a warm scent through misty cobbled streets to a tiny bakery where a flour-dusted hedgehog named Pip is panicking – his dough refuses to rise, and dawn is coming. A curious nibble from a mysterious jar leads to the loudest, most magical accident of Eddy's life, and to a quiet family secret passed down through generations. A tender, comedic, nocturnal ... Read more

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On a sleepless moonlit night, Eddy follows a warm scent through misty cobbled streets to a tiny bakery where a flour-dusted hedgehog named Pip is panicking – his dough refuses to rise, and dawn is coming. A curious nibble from a mysterious jar leads to the loudest, most magical accident of Eddy's life, and to a quiet family secret passed down through generations. A tender, comedic, nocturnal
... Read more
Medicine, Education, and the Arts in Contemporary Native America

Strong Women, Resilient Nations

by Emily Molesworth-Teipe, Meranda Roberts, Michelle Lorimer, Hal Hoffman, Christie Time Firtha, Kimberly Norris Guererro, Daisy Ocampo, Benjamin T. Jenkins, Lisa Riggan, Kevin Whalen0, Jordan Cohen1, Robert D. Miller2, Jeffrey Allen Smith3, Sarah Wolk FritzGerald4, Clifford E. Trafzer6, Brendan Lindsay7, Amanda K. Wixon8 ...

This book offers twenty original scholarly chapters featuring historical and biographical analyses of Native American women. The lives of women found her contributed significantly to their people and people everywhere. The book presents Native women of action and accomplishments in many areas of life. This work highlights women during the modern era of American history, countering past stereotypes ... Read more

$33.19 USD

This book offers twenty original scholarly chapters featuring historical and biographical analyses of Native American women. The lives of women found her contributed significantly to their people and people everywhere. The book presents Native women of action and accomplishments in many areas of life. This work highlights women during the modern era of American history, countering past stereotypes
... Read more
Nature's Frontiers

Achieving Sustainability, Efficiency, and Prosperity with Natural Capital

by Richard Damania, Stephen Polasky, Mary Ruckelshaus, Jason Russ, Markus Amann, Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer, James Gerber, Peter Hawthorne, Martin Philipp Heger, Saleh Mamun, Giovanni Ruta, Rafael Schmitt, Jeffrey Smith, Adrian Vogl, Fabian Wagner, Esha Zaveri ...

Series series Environment and Sustainable Development
This report examines the use of natural capital (natural resources and services) around the world. It finds that most countries are using these resources inefficiently, and closing these efficiency gaps can address many of the world's pressing economic and environmental problems. ... Read more

$39.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This report examines the use of natural capital (natural resources and services) around the world. It finds that most countries are using these resources inefficiently, and closing these efficiency gaps can address many of the world's pressing economic and environmental problems.
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Young Children's Play

Development, Disabilities, and Diversity

by Jeffrey Trawick-Smith ...

The second edition of Young Children’s Play offers an updated and comprehensive introduction to play and development from birth to age 8.This edition includes new real-life examples that illustrate various play types, including dramatic play, motor play, humor, and rough-and-tumble play. This edition provides additional practical strategies for supporting the play of all children, including those ... Read more

$64.99 USD

The second edition of Young Children’s Play offers an updated and comprehensive introduction to play and development from birth to age 8.This edition includes new real-life examples that illustrate various play types, including dramatic play, motor play, humor, and rough-and-tumble play. This edition provides additional practical strategies for supporting the play of all children, including those
... Read more
Fighting Fake News

Teaching Students to Identify and Interrogate Information Pollution

by Hugh Kesson, Deborah Appleman, Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, Michael W. Smith ...

Series series Corwin Literacy
Critical thinking and online reading need to go hand in hand—but they often don’t. Students click, swipe, and believe because they don’t know how to do otherwise. At times, so do we. And that’s a problem. Fighting Fake News combats this challenge by helping you model how to read, myth-bust, truth-test, and respond in ways that lead to wisdom rather than reactivity.No matter what content you teach, ... Read more

$31.49 USD

Critical thinking and online reading need to go hand in hand—but they often don’t. Students click, swipe, and believe because they don’t know how to do otherwise. At times, so do we. And that’s a problem. Fighting Fake News combats this challenge by helping you model how to read, myth-bust, truth-test, and respond in ways that lead to wisdom rather than reactivity.No matter what content you teach,
... Read more
Classics from Papyrus to the Internet

An Introduction to Transmission and Reception

by Jeffrey M. Hunt, R. Alden Smith ...

Series series Ashley and Peter Larkin Series in Greek and Roman Culture
A "valuable and useful" history of the efforts and innovations that have kept ancient literary classics alive through the centuries ( New England Classical Journal).Writing down the epic tales of the Trojan War and the wanderings of Odysseus in texts that became the Iliad and the Odyssey was a defining moment in the intellectual history of the West, a moment from which many current conventions and ... Read more

$12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A "valuable and useful" history of the efforts and innovations that have kept ancient literary classics alive through the centuries ( New England Classical Journal).Writing down the epic tales of the Trojan War and the wanderings of Odysseus in texts that became the Iliad and the Odyssey was a defining moment in the intellectual history of the West, a moment from which many current conventions and
... Read more

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