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{"id":8141505158,"title":"\"Can We Skip Lunch and Keep Writing?\": Collaborating In Class \u0026 Online, Grades 3-6","handle":"can-we-skip-lunch-keep-writing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #741b47;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJulie D. Ramsay\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781571108470\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e136 pages • 7⅓ x 9¼ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear Published:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2011 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiscover exciting new ways to weave technology through the curriculum, and get students so fired up about writing that they don't want to stop when the class period ends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou'll learn how to select appropriate digital tools, guide and involve students in the learning process, and differentiate instruction to meet individual needs. Through inspiring stories and lessons, you'll discover how technology-assisted writing can foster innovation, global communication, and creative problem solving—developing responsible, productive digital citizens whose inherent love of learning will travel with them for a lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2016-08-19T13:53:00-04:00","created_at":"2016-08-19T13:53:55-04:00","vendor":"Pembroke Publishers","type":"Book","tags":["Publisher_Pembroke Publishers","Subject_Educational Technology \u0026 Classroom Instruction"],"price":2395,"price_min":2395,"price_max":2395,"available":false,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":26926630982,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781571108470","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"\"Can We Skip Lunch and Keep Writing?\": Collaborating In Class \u0026 Online, Grades 3-6","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2395,"weight":300,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":0,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781571108470"}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1418\/6818\/products\/9781571108470_89dc5d6d-10e5-4cb5-bc64-3af1b334d39e.jpg?v=1533234663"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1418\/6818\/products\/9781571108470_89dc5d6d-10e5-4cb5-bc64-3af1b334d39e.jpg?v=1533234663","options":["Title"],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #741b47;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJulie D. Ramsay\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781571108470\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e136 pages • 7⅓ x 9¼ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear Published:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2011 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiscover exciting new ways to weave technology through the curriculum, and get students so fired up about writing that they don't want to stop when the class period ends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou'll learn how to select appropriate digital tools, guide and involve students in the learning process, and differentiate instruction to meet individual needs. Through inspiring stories and lessons, you'll discover how technology-assisted writing can foster innovation, global communication, and creative problem solving—developing responsible, productive digital citizens whose inherent love of learning will travel with them for a lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":8141481414,"title":"\"This Is a Great Book\": 101 Events for Building Enthusiastic Readers Inside and Outside the Classroom–From Chapter Books to Young Adult Novels","handle":"this-is-great-book","description":"\u003cspan style=\"color: #741b47;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLarry Swartz and Shelley Stagg Peterson \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781551383088 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e136 pages • 8½ x 11 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eYear Published: \u003c\/strong\u003e2015\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This is a great book\" champions the belief that having a wide range of \"great\" books to read is essential to students' becoming readers—both inside the classroom, and beyond. Based on extensive research, this highly readable book explores a range of recommended titles that cover a spectrum of developmental stages, from early chapter books to young adult novels. The 101 literacy events outlined within include a wealth of practical strategies: more than fifty reproducible activities, assessment profiles, and inventories for easy classroom use. Committed to nurturing the love of reading, this passionate book invites readers to dig deeper by responding through writing, discussion, the arts, media, and more. Special attention is given to the world of leisure reading, where readers make choices based on their preferences and tastes as they build a lifelong interest in fiction that will enrich their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2016-08-19T13:52:00-04:00","created_at":"2016-08-19T13:52:34-04:00","vendor":"Pembroke Publishers","type":"Book","tags":["Publisher_Pembroke Publishers","Subject_Educational Technology \u0026 Classroom Instruction"],"price":2495,"price_min":2495,"price_max":2495,"available":false,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":26926585158,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781551383088","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"\"This Is a Great Book\": 101 Events for Building Enthusiastic Readers Inside and Outside the Classroom–From Chapter Books to Young Adult Novels","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2495,"weight":400,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":0,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781551383088"}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1418\/6818\/products\/9781551383088.jpg?v=1533234475"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1418\/6818\/products\/9781551383088.jpg?v=1533234475","options":["Title"],"content":"\u003cspan style=\"color: #741b47;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLarry Swartz and Shelley Stagg Peterson \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781551383088 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e136 pages • 8½ x 11 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eYear Published: \u003c\/strong\u003e2015\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This is a great book\" champions the belief that having a wide range of \"great\" books to read is essential to students' becoming readers—both inside the classroom, and beyond. Based on extensive research, this highly readable book explores a range of recommended titles that cover a spectrum of developmental stages, from early chapter books to young adult novels. The 101 literacy events outlined within include a wealth of practical strategies: more than fifty reproducible activities, assessment profiles, and inventories for easy classroom use. Committed to nurturing the love of reading, this passionate book invites readers to dig deeper by responding through writing, discussion, the arts, media, and more. Special attention is given to the world of leisure reading, where readers make choices based on their preferences and tastes as they build a lifelong interest in fiction that will enrich their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":8141504006,"title":"\"Why Won't You Just Tell Us the Answer?\": Teaching Historical Thinking In Grades 7-12","handle":"why-wont-you-just-tell-us-answer","description":"\u003cspan style=\"color: #741b47;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBruce A. Lesh \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781571108128\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e240 pages • 7½ x 9¼ \u003cbr\u003e 2011\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStudents may think they want to be given the answer. Yet, when they are actively engaged in investigating the past —the way professional historians do —they find that history class is not about the boring memorization of names, dates, and facts. Instead, it's challenging fun. Historical study that centres on a question, where students gather a variety of historical sources and then develop and defend their answers to that question, allows students to become actual historians immersed in an interpretive study of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the end of the book, teachers will have learned how to teach history through a lens of interpretive questions and interrogative evidence that allows both student and teacher to develop evidence-based answers to history's greatest questions.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2016-08-19T13:53:00-04:00","created_at":"2016-08-19T13:53:50-04:00","vendor":"Pembroke Publishers","type":"Book","tags":["Publisher_Pembroke Publishers","Subject_Educational Technology \u0026 Classroom Instruction"],"price":2595,"price_min":2595,"price_max":2595,"available":false,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":26926627974,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781571108128","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"\"Why Won't You Just Tell Us the Answer?\": Teaching Historical Thinking In Grades 7-12","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2595,"weight":500,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":0,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781571108128"}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1418\/6818\/products\/9781571108128.jpg?v=1533234652"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1418\/6818\/products\/9781571108128.jpg?v=1533234652","options":["Title"],"content":"\u003cspan style=\"color: #741b47;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBruce A. Lesh \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781571108128\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e240 pages • 7½ x 9¼ \u003cbr\u003e 2011\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStudents may think they want to be given the answer. Yet, when they are actively engaged in investigating the past —the way professional historians do —they find that history class is not about the boring memorization of names, dates, and facts. Instead, it's challenging fun. Historical study that centres on a question, where students gather a variety of historical sources and then develop and defend their answers to that question, allows students to become actual historians immersed in an interpretive study of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the end of the book, teachers will have learned how to teach history through a lens of interpretive questions and interrogative evidence that allows both student and teacher to develop evidence-based answers to history's greatest questions.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":8141503878,"title":"10 Things Every Writer Needs to Know","handle":"10-things-every-writer-needs-know","description":"\u003cspan style=\"color: #741b47;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJeff Anderson \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781571108104 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e204 pages • 8 x 10 \u003cbr\u003e 2011\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether writing a blog entry or a high-stakes essay, fiction or nonfiction, short story or argument, students need to know certain essentials in order to write effectively. This straightforward book focuses on developing concepts and application of ten key aspects of good writing—motion, models, focus, detail, form, frames, cohesion, energy, words, and clutter. It provides dozens of strong model texts, both fiction and nonfiction, that will help young writers learn what is possible, and experiment with the strategies professional writers use. The book also provides mini-lessons, mentor texts, writing process strategies, and classroom tips that will motivate students to confidently and competently take on any writing task.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2016-08-19T13:53:00-04:00","created_at":"2016-08-19T13:53:49-04:00","vendor":"Pembroke Publishers","type":"Book","tags":["Publisher_Pembroke Publishers","Subject_Educational Technology \u0026 Classroom Instruction"],"price":2895,"price_min":2895,"price_max":2895,"available":false,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":26926626822,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781571108104","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"10 Things Every Writer Needs to Know","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2895,"weight":700,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":0,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781571108104"}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1418\/6818\/products\/9781571108104.jpg?v=1533234650"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1418\/6818\/products\/9781571108104.jpg?v=1533234650","options":["Title"],"content":"\u003cspan style=\"color: #741b47;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJeff Anderson \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781571108104 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e204 pages • 8 x 10 \u003cbr\u003e 2011\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether writing a blog entry or a high-stakes essay, fiction or nonfiction, short story or argument, students need to know certain essentials in order to write effectively. This straightforward book focuses on developing concepts and application of ten key aspects of good writing—motion, models, focus, detail, form, frames, cohesion, energy, words, and clutter. It provides dozens of strong model texts, both fiction and nonfiction, that will help young writers learn what is possible, and experiment with the strategies professional writers use. The book also provides mini-lessons, mentor texts, writing process strategies, and classroom tips that will motivate students to confidently and competently take on any writing task.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":8141478022,"title":"100 Minutes: Making Every Minute Count in the Literacy Block","handle":"100-minutes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #741b47;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLisa Donohue\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781551382760\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e60 pages • 8½ x 11 \u003cbr\u003e 2012\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe skills, strategies, and elements that fit under the \"literacy\" umbrella can seem overwhelming. In today's classroom, balanced literacy encompasses higher-order thinking; accountable talk; collaborative learning; digital and media literacy; as well as modelled, guided, and independent learning. How can we do it all in just 100 minutes?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e100 Minutes\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive look at literacy and learning that includes reading, writing, oral communication, and digital literacy. It shows teachers how to fit balanced literacy into a 100-minute literacy block using a framework of whole-class and guided small group instruction, writing sessions, and independent work. By chunking a literacy block into three distinct sections, this practical resource argues that it is possible to provide opportunities for students to engage in all aspects of literacy, have voice and choice in their learning, capitalize on their strengths, identify areas for growth, and set personal learning goals.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2016-08-19T13:52:00-04:00","created_at":"2016-08-19T13:52:23-04:00","vendor":"Pembroke Publishers","type":"Book","tags":["Publisher_Pembroke Publishers","Subject_Educational Technology \u0026 Classroom Instruction"],"price":2495,"price_min":2495,"price_max":2495,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":26926578246,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781551382760","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"100 Minutes: Making Every Minute Count in the Literacy Block","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2495,"weight":400,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781551382760"}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1418\/6818\/products\/9781551382760.jpg?v=1533234445"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1418\/6818\/products\/9781551382760.jpg?v=1533234445","options":["Title"],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #741b47;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLisa Donohue\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781551382760\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e60 pages • 8½ x 11 \u003cbr\u003e 2012\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe skills, strategies, and elements that fit under the \"literacy\" umbrella can seem overwhelming. In today's classroom, balanced literacy encompasses higher-order thinking; accountable talk; collaborative learning; digital and media literacy; as well as modelled, guided, and independent learning. How can we do it all in just 100 minutes?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e100 Minutes\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive look at literacy and learning that includes reading, writing, oral communication, and digital literacy. It shows teachers how to fit balanced literacy into a 100-minute literacy block using a framework of whole-class and guided small group instruction, writing sessions, and independent work. By chunking a literacy block into three distinct sections, this practical resource argues that it is possible to provide opportunities for students to engage in all aspects of literacy, have voice and choice in their learning, capitalize on their strengths, identify areas for growth, and set personal learning goals.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":8141479750,"title":"3-Minute Motivators: Revised and Expanded Edition","handle":"3-minute-motivators","description":"\u003cspan style=\"color: #741b47;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKathy Paterson \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781551382951 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e160 pages • 8½ x 11 \u003cbr\u003e 2014\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore than 200 ways to reach, teach, and achieve more than you ever imagined\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis jam-packed new edition features more than 200 activities to help teachers recognize and respond to the daily needs of their students, and distract, refocus, and provide a \"hit of fun\" in the busy school day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew material in this practical book explores novel ways to inspire students, as well as to build and practice important life skills. New \"Tech Too\" motivators raise awareness, understanding, and appreciation of technology and support research techniques, communication skills, cognition, and memory. \"Stress Attack\" motivators are perfect for those moments when stress, anxiety, frustration, boredom, or even anger get in the way of positive behaviour—both inside the classroom and out in the world. Based on authentic therapeutic disciplines, teachers and students alike can use these simple strategies to meet daily challenges and defuse negative situations, and get back on the track of teaching and learning.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2016-08-19T13:52:00-04:00","created_at":"2016-08-19T13:52:28-04:00","vendor":"Pembroke Publishers","type":"Book","tags":["Publisher_Pembroke Publishers","Subject_Educational Technology \u0026 Classroom Instruction"],"price":2495,"price_min":2495,"price_max":2495,"available":false,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":26926582598,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781551382951","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"3-Minute Motivators: Revised and Expanded Edition","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2495,"weight":400,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":0,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781551382951"}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1418\/6818\/products\/9781551382951.jpg?v=1533234461"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1418\/6818\/products\/9781551382951.jpg?v=1533234461","options":["Title"],"content":"\u003cspan style=\"color: #741b47;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKathy Paterson \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781551382951 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e160 pages • 8½ x 11 \u003cbr\u003e 2014\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore than 200 ways to reach, teach, and achieve more than you ever imagined\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis jam-packed new edition features more than 200 activities to help teachers recognize and respond to the daily needs of their students, and distract, refocus, and provide a \"hit of fun\" in the busy school day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew material in this practical book explores novel ways to inspire students, as well as to build and practice important life skills. New \"Tech Too\" motivators raise awareness, understanding, and appreciation of technology and support research techniques, communication skills, cognition, and memory. \"Stress Attack\" motivators are perfect for those moments when stress, anxiety, frustration, boredom, or even anger get in the way of positive behaviour—both inside the classroom and out in the world. Based on authentic therapeutic disciplines, teachers and students alike can use these simple strategies to meet daily challenges and defuse negative situations, and get back on the track of teaching and learning.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

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{"id":8141532870,"title":"99 Jumpstarts to Research: Topic Guides for Finding Information on Current Issues","handle":"99-jumpstarts-research","description":"\u003cspan style=\"color: #741b47;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeggy Whitley, Susan Williams Goodwin, and Catherine C. Olson \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781598843682 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e234 pages • 8½ x 11 \u003cbr\u003e 2010\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2030, it is projected that 65 percent of the population will be over 65. The U.S. Government Census Bureau reveals that over an adult's working life, college graduates typically earn close to $1 million more than high school graduates. 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This book provides a solid guided inquiry curriculum for cultivating the skills needed to properly investigate a subject in the humanities, interrogate both textual and non-textual sources, interpret the information, develop an understanding of the topic, and effectively communicate one's findings. It is a powerful and practical guide for high school humanities teachers, school librarians, community college humanities teachers and librarians, and early college-level humanities instructors as well as for high school and college students who want to learn how to conduct and write up humanities research.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart one comprises a teacher's practicum that explains the power of guided inquiry. Part two contains student's workshops with instructions and materials to conduct a guided humanities project and paper on the high school level. The third part provides materials for a professional development session for this assignment as well as assessment tools and other supplementary materials such as student handouts. Based on the authors' 15 years' experience in teaching guided inquiry, the 20 workshops in the book use a step-by-step, constructivist strategy for teaching a sophisticated humanities project that enables college readiness.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2016-08-19T13:50:00-04:00","created_at":"2016-08-19T13:50:40-04:00","vendor":"Libraries Unlimited","type":"Book","tags":["Publisher_Libraries Unlimited","Subject_Educational Technology \u0026 Classroom Instruction"],"price":6295,"price_min":6295,"price_max":6295,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":26926515590,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781440834387","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"A Guided Inquiry Approach to Teaching the Humanities Research Project (Libraries Unlimited Guided Inquiry)","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":6295,"weight":400,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":0,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"continue","barcode":"9781440834387"}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1418\/6818\/products\/9781440834387.jpg?v=1533234248"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1418\/6818\/products\/9781440834387.jpg?v=1533234248","options":["Title"],"content":"\u003cspan style=\"color: #741b47;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRandell K. 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The third part provides materials for a professional development session for this assignment as well as assessment tools and other supplementary materials such as student handouts. Based on the authors' 15 years' experience in teaching guided inquiry, the 20 workshops in the book use a step-by-step, constructivist strategy for teaching a sophisticated humanities project that enables college readiness.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

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