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A Boy Named Beckoning

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Carolrhoda Books
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781541578371

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A Boy Named Beckoning by Anonim Pdf

This story reveals the remarkable life of a Native American boy named Wassaja, or "Beckoning," who was kidnapped from his Yavapai tribe and sold as a slave. Adopted by an Italian photographer in 1871 and renamed Carlos Montezuma, the young boy traveled throughout the Old West, bearing witness to the prejudice against and poor treatment of Native Americans. Carlos eventually became a doctor and leader for his people, calling out for their rights. Gina Capaldi's exquisite paintings bring to life excerpts from Dr. Carlos Montezuma's own letters describing his childhood experiences. The culminating portrait provides an inventive look back into history through the eyes of a Native American hero.

A Boy Named Beckoning

Author : Gina Capaldi
Publisher : Carolrhoda Books ®
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781467737555

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A Boy Named Beckoning by Gina Capaldi Pdf

This story reveals the remarkable life of a Native American boy named Wassaja, or "Beckoning," who was kidnapped from his Yavapai tribe and sold as a slave. Adopted by an Italian photographer in 1871 and renamed Carlos Montezuma, the young boy traveled throughout the Old West, bearing witness to the prejudice against and poor treatment of Native Americans. Carlos eventually became a doctor and leader for his people, calling out for their rights. Gina Capaldi's exquisite paintings bring to life excerpts from Dr. Carlos Montezuma's own letters describing his childhood experiences. The culminating portrait provides an inventive look back into history through the eyes of a Native American hero.

Red Bird Sings

Author : Gina Capaldi,Q. L. Pearce
Publisher : Carolrhoda Books ®
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781467738132

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Red Bird Sings by Gina Capaldi,Q. L. Pearce Pdf

"I remember the day I lost my spirit." So begins the story of Gertrude Simmons, also known as Zitkala-Ša, which means Red Bird. Born in 1876 on the Yankton Sioux reservation in South Dakota, Zitkala-Ša willingly left her home at age eight to go to a boarding school in Indiana. But she soon found herself caught between two worlds—white and Native American. At school she missed her mother and her traditional life, but Zitkala-Ša found joy in music classes. "My wounded spirit soared like a bird as I practiced the piano and violin," she wrote. Her talent grew, and when she graduated, she became a music teacher, composer, and performer. Zitkala-Ša found she could also "sing" to help her people by writing stories and giving speeches. As an adult, she worked as an activist for Native American rights, seeking to build a bridge between cultures. The coauthors tell Zitkala-Ša’s life by weaving together pieces from her own stories. The artist's acrylic illustrations and collages of photos and primary source documents round out the vivid portrait of Zitkala-Ša, a frightened child whose spirit "would rise again, stronger and wiser for the wounds it had suffered."

Gotcha Again for Guys!

Author : Kathleen A. Baxter,Marcia Agness Kochel
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781598843774

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Gotcha Again for Guys! by Kathleen A. Baxter,Marcia Agness Kochel Pdf

Here's help in selecting current, nonfiction books that will get boys excited about reading. Enticing boys to read is still a hot topic. With chapters like "Disasters and Mysteries," "Gross and Disgusting," "Machines and the Military," and "Prehistoric Creatures," Gotcha Again for Guys!: More Nonfiction Books to Get Boys Excited about Reading is a treasure trove of recent nonfiction books that will interest boys in grades 3-8. This sixth entry in Baxter and Kochel's Gotcha series covers books published between 2007 and 2009, with a few oldies-but-goodies also included. The book is organized into 12 thematic chapters, each of which offers booktalks for a select number of titles, followed by a list of other high-interest, well-reviewed titles that correspond with the chapter's topic. Features new to this volume include numerous booklists to be copied and saved, as well as profiles of new and innovative nonfiction authors writing for this age group. In addition, the book features interviews with seven male authors of nonfiction books for boys.

The American Indian Experience

Author : Liz Sonneborn
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2010-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780761363620

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The American Indian Experience by Liz Sonneborn Pdf

Supplemented with quotes and engaging articles from USA TODAY, the Nation’s No. 1 Newspaper, The American Indian Experience shines a spotlight on American Indians and their many exciting contributions to American society. From artists and athletes to religious leaders and chefs, American Indians enrich American life. Novelists such as Louise Erdrich and Sherman Alexie offer enlightening and often humorous glimpses into their life experiences and tribal traditions. Super athlete Jim Thorpe excelled in track-and-field as well as numerous other sports, breaking down cultural barriers to earn gold medals in the pentathalon and the decathalon at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. SuAnne Big Crow displayed amazing skills as a basketball player for the Lady Thorpes, her South Dakota high school’s team. She became a legend in 1988, when she performed the Lakota Sioux shawl dance on the court in Lead, South Dakota, silencing the crowd who had been shouting anti-American Indian slurs. Buffy Sainte-Marie became one of the nation’s best known folksingers, while actor-musician Floyd Westerman captivated audiences in the groundbreaking 1990 film Dances with Wolves. Read this informative title to learn more about how American Indians contribute to the United States’ cultural mosaic, enriching our nation with a wide range of traditions, customs, and life experiences.

Scary, Gross, and Enlightening Books for Boys Grades 3–12

Author : Deborah B. Ford
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2009-11-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781586834067

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Scary, Gross, and Enlightening Books for Boys Grades 3–12 by Deborah B. Ford Pdf

Finally, a book to help educators promote sure-fire reading pleasers to boy readers in grades 3–12! Scary, Gross, and Enlightening: Books for Boys Grades 3-12 is the helpful new reference handbook for educators looking for just the right books to captivate the imaginations of boys in a way that makes reading fun as well as effective. In chapters than span the full range of categories and genres, Scary, Gross, and Enlightening surveys the latest and greatest titles aimed at boys in the primary and secondary grades, including nonfiction, graphic novels, mystery and adventure, sports, sci-fi and fantasy, humor, history, books that were made into movies, read-aloud titles, and classic works that have stood the test of time. Each chapter suggests a number of appropriate and delightful titles on a specific theme and includes listings of corresponding websites, reproducible lessons, and activities. The book also provides lists of professional titles to support each chapter's theme, as well as research-based strategies for teaching with the suggested books.

Native North Americans in Literature for Youth

Author : Alice Crosetto,Rajinder Garcha
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-12
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780810891906

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Native North Americans in Literature for Youth by Alice Crosetto,Rajinder Garcha Pdf

Native North Americans have rich and diverse cultures and traditions. However, many misconceptions, prejudices, and stereotypes exist due to the lack of understanding and ignorance of these cultures. It is important that children and adolescents learn about and appreciate the invaluable contributions that North American Native groups have made to American society. Equally important is the availability of resources that accurately and objectively portray the historical events that occurred when European settlers displaced thousands of Native North Americans from their ancestral homelands. In Native North Americans in Literature for Youth, Alice Crosetto and Rajinder Garcha identify hundreds of appropriate and quality resources, including books, Internet sites, and media titles for K-12 students and educators. Entries are subdivided into chapters covering geographic regions, history, religions, social life, customs and traditions, nations, oral tradition, biographies, and fiction. Additionally, there are chapters for general reference resources, curricular resources for educators, media, and Internet sites. Annotations provide complete bibliographical descriptions of the entries, and each entry is identified with the grade level for which it is best suited. Reviews, awards, series, and URLs for supplemental online resources are also included. Anyone—especially students, teachers, librarians, and parents—interested in locating useful and accurate resources regarding Native North Americans will find this reference book a helpful and essential tool.

Picturing the World

Author : Kathleen T. Isaacs
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780838911266

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Picturing the World by Kathleen T. Isaacs Pdf

This annotated resource by veteran children's book reviewer Isaacs surveys the best 250 nonfiction/informational titles for ages 3 through 10, helping librarians make informed collection development and purchasing decisions.

The Beckoning Shadow

Author : Katharyn Blair
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-02
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780062657633

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The Beckoning Shadow by Katharyn Blair Pdf

From debut author Katharyn Blair comes a heart-stopping fantasy novel, perfect for fans of Cassandra Clare and The Young Elites, about a teenage runaway who enters a dangerous tournament with an impossible prize. Vesper Montgomery can summon your worst fear and turn it into a reality—but she’s learned the hard way that it’s an addicting and dangerous power. One wrong move and you could hurt someone you love. But when she earns a spot in the Tournament of the Unraveling, where competitors battle it out for a chance to rewrite the past, Vesper finally has a shot to reverse the mistakes that have changed her forever. She turns to Sam Hardy, a former MMA fighter who’s also carrying a tragedy he desperately wants to undo. However, helping heal Sam’s heart will mean breaking her own, and the competition forces her to master her powers—powers she has been terrified of since they destroyed her life.

Engaging Students in Academic Literacies

Author : María Estela Brisk
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317816133

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Engaging Students in Academic Literacies by María Estela Brisk Pdf

The Common Core State Standards require schools to include writing in a variety of genres across the disciplines. Engaging Students in Academic Literacies provides specific information to plan and carry out genre-based writing instruction in English for K-5 students within various content areas. Informed by systemic functional linguistics—a theory of language IN USE in particular ways for particular audiences and social purposes—it guides teachers in developing students’ ability to construct texts using structural and linguistic features of the written language. This approach to teaching writing and academic language is effective in addressing the persistent achievement gap between ELLs and "mainstream" students, especially in the context of current reforms in the U.S. Transforming systemic functional linguistics and genre theory into concrete classroom tools for designing, implementing, and reflecting on instruction and providing essential scaffolding for teachers to build their own knowledge of its essential elements applied to teaching, the text includes strategies for apprenticing students to writing in all genres, features of elementary students’ writing, and examples of practice.

The Beckoning Fair One

Author : Oliver Onions
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2004-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0486436470

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"Miles ahead of the average ghost-story" — Sunday Times. A novelist retreats to an abandoned house in the heart of London, where he becomes enthralled by an 18th-century spirit — and where his contact with the outside world gradually diminishes. Acclaimed by such masters as Lovecraft as one of the best ghost stories in the English language.

Tenacity Well Directed

Author : Harry Lerner
Publisher : Lerner Publications
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780761340751

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Tenacity Well Directed by Harry Lerner Pdf

Here is An Intimate Look at a time when you could turn an idea into a successful publishing house and stay independent.

Linking Picture Book Biographies to National Content Standards

Author : Liz Deskins,Christina H. Dorr
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9798216111870

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Linking Picture Book Biographies to National Content Standards by Liz Deskins,Christina H. Dorr Pdf

Presenting beautifully illustrated picture book biographies, this book pairs narrative nonfiction biographies rich in language and illustrations with national content standards in the social studies, science, and the arts. The current focus on promoting nonfiction reading at all ages has brought to attention the value of narrative nonfiction in the form of new picture book biographies. But which of the thousands of these types of titles will have maximum teaching impact and be interesting to students? This book identifies the "best of the best" in new picture book biographies that are rich in language and illustrations and best support national content standards in science, social studies, and the arts. Written by authors with a combined experience of more than 50 years in teaching as well as extensive knowledge of children's literature and the review of such books, the book provides—in a single resource—the best in recently published picture book biographies that rely on primary and secondary sources, the best in storytelling styles, and the most engaging illustrations. The unit and lesson ideas within can be used as is or modified as needed. The selected biographies enable connections between the stories of individuals' lives in history and required areas of study.

Far from Shore

Author : Sophie Webb
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 85 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780618597291

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Far from Shore by Sophie Webb Pdf

From whales to plankton, scope out the marvels of deep sea creatures.

My Heart Is Bound Up with Them

Author : David Martínez
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2023-02-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780816548187

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My Heart Is Bound Up with Them by David Martínez Pdf

Carlos Montezuma is well known as an influential Indigenous figure of the turn of the twentieth century. While some believe he was largely interested only in enabling Indians to assimilate into mainstream white society, Montezuma’s image as a staunch assimilationist changes dramatically when viewed through the lens of his Yavapai relatives at Fort McDowell in Arizona. Through his diligent research and transcription of the letters archived in the Carlos Montezuma Collection at Arizona State University Libraries, David Martínez offers a critical new perspective on Montezuma’s biography and legacy. During an attempt to force the Fort McDowell Yavapai community off of their traditional homelands north of Phoenix, the Yavapai community members and leaders wrote to Montezuma pleading for help. It was these letters and personal correspondence from his Yavapai cousins George and Charles Dickens, as well as Mike Burns that sparked Montezuma’s desperate but principled desire to liberate his Yavapai family and community—and all Indigenous people—from the clutches of an oppressive Indian Bureau. Centering historically neglected Indigenous voices as his primary source material, Martínez elevates Montezuma’s correspondence and interactions with his family and their community and shows how it influenced his advocacy. Martínez argues that Montezuma’s work in Arizona directly contributed to his national projects. For his Yavapai community, Montezuma set an example as a resistance fighter and advocate on behalf of his people and other Indigenous groups. Martínez offers a critical exploration of history, memory, the formation of archival collections, and the art of writing biography.