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The Nebraska Adventure Teacher's Resource Package accompanies the student edition and provides teachers with suggestions and ideas for classroom activities and discussion that align with the Nebraska Social Studies Framework for 4th grade. One Teacher's Resource Package is free with every purchase of 25 or more student editions. Please call 1-800-748-5439 ext. 175 for more information.
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This digital document is an article from Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the States, 4th ed., brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 5557 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.This resource focuses on the facts and details of every state in the U.S., including the District of Columbia and U.S. dependencies. Entries cover the geography, history, politics, economy, and other facts about each state. ... Read more

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The University of Nebraska at Omaha, inaugurated in 1968, emerged from the Municipal University of Omaha established in 1931, which grew out of the University of Omaha founded in 1908. In each of the school’s three lives, the faculty sought to provide quality education for recent high school graduates and adults returning to school in a well-rounded learning environment. The commuter college moved from relying on charitable donations and tuition to a city tax base and ultimately state revenues. The campus grew numerically and spatially. Accommodating students and faculty, setting priorities and funding initiatives is a continuous challenge not always met expeditiously. The exciting visual cavalcade and text captures a century of public higher education in America’s urban heartland and the role of graduates in American society. ... Read more

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"Hahn and Hasson provide strong arguments backed with solid documentation to reassure the timid and convince even doubters that the best place to educate their children in a Catholic culture today is at home". Donna Steichen, Author, Ungodly Rage. ... Read more

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Authors are strident and too inflexible in this edition
As a practicing Catholic and as someone who is interested in homeschooling, I checked this book out from the library.I am so glad I did not buy it.I do have to disclose, however, that my perspective is pretty liberal for a Catholic and that's a product of my upbringing and my parish.

THE GOOD:The authors are very encouraging of mothers, telling them they are the best teachers for their children.Indeed, the Church teaches that we are the first teachers of our children, something with which I agree.However, there are great teachers in public and parochial schools, and the authors make the reader feel as though it would be a sin to put a child in a school environment outside the home.It is not always possible to homeschool and yes, sometimes parents need to put their faith in the school system while at the same time, being their children's first teachers and aware at all times.

The list of places to purchase curriculum, if the reader chooses to do so, is probably out of date as the book is 13 years old, but it's a great starting point while doing Internet research.

I really liked the blank schedules and logs at the back of the book.They are easy enough to adapt to one's schedule.

THE BAD:I did not like the part about discouraging homeschooled children from participating in the local public school's sports teams and at the end of the book, quoting a report by Phyllis Schlafly on education.If I had known about the Schlafly part, I would not have even checked this book out of the library.

As a person who is biracial and not born in this country, and for whom English is not a first language, I object to the authors' dismissal of curriculum that includes a multicultural perspective.I realize this book was written in 1996 (I don't know of more recent versions) but even in 1996, surely anyone could appreciate the wealth of diversity in this country, something that cannot be denied.We're here and we're everywhere.How would the authors deal then with the issue of racial minorities who are Catholic?In my children's school, the majority of the students (~75%) are Asian.Would the authors have the parents of these students present a white, western perspective?

Finally, while I realize that mothers provide the majority of homeschool education, with fathers playing a lesser role, I felt that the authors were very focused on traditional male-female roles in the home.There was an imbalance of power between the parents which reinforces the view that dad goes out to work and when he comes home, he expects his home to be clean, that dinner be on the table and the children well-behaved.It promotes the notion that the mother is not working a multitude of jobs (child reading, child educating, cleaning, cooking and chauffering, etc.).I felt like I was reading a book from the 1950s.

A solid book out of the book factory . . .
As always, Kimberly has produced a solid book that stands well on it's own.I'm looking to begin down the road of homeschooling my children and the book has been a great help.

The only negative thing that I would say is that if you've read any of Kimberly's other books, you'll get the idea that she's a book factory.The books alone are fine, but if you have a library of her writings, you'll see a great deal of overlap, redundancy and cannibalism between them.This isn't a bad thing since her message is based in the Catholic faith, but I'd rather buy one and then check the rest out from the library than pay to read the same thing over and over.

Excellent read!
This is an wonderful, well-written, informative book. It is a superb resource and it answers all questions of potential homeschoolers. Kimberly Hahn and Mary Hassen do a great job of not only emphasizing the importance of educating our children, but also how to incorporate our faith into educating our children.

Problematic
While this book is an easy to read guide to homeschooling, there are problems with its "Catholicity". Kimberly Hahn has recommended some sources which are Protestant -produced and anti-Catholic. There is an underlying tone of disapproval of traditional Catholic sources such as the baltimore Catechism which most homeschooling Catholic parents I know prefer to use.
Just beware. Why two "catholic" authors have chosen to do this only points to the fact that there are deep divisions in the Catholic hoemschooling movement. These two ladies see themselves as Catholic home educator leaders but they do not represent all.

Homeschooling Made Simple
Today there are so many books available on the market on how to homeschool your child. Many promote a certain curriculum, others just leave you confused and scratching your head.I love the way Hasson and Hahn keep it simple! You are able to glean from their experience, their triumphs and failures. It is written by "the experts" the homeschooling moms themselves.They are real/relevant in their approach to homeschooling. This book is directed towards people of the Catholic faith, however as I Christian I found it to be one of the best books on the market. ... Read more

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poetic, engaging and truly hilarious
I find it hard to understand why this book hasn't received more attention, as it is both beautifully written and a hilarious page-turner. Its teenage protagonist, an endearingly naive Queens Catholic-schoolboy, is on a desperate mission to lose his innocence to the world of oddball adults (jaded, entrancingly perverse, or psychotically needy) he encounters while working in the Paramount Pictures mail room in Times Square in l965.Skoyles portrays the seamy vivacity of Times Square right before its decent into hard-core inferno and that portrayal and his treatment of the various characters who influence the 16-year-old John are illuminated by the author's vision of the fascinating oddness of people, their individuality. John, an innocent voyeur, is a perceptive foil and his growing-up over the summer feels both satisfying and wistful.The book has many pleasures but most striking to me is its humor -- I simply couldn't stop laughing while reading it.

A really brilliant memoir
Skoyles's "Secret Frequencies" is extraordinarily funny and moving--his sense of character is unbelievably vivid, as is his sense of what is at once dark and comic in a scene.This is the best memoir I've ever read of growing up with the hopes for a New York City, a life of bars and restaurants and clothes and taxi cabs, a life the narrator glimpses the summer he travels each day from Queens to work at Paramount Pictures in Times Square.Totally recommended! ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Worldmark Encyclopedia of the States, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 11788 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Details current geographical, social, and political data, historical narrative, and statistical information on the 50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Caribbean and Pacific dependencies of the U.S. ... Read more

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Consisting of papers presented at the annual Buros-Nebraska Symposium on Testing and Measurement, this volume places special emphasis on the complex issues raised by the addition of the computer to the field of measurement. Chapters concerning guidelines for computer testing, validity issues, personality testing, behavioral assessment, intelligent systems, applications in industrial/organizational psychology, and legal issues are included. The volume's editors successfully provide a review of the many content areas affected by computer technology, suggest new ways to solve old measurement problems with computers, and discuss new problems created by the use of computers.
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This digital document is an article from Cities of the United States, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 441 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Provides a wide range of hard-to-locate data to answer questions concerning American cities. Includes thorough coverage of the area's largest or fastest-growing cities, or those with a particular historical, political, industrial or commercial significance. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Cities of the United States, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 508 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Provides a wide range of hard-to-locate data to answer questions concerning American cities. Includes thorough coverage of the area's largest or fastest-growing cities, or those with a particular historical, political, industrial or commercial significance. ... Read more

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In the late 1870s, many young teachers traveled West to earnmoney and make a new life for themselves, despite the schools beinginadequate at best. Some returned home, unable to endure the hardshipsof prairie life, but others were more committed to their work. SarahJane Price stayed, braving the rough conditions of the West. Writtenby Newbery Honor Author Jim Murphy, this is Sarah Jane Price's story. ... Read more

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another dear america book...great!
Love all dear america books!Thanks for getting it to me without a mishap!

Face to the Wind
Again, my Scottie dog decided she wanted to eat this book that my daughter had checked out from the school library. Did I meantion their copy was in MINT condition. Well to my surprise this one was too & I was very pleased with it.

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My Face to the Wind / 0-590-43810-7

Another wonderful addition to the Dear America series, "My Face to the Wind" is certain to engage both children and adults as the fictional diarist strives to make a living in the harsh prairie lands of America.

When her father, a professional school teacher, dies unexpectedly from a plague that sweeps through the new town, Sarah Jane Price finds herself completely alone and orphaned. Although the lady she boards with is kind and solicitous, she is eager to be rid of Sarah Jane and considers it her "Christian duty" to ship the young girl off to an orphanage, where she will perform hard labor six days out of the week and wear herself thin with weak meals and little love. Sarah rebels against this plan and audaciously suggests that she replace her deceased father as the new school teacher - she has, she argues, the proper credentials and she is, she lies, of the appropriate age.

This novel follows closely the trials she faces. She is lonely, without a father or family, and she is despised by many of the townspeople who do not believe she is "humble" enough, and that a woman should not be a teacher. Many of her students refuse to take learning seriously, believing that farmers don't need education. Sarah wins over their hearts, surviving in impossible teaching conditions (including a sod school house which is literally falling apart), and winning over her students and their parents with her indomitable spirit.

More than anything, this book reminded me strongly of the "Little House on the Prairie" books, particularly the ones that feature so strongly Laura's days at her school. This diary realistically portrays the daily life and dangers on the prairie - the disease, the hard work, the scarce wood, the transient towns, the traveling ministers, and the colorful characters that graced our country's history.

~ Ana Mardoll

Dear America Diary of Prairie Teacher
A young 14 year old becomes a teacher after her teacher father dies and leaves her in Broken Bow, Nebraska without support.She learns to support herself and to be a good teacher.Good book but not outstanding story.As with many of these diary books, the actual historical account at the end of the book is more interesting than the fiction.

Flawed but informative
I'm a fan of the Dear America series of book yet found this to be one of the weaker ones. Firstly, there are some plot deficiencies - a 12-year-old girl passing herself off as 16 and being accepted as a teacher seems rather far-fetched to me [though for the time it was set in, this may not be so implausible after all]. The character of Sarah Jane Price seems rather flat and didn't engage me as much as some of the other protagonists in other books in the series.

However, the story itself is one worth taking a look at for it covers an interesting time - a prairie town in 1881 Nebraska called Broken Bow with vivid descriptions of prairie life. Sarah Jane's determination to make it as a teacher and overcome adversities is worth admiring.

There is a historical note at the end that elaborates on prairie life, as well as historical photographs of prairie settlers, schools, towns, even recipes and a poem. This book will appeal to history buffs. ... Read more

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Education Class
Perfect condition as stated. In addition, there was a speedy delivery...which was excellent. thank you

Excellent Condition !
After waiting for this book for a really long time I got it in the mail and it was in excellent condition! Just like new minus a very small bend in the top corner but it was probablly from shipping.

Foundations of Education
exactly what i expected and received promptly. will definetly be back next semester for books. also recommended to my classmates.

College Education on Education
This book is very good. Although it is a later edition, it still holds all the information of the newest edition. The only bad thing is that some of the chapters are a little different, so you really have to pay attention to the teacher lectures and sometimes find the information in the book on your own.

Foundations of Education
I needed this book for a intro into teaching class, its the book I needed for class.It has a lot of great material needed for class. ... Read more