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Each of the seven illustrated units focuses on one area. Provided are 50 reproducible worksheets, a handy teacher's guide, progress chart, and more. Read more
In this provocative new book, sociologist Orlando Patterson takes on the intractable dilemma of race in late 20th-century America. Using current demographic research, Patterson exposes common misperceptions about the lives and experiences of black and white Americans, misperceptions that are hampering the success of integration.A professor at Harvard, Orlando Patterson has been called a radical by conservatives and a conservative by radicals. His tendency, he notes in his introduction, is "not to care where my ideas originated--as long as they strike me as sound--or where the chips fall as a result of what I write or say." The Ordeal of Integration is what Patterson calls a work of economic sociology. He looks at the "remarkable facts of" black progress, refuting the notion that black America is in dire crisis. He then considers how liberals, conservatives, and those who espouse the "hereditarian or genetic" view discuss race in the United States. Throughout, Patterson calls for a return to common sense in discussions of race. Read more
In this short and powerful book, celebrated philosopher Martha Nussbaum makes a passionate case for the importance of the liberal arts at all levels of education.
Historically, the humanities have been central to education because they have rightly been seen as essential for creating competent democratic citizens. But recently, Nussbaum argues, thinking about the aims of education has gone disturbingly awry both in the United States and abroad. Anxiously focused on national economic growth, we increasingly treat education as though its primary goal were to teach students to be economically productive rather than to think critically and become knowledgeable and empathetic citizens. This shortsighted focus on profitable skills has eroded our ability to criticize authority, reduced our sympathy with the marginalized and different, and damaged our competence to deal with complex global problems. And the loss of these basic capacities jeopardizes the health of democracies and the hope of a decent world.
In response to this dire situation, Nussbaum argues that we must resist efforts to reduce education to a tool of the gross national product. Rather, we must work to reconnect education to the humanities in order to give students the capacity to be true democratic citizens of their countries and the world.
Drawing on the stories of troubling--and hopeful--educational developments from around the world, Nussbaum offers a manifesto that should be a rallying cry for anyone who cares about the deepest purposes of education.
Read moreCameron Titus, haunted by a YouTube video of a group of Joplin, Missouri tornado survivors stranded in a small convenience store's cooler, decided to take action and came up with an original idea to help raise money for Habitat for Humanity -- to help the victims of the recent tornado destruction around our nation. Despite his tender age, he decided to write a small children's book, in hopes to encourage donations for those in need. So with this in mind, we'd like to invite you to join Anna anteater, Kaitlin kangaroo, and other alphabet animal friends in this whimsical, tongue-tangling, lesson on the alphabet. All proceeds will be given to Habitat for Humanity to aid the tornado victims Read more
For everyone involved in efforts to prevent, and ultimately cure, AIDS, this book is essential reading. AIDS is an illness that presents unparalleled challenges. This volume provides a detailed assessment on the epidemiology of the disease, the modes of its transmission, and populations targeted for special prevention efforts. Special emphasis is placed on behavioural changes in high-risk groups, changes that have proved successful in slowing the spread of AIDS. Read more
This debate-style reader is designed to introduce students to controversies in gender studies. The readings, which represent the arguments of leading sociologists and social commentators, reflect a variety of viewpoints and have been selected for their liveliness and substance and because of their value in a debate framework. Taking Sides actively develops critical thinking skills by requiring students to analyze opposing viewpoints and reach considered judgements. Read more
This Monograph demonstrates that disruptions to young people's developing conceptions of personal or cultural persistence begin to explain the suicide rates among Aboriginal Canadian and non-Aboriginal Canadian youth.
Offering a research focus, coverage of prevention of adolescent problems and attention to ethnic and minority issues, this revision draws from a wide variety of disciplines and effectively integrates the material into a presentation of adolescent development. Placing adolescents themselves at the core of the book, the authors emphasize the role that development and the pressures of society play in the erratic and sometimes volatile lives of teenagers. Read more
Barbara Maria Stafford is a pioneering art historian whose research has long helped to bridge the divide between the humanities and cognitive sciences. In "A Field Guide to a New Meta-Field", she marshals a distinguished group of thinkers to forge a groundbreaking dialogue among the emerging brain sciences, the liberal arts, and social sciences. Stafford's book examines meaning and mental function from this dual experimental perspective. The wide-ranging essays included here - from Frank Echenhofer's foray into shamanist hallucinogenic visions to David Bashwiner's analysis of emotion and danceability - develop a common language for implementing programmatic and institutional change. Demonstrating how formerly divided fields are converging around shared issues, "A Field Guide to a New Meta-Field" maps a high-level, cross-disciplinary adventure from one of our leading figures in visual studies. Read more
The Fourth Edition Cambridge Latin Course is an introductory program organized into four well-integrated units. Cambridge's proven approach includes a stimulating continuous story line, interwoven grammatical development and cultural information, supportive illustrations and photographs, and a complete Language Information section. Reading is the heart of the Cambridge Latin Course, and all the elements of the program - illustrations, vocabulary, grammar and syntax, cultural contexts and references, activities - are carefully introduced and arranged to provide students with the skills they need to read with comprehension and enjoyment from the very first page. Read more
Hip-Hop's literary and artistic merits are evident when compared to classic poetry and it's easy to link the great poets of the past to the contemporary Hip Hop poets of today: compare Robert Frost to Public Enemy, Shakespeare to Eminem, and Shelley to the Notorious B.I.G. This interactive workbook-style format is fun for teachers and students, as it illuminates the art of the written word with in-depth analysis of poetic literary devices, writing activities, and other innovative methods. Read more
For courses in Art Appreciation, Art courses for non-majors, and one-semester Introduction to Art classes.
From the First Edition in 1972, ARTFORMS has been as visually exciting as the individual works of art that are reproduced in it. ARTFORMS grew out of a desire to introduce art through an engaging visual experience. It is written and designed to help readers build an informed foundation for individual understanding and enjoyment of art. By introducing art theory, practice, and history in a single volume, this book aims to draw students into a new or expanded awareness of the visual arts. The goal is to engage readers in the process of realizing their own innate creativity. In the new, Eighth Edition, the title has been modified to Prebles' ARTFORMS, acknowledging the pioneering contribution of the original authors, Duane and Sarah Preble, to the study of art. Their vision and spirit have touched hundreds of thousands of students who have studied ARTFORMS.
Read moreA collection of interviews and stories of people who are homeless, living in New Haven. A book that will "touch your soul and broaden your perspective on homelessness" (Frderick "Jerry" Streets - Chaplain, Yale University). "These enchanting stories, told by voices from a world parallel to ours, where home is a luxury and possessions are for losing, reveal love and pain and happiness and heartbreak." (Susan Cheever). "Homeless people are so often presented as problems, victims, or threats. In this book they present themselves - as people. When you read the stories - funny, tragic, sometimes heroic - in this beautiful book, you will find a part of humanity no longer alien to you." (Jeremy Brecher - Humanities Scholar in Residence, Connecticut Public Television and Radio). Read more
This is the most respected and authoritative college textbook available on human sexuality! Cutting edge and written in a direct, non-judgmental manner, this new edition of Crooks and Baur's OUR SEXUALITY has been thoroughly and carefully updated to reflect the most current research findings. This new edition is the first college text to bring cutting-edge and in-depth emphasis on the impact of politics on sexuality. Sensitive, comprehensive, and candid scholars and teachers, the authors keep you interested with the most exciting, emerging research and coverage, and focus on strengthening healthy communication among partners. Crooks and Baur have also revised their overall coverage on maintaining a responsible and healthy sexual relationship, with greater attention to diversity and inclusiveness. Other highlights include a new feature called "Sex and Politics," that examines the issue of value judgments that become public policy and what this means to sexual knowledge and to sexual choices. For example: information on different types of condoms was pulled off the CDC Website and replaced by abstinence only information, despite the fact that there is no empirical support about the efficacy of abstinence only education. You'll also enjoy the "Author's Files," which include new stories about the experiences of real people. Read more
Ahiman is a new periodical anthology of Masonic writing, offering a serious exploration of the rich initiatic traditions of Freemasonry. Edited by Masonic scholar Shawn Eyer, Ahiman is dedicated to stimulating scholarship, penetrating interpretation and inspiring creative expressions focused upon the history, rituals, symbolism, iconography and philosophy of Freemasonry. Carefully researched and lavishly produced, each edition of Ahiman offers important material of interest to Freemasons and other students of Western esoteric traditions.
Articles
"A Spiritual Vision of the Liberal Arts and Sciences" by Thomas D. Worrel
"The Memory Lodge: Practicing the Art of Memory" by Erik L. Arneson
"The Allegory of the Cave" by Plato
"Thomas Starr King: Apostle of Liberty, Brother of the Craft" by Adam G. Kendall
"An Angle of Perfect Sincerity" by Shawn Eyer
"Masonic Initiation & Plato's Allegory of the Cave" by David E. Stafford
"Silence and Solemnity in Craft Freemasonry" by Shawn Eyer
Literature & Verse
"Jabbok" by Erik O'Neal
"Before Dawn" by Shawn Eyer "Charge" by Greg Maier
"A Lodge Salutatory" by Robert G. Davis
"A Song of Degrees: The Aspirant" by W.L. Wilmshurst
"First Initiation" by Mounir Hanafi
"The Vision of Ahiman" by Lawrence Dermott, 1756
"The Geometry of Character" by Joseph Fort Newton, 1927
"Our Conscious Temple" by Thomas Starr King, 1863
Reviews
Tracing Boards of the Three Degrees in Craft Freemasonry Explained by Julian Rees (S. Eyer)
Western Esotericism and Rituals of Initiation by Henrik Bogdan (Brian Hodges) Read more
The Fourth Edition Cambridge Latin Course is an introductory program organized into four well-integrated units. Cambridge's proven approach includes a stimulating continuous story line, interwoven grammatical development and cultural information, supportive illustrations and photographs, and a complete Language Information section. Reading is the heart of the Cambridge Latin Course, and all the elements of the program - illustrations, vocabulary, grammar and syntax, cultural contexts and references, activities - are carefully introduced and arranged to provide students with the skills they need to read with comprehension and enjoyment from the very first page. Read more
Content and Consciousness is an original and ground-breaking attempt to elucidate a problem integral to the history of Western philosophical thought: the relationship of the mind and body. In this formative work, Dennett sought to develop a theory of the human mind and consciousness based on new and challenging advances in the field that came to be known as cognitive science. This important and illuminating work is widely-regarded as the book from which all of Dennett’s future ideas developed. It is his first explosive rebuttal of Cartesian dualism and one of the founding texts of philosophy of mind.
Read moreDr McMiken advocates writing essays with conviction, using rational thinking and a warm personal style of contemporary prose. He shows how to shape academic essays, reports and research proposals to give them finesse and persuasive power. Dr McMiken emphasises that the first principle of writing is having something worthwhile to say. He promotes a writing process to provoke insights and code thoughts to paper. Here is rational thinking entwined at all levels with context and the writing process. This is not for the faint hearted, or for the writer of ethereal prose. This writing evolves from a process of analysis, deduction, inference, argument and oh, yes, at its core is creativity. Dr McMiken explains how to find and interview experts and plumb the secrets of the deep web. The usual topics are there: referencing, research and writing style. The real value of this text though, lies in its emphasis on reason, and using the tools of rational thinking, to extract truth and meaning from the subject material. Read more
This topically organized, interdisciplinary anthology provides competing perspective on the claim that western culture faces a moral crisis. Using clearly written, accessible essays by well-known authors in philosophy, the social sciences, and the humanities, the book introduces students to a variety of perspectives on the current cultural debate about values that percolates beneath the surface of most of our social and political controversies. Read more