Resources.Rethinking Schools: An Urban Education Resource (Spring 2003) has a special issue, "Fighting for the Truth: Teaching About the War on Iraq Iraq or Irak (both: ēräk`, ĭrăk`), officially Republic of Iraq, republic (2005 est. pop. 26,075,000), 167,924 sq mi (434,924 sq km), SW Asia. ." The war is taught through poetry ("Entering History Through Poetry") and song ("Teaching with Protest Songs"). "No Child Left Unrecruited" shows how military recruiters have unprecedented access to students. "Teaching Gulf War II" and "Drawing on History to Challenge the War" places the U.S. relationship with Iraq in the context of American imperialism imperialism, broadly, the extension of rule or influence by one government, nation, or society over another. Early Empires Evidence of the existence of empires dates back to the dawn of written history in Egypt and in Mesopotamia, where local . "Oakland Teach-In" and "Fund the Schools, Not the War" demonstrate to students the value of anti-war protest. Rethinking Schools is now online at www.rethinkingschools.org. Teachers College Press has new books on the topics of Multicultural mul·ti·cul·tur·al adj. 1. Of, relating to, or including several cultures. 2. Of or relating to a social or educational theory that encourages interest in many cultures within a society rather than in only a mainstream culture. Education, Teaching for Social Justice, Social and Emotional Learning, After-School Programs, Urban Education, and Culture, Race, and Literacy. For the current catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. , call 800-575-6566; or fax 802-864-7626; or visit www.teacherscollegepress.com. Teaching for Change offers K-College resources on equity and social justice in education. The current catalog (Spring/Summer 2003) includes resources for teaching about the war on Iraq, as well as resources on gender and sexuality, language arts language arts pl.n. The subjects, including reading, spelling, and composition, aimed at developing reading and writing skills, usually taught in elementary and secondary school. , anti-violence and conflict resolution, and activism for children and adults. To order the catalog, call 800-763-9131; or fax 202-238-0109; or visit www.teachingforchange.org. |
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