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New photos and updated text highlight this revised edition. Beautiful photos show ancient and modern cities, and new topics include the recent rash of devastating fires.
One of the most numerous of the Native populations in North America, the Ojibwes are scattered across the United States and Canada. Today, Ojibwes live in Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota and in southern Ontario. Currently, the Ojibwes are forcing the government to honor its treaties. A closely knit people, Ojibwes on and off the reservation try to help each other and work for their communities to keep them strong. Their traditional and modern culture, arts, government, and lifestyle are all presented in clear text and powerful images.
This newly revised edition describes what life is like for people in modern Greece. The country's different ethnic groups are featured including new information on the Roma people.
A discussion of the history, culture, and contemporary life of the Mohawk Indians.
Gamification in Higher Education is a user-friendly text for anyone curious about gamification and how it increases student engagement. This book presents actual examples from gamified college courses, furnishing strategies and detailed plans for integrating gamification, regardless of the subject area, discipline, or modality. Moreover, the step-by-step how-to aspects of gamification that do not require expensive, proprietary gaming software set this book apart from others in the field. Gamification in Higher Education explores ways to incorporate real-world simulations and promote critical thinking skill, while focusing on storytelling through which to draw in students and help them get in...
Lavishly designed and carefully researched, this well-written volume offers readers a rich introduction to Ojibwe history and culture. Its extensive account of Ojibwe history begins with their life before the arrival of European colonists and concludes with discussion of 21st-century life. Topics include the forced removal of Ojibwes by US and Canadian governments, reservation life, relocation to cities, and the birth of the American Indian Movement. The book also explores the Ojibwes' historic seasonal lifestyle and cultural traditions, including family life, government, beliefs, and legends. Readers will find the timeline and glossary useful, and additional resources and suggested activities provide opportunities for further learning.
Once again, well-known ghost story writer Docia Williams brings us an all-new book about recent ghost sightings and mysterious happenings in the Alamo City. A chilling book for those wanting a guide to places where spirits are known to rendezvous or for those who just like a good ghost story.
The contemporary family is being distracted, disturbed and distraught by societal pressures from every direction. The nuclear family concept, believed crucial to child rearing, is becoming passé according to census data. Or has the wave of disruption to families crested? It is hoped that this bibliography will serve as a useful tool to researchers seeking further information on families and the pressures being exerted upon them in the 21st century.
Goodbye to mundane, expensive, freeze-dried camping food and welcome to tasty, environmentally conscious, inexpensive dishes. Seasoned outdoor cook Sierra Adare spices her creative and easy-to-follow recipes with Western culinary history and first accounts that are informed by the traditions of the trail. Inside the book are lists of grocery items you can buy beforehand at your local store, along with instructions to dehydrate your own food to avoid the high prices of outdoor markets. Your stomach just isn’t prepared for the great outdoors without Backcountry Cooking—your number one source for easy camp cooking, recipes adaptable for all types of camping, and the best ideas for making your next outdoor adventure remarkable and delicious.
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