Discusses the Union campaigns against the Confederates and Indians who sought to take advantage of the confusions of the Civil War and how Union leaders undertook vigorous campaigns after the war for the extermination or resettlement of the Indians. Excellently documented and imaginatively written, this phase of the development of the American West comes alive under the author's skillful handling.
Grasslands are wide, open places where grass is the main plant. From camels to kangaroos, and hyenas to horses, you'll discover that there is a lot more alive in grasslands than just grass!
NCTE’s Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar
provides this much-needed resource for K–college teachers who wonder
what to do about grammar—how to teach it, how to apply it, how to learn
what they themselves were never taught. Grammar Alive! offers
teachers ways to negotiate the often conflicting goals of testing,
confident writing, the culturally inclusive classroom, and the teaching
of Standard English while also honoring other varieties of English.
This hands-on approach to grammar in the classroom includes numerous
examples and practical vignettes describing real teachers’ real
classroom experiences with specific grammar lessons—including ESL
issues—as well as a review of grammar basics.
The future is a very dark place, where people work in dangerous jobs for low wages, but employment is still extremely hard to get. Ben Richards knows that the only way his wife and daughter can get out of the low class lifestyle is for him to try to win money on one of the many gameshows on television.
These are no ordinary gameshows, because they make you suffer, or even die, and Richards has been chosen for the top show of all - The Running Man. The rules are fairly straightforward. $100 for every hour that you stay alive, and if you manage to stay alive for 30 days, you win One Billion Dollars!
