Making learning fun and interactive builds excitment for your social studies students. This book includes game-formatted activities for the study of important events in American history such as Colonial America, The American Revolution, American Indian Experience, The Civil War, the Oregon Trail, Immigration, and the Civil Rights Movement. These hands-on activities are aligned to state and national standards and supports college and career readiness skills. The hands-on lessons foster engagement, teamwork, creativity, and critical thinking. In addition to history-based lessons, this resource includes grading rubrics and ideas for assessment. The games in Hands-on History Activities will help you take an active approach to teaching while inspiring your students to make their own explorations of history.

Making learning fun and interactive is a surefire way to excite your social studies students. This book includes game-formatted activities for major historical topics. While the goal of these activities is to create excitement and to spark interest in further study, they are also standards based and include grading rubrics and ideas for assessment. Encouraging teamwork, creativity, intelligent reflection, and decision making, the games of Hands-on History Activities will help you take an active approach to teaching while inspiring your students to make their own explorations of history. 192pp.

Make American history fun and interactive to motivate your students. Encourage teamwork, creativity, reflection, and decision making. Take an active approach to teaching while inspiring your students to make their own explorations of U.S. history.

Whether you're a first-time backpacker, an occasional weekend warrior, or a seasoned long-distance trekker, this guide is a must for any backpacking, hiking, or camping trip. Supreme long-distance hiker Andrew Skurka—accomplished adventure athlete, speaker, guide, and writer—shares his knowledge in this essential guide to backpacking gear and skills. Skurka recounts what he's learned from more than 30,000 miles of long-distance hikes, including the Appalachian, Pacific Crest, and Continental Divide Trails, and the 4,700-mile Alaska-Yukon Expedition. A show-and-tell guide to clothing, footwear, backpacks, shelter and sleep systems, camp stoves, and more, as well as tips on foot care, campsite selection, and hiking efficiency, this single book contains all the knowledge you'll need to hit the trail. This second edition features 16 new pages (including food on the trail and other essentials), and updates all gear recommendations.

After a tiring day of the same old routine you catch yourself mindlessly scrolling through social media yet again. Frustrated, you can’t help but think “Is this really all there is to life?” Monster Jam driver and motivational speaker Bryce Kenny has been there. In his new book, Geared for Life: Making the Shift Into Your Full Potential, he aims to help others uncover their dreams and dare to be brave. The pressure to succeed can be overwhelming, yet sometimes it paralyzes us into settling for less. Kenny is here to help you rise up to the challenge and make the impact you’ve always wanted. He presents specific principles that he's developed in his own life that will help you find direction and shape your future. Whether you're entering the job market or going into a new business venture, you need the courage to give it your all. Through personal stories, lessons, and proven results, Kenny provides you with the inspiration you need to change your mindset and turn your life around. Geared for Life will teach you how to: Gain new perspectives and strategies to get through difficult situations Develop foundational beliefs that will result in more productive actions toward your goals Learn skills to overcome fear and gain confidence in your abilities Identify your life's purpose Develop the mindset of a winner and defeat any challenge A well-written guide for anyone seeking to reject a life of monotony and overcome the fear of failure, Geared for Life is a motivating and energetic guide that will equip you to fight for a life of purpose and accomplish your wildest dreams. You are a warrior and you have what it takes to be great!

The essays in this Festschrift have been chosen to honour Harald Hagemann and his scientific work. They reflect his main contributions to economic research and his major fields of interest. The essays in the first part deal with various aspects within the history of economic thought. The second part is about the current state of macroeconomics. The essays in the third part of the book cover topics on economic growth and structural dynamics.