Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a fresh and more accurate approach to teaching American history.

A foolproof, enormously fun method of teaching your children the classic works of William Shakespeare William Shakespeare's plays are among the great bedrocks of Western civilization and contain the finest writing of the past 450 years. Many of the best novels, plays, poetry, and films in the English language produced since Shakespeare's death in 1616'from Jane Austen to The Godfather'are heavily influenced by Shakespeare's stories, characters, language,...

Includes creating a contour map and model of your town, making a "patchwork quilt" of local history, researching the history of a place name, and preparing family trees and time lines.

Learn all about fractions and how to use them.

Prof. Nafisi resigned from her job as professor of English Literature at a university in Tehran in 1995 due to repressive government policies. For the next 2 years, until she left Iran, she gathered 7 young women, former students, at her house every Thursday morning to read and discuss works of Western literature forbidden by the new regime. They used this forum to learn to speak freely, not only about literature, but also about the social, political,...

A lively interactive Spanish immersion program that engages children with colorful backgrounds, animated characters, catchy original songs, and live-action footage of familiar year-round activities. Upbeat live-action speakers introduce and reinforce basic Spanish words and phrases through call-and-response and repetition. From el invierno, winter, to el otoño, autumn, it's a year-round celebration as children learn words and phrases associated with...

"Do we still know how to read a novel?" John Sutherland, Chairman of the 2005 Booker Prize Committee, asks. His disheartened answer is an unequivocal, "No." But, Sutherland has not given up hope. With acerbic wit and intellect, he traces the history of what it used to mean to be well-read and tells readers what it still means today. Using this delightful book as a means to an end, he reminds readers how the delicate charms of fiction can be at once...