A Deeper Sense of Literacy is the first book to suggest that media literacy is both a content area and an approach to teaching that can be integrated into any subject area. It combines theory and practical application in a way that addresses the most important questions related to media literacy in education today: what is it, why is it important, how can you teach it across a wide range of curriculum areas and grade levels, and does it work? Rather than focusing on how to teach media literacy, Scheibe and Rogow focus on actually using media literacy to teach lessons across the content areas.
Longtime leaders in media literacy education share an inquiry-based approach to media analysis that teaches students how to think without telling them what to think.
The first comprehensive history of the oldest national religious Jewish women's organization in the United States. "A comprehensive history of the oldest religious Jewish women's organization in the US, exploring the council's uniquely female approach to such issues as immigrant aid, relationships between German and Eastern European Jews, and the power struggle between the Reform movement and more traditional interpretations of Judaisms." —Reference and Research Book News "Rogow clearly has mastered the history of American women and the history of the Jewish people in America, and she has laid out the story of one of the most significant and certainly enduring Jewish women's organizations." —American Historical Review
This book provides concrete, innovative ways to integrate media literacy across the curriculum and teach students to be independent, skilled, and reflective thinkers. Through dozens of suggested activities, teaching strategies, and lessons, this book's unique vision allows schools to integrate media literacy into teaching at all grade levels and core content areas.
This guide includes a variety of activities and discussion prompts to help you use the film, "In the light of reverence", productively in different classroom settings and grade levels, so not every activity will be appropriate for your students. Activities are organized by topics within the main social studies, environment and language arts sections, and a topic may be further organized by teaching ideas that can be used before, during and after students watch the film.
You may not know the names of these unsung heroes. Yet they are quietly yet profoundly changing the lives of those they teach. And those students go on to teach, through actions and words, the compassion of God for all people. Read these heartfelt testimonies and you'll be inspired yourself to be a teacher and ambassador of God's love. - Victoria Rebeck Many of us were guided into the Christian faith and field of Christian education by influential saints of the church; some were famous and well-known, others were just everyday fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ. Each has had an everlasting impression on us whose actions that we have tried to emulate and pass on to others. This book is an inspirational gift that provides a dynamic reflection of the impact that these servants have had on our futures and the future of the church. - David Melton Faith Formers pares down to the core of the soul. Dr. Patty Meyers gives readers the opportunity to experience the stories of people who've courageously decided to remove the layers of their lives in sharing who has most shaped their faith. By engulfing this rich book, the sweetness of the fruit is cherished. Faith Formers has made space for the writers to share an impactful part of their lives with everyone who turns the pages. It provided me with further healing and growth to give my testimony about the lineage of grandmothers in my life, along with the grandmother who never physically birthed children herself. Faith Formers is sure to inspire, encourage and leave readers feeling satisfied by the testimonies of many. - Sherry Arlena Waters These poignant stories of mentors, spiritual friends, memorable teachers and advocates are not just sentimental nostalgia. They teach us about teaching and about the significance of Christian formation for binding the generations and taking the leap into a hope-filled future. - Susan Willhauck This little volume is a love story. People who have influenced the lives teaching, and calling of Christian educators need to be remembered and that happens here. Those who are remembered in this volume made a difference in the world by teaching and modeling ways of teaching. They helped others to know that they are beloved by God and to respond to their call to teach. - Margaret Ann Crain
A Deeper Sense of Literacy is the first book to suggest that media literacy is both a content area and an approach to teaching that can be integrated into any subject area. It combines theory and practical application in a way that addresses the most important questions related to media literacy in education today: what is it, why is it important, how can you teach it across a wide range of curriculum areas and grade levels, and does it work? Rather than focusing on how to teach media literacy, Scheibe and Rogow focus on actually using media literacy to teach lessons across the content areas.
The first comprehensive history of the oldest national religious Jewish women's organization in the United States. "A comprehensive history of the oldest religious Jewish women's organization in the US, exploring the council's uniquely female approach to such issues as immigrant aid, relationships between German and Eastern European Jews, and the power struggle between the Reform movement and more traditional interpretations of Judaisms." —Reference and Research Book News "Rogow clearly has mastered the history of American women and the history of the Jewish people in America, and she has laid out the story of one of the most significant and certainly enduring Jewish women's organizations." —American Historical Review
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