About the Book Betty’s All-American is an autobiography of Jerry D. Davis through the ups and downs of life, some happy, some sad. As in any life, there is both triumph and tragedy. Davis struggled through a family history of alcoholism to finally achieve forty-two years of sobriety that started on September 1, 1979. Another struggle has been with his faith, but he learned that no matter what you go through, there can always be redemption. If you are raised in the church, you can always go back. He made a promise forty-two years ago that when he meets God Almighty, he is damn sure going to do it sober.
Designed to develop creativity in young learners, this book contains interdisciplinary activities which focus on the theme of animals. Activity pages are provided that can serve as front and back covers of a student booklet and the suggested activities can be duplicated for insertion between the covers resulting in a booklet for each student. A teacher/parent guide is included and supplies background information, activity descriptions, materials needed, and possible answers for the activities. A variety of exercises are provided which focus on such topics as: (1) microscopic life; (2) metamorphosis; (3) animal tracks; (4) birds; (5) fish; (6) vertebrates; (7) animal records; and (8) the human skeleton. (ML)
Designed to develop creativity in young learners, this book contains interdisciplinary activities which focus on the theme of the moon. Activity pages are provided that can serve as front and back covers of a student booklet and the suggested activities can be duplicated for insertion between the covers resulting in a booklet for each student. A teacher/parent guide is included and supplies background information, activity descriptions, materials needed, and possible answers for the activities. A variety of exercises are provided on topics such as: (1) using the moon to tell time; (2) observing the moon's phases; (3) identifying features of the moon; (4) recognizing other planet's moons; and (5) decision-making, problem-solving simulation. (ML)
Designed to develop creativity in young learners, this book contains interdisciplinary activities which focus on the theme of the weather. Activity pages are provided that can serve as front and back covers of a student booklet and the suggested activities can be duplicated for insertion between the covers resulting in a booklet for each student. A teacher/parent guide is included and supplies background information, activity descriptions, materials needed, and possible answers for the activities. A variety of exercises are provided on topics such as: (1) weather patterns; (2) weather sayings and lore; (3) major weather records; (4) water cycle; (5) cloud types; (6) wind scales; (7) hurricane names; (8) weather predictions; (9) weather stations; and (10) feelings and weather. (ML)
Designed to develop creativity in young learners, this book contains interdisciplinary activities which focus on the theme of water. Activity pages are provided that can serve as front and back covers of a student booklet and the suggested activities can be duplicated for insertion between the covers resulting in a booklet for each student. A teacher/parent guide is included and supplies background information, activity descriptions, materials needed, and possible answers for the activities. A variety of exercises are provided on such topics as: (1) the ocean's depth; (2) flow of water in an urban system; (3) water cycle; (4) water conservation; (5) water sports; (6) molecular structure of water; and (7) water/blood in the human body. (ML)
Designed to develop creativity in young learners, this book contains interdisciplinary activities which focus on the theme of the five senses. Activity pages are provided that can serve as front and back covers of a student booklet and the suggested activities can be duplicated for insertion between the covers resulting in a booklet for each student. A teacher/parent guide is included and supplies background information, activity descriptions, materials needed, and possible answers for the activities. A variety of exercises are provided on topics such as: (1) identifying senses and sense organs; (2) recognizing optical illusions; (3) determining eye dominance; (4) deciphering a code; (5) identifying qualities of a good listener; (6) recording taste and eating patterns; (7) calculating caloric intake; (8) identifying smells; and (9) discussing personalities, feelings and sensitivity. (ML)
Designed to develop creativity in young learners, this book contains interdisciplinary activities which focus on the theme of nature. Activity pages are provided that can serve as front and back covers of a student booklet and the suggested activities can be duplicated for insertion between the covers resulting in a booklet for each student. A teacher/parent guide is included and supplies background information, activity descriptions, materials needed, and possible answers for the activities. A variety of exercises are provided on such topics as: (1) nature hikes; (2) weather, wind, and temperature; (3) clouds; (4) color in nature; (5) quadrant studies; (6) sounds in nature; (7) nature's cycles; (8) common trees, flowers, and plants; (9) animal tracks; (10) litter; and (11) feelings about nature. (ML)
Designed to develop creativity in young learners, this book contains interdisciplinary activities which focus on the theme of energy. Activity pages are provided that can serve as front and back covers of a student booklet and the suggested activities can be duplicated for insertion between the covers resulting in a booklet for each student. A teacher/parent guide is included and supplies background information, activity descriptions, materials needed, and possible answers for the activities. A variety of exercises are provided on such topics as: (1) atomic energy; (2) chemical energy; (3) electrical energy; (4) fossil fuels; (5) heat energy; (6) solar energy; (7) recycling, and (8) personal energy. (ML)
Designed to develop creativity in young learners, this book contains interdisciplinary activities which focus on the theme of scientists. Activity pages are provided that can serve as front and back covers of a student booklet and the suggested activities can be duplicated for insertion between the covers resulting in a booklet for each student. A teacher/parent guide is included and supplies background information, activity descriptions, materials needed, and possible answers for the activities. A variety of exercises address the topics of: (1) what scientists do; (2) the instruments of science; (3) inventions and discoveries; (4) and the study of the earth, moon, stars, sea and weather. (ML)
Designed to develop creativity in young learners, this book contains interdisciplinary activities which focus on the theme of space (inner and outer). Activity pages are provided that can serve as front and back covers of a student booklet and the suggested activities can be duplicated for insertion between the covers resulting in a booklet for each student. A teacher/parent guide is included and supplies background information, activity descriptions, materials needed, and possible answers for the activities. A variety of science-oriented exercises are sequenced chronologically based on developmental characteristics of youngsters from prebirth through age 15. These activities are intended to help the youngsters reflect on where they came from, where they are now, and what may be ahead in the future. (ML)
Designed to develop creativity in young learners, this book contains interdisciplinary activities which focus on the theme of light and color. Activity pages are provided that can serve as front and back covers of a student booklet and the suggested activities can be duplicated for insertion between the covers resulting in a booklet for each student. A teacher/parent guide is included and supplies background information, activity descriptions, materials needed, and possible answers for the activities. A variety of exercises are provided on such topics as: (1) refraction; (2) light reflection; (3) eyes and vision; (4) vision problems; (5) color and emotion; (6) holography; and (7) primary colors. (ML)
Designed to develop creativity in young learners, this book contains interdisciplinary activities which focus on the theme of rocks and minerals. Activity pages are provided that can serve as front and back covers of a student booklet and the suggested activities can be duplicated for insertion between the covers resulting in a booklet for each student. A teacher/parent guide is included and supplies background information, activity descriptions, materials needed, and possible answers for the activities. A variety of exercises are provided on such topics as: (1) materials made of rocks and minerals; (2) planets; (3) moon; (4) earth's core; (5) plate tectonics; (6) earthquakes and volcanoes; (7) famous geological features; (8) crystals; (9) types of rocks; (10) hardness scale; and (11) careers in geology. (ML)
Designed to develop creativity in young learners, this book contains interdisciplinary activities which focus on the theme of electricity and magnetism. Activity pages are provided that can serve as front and back covers of a student booklet and the suggested activities can be duplicated for insertion between the covers resulting in a booklet for each student. A teacher/parent guide is included and supplies background information, activity descriptions, materials needed, and possible answers for the activities. Exercises that are found on even-numbered pages can be done by the teacher at school and those found on odd-numbered pages can be done by parents at home. A process skill is identified for each exercise. The activities focus on such aspects of the subject as: (1) electrical safety; (2) electrical terms; (3) flashlight parts and operations; (4) conductors of electricity; (5) electrical wiring; and (6) electrical consumption. (ML)
For ten years after WWII, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis weren't only the most successful show business act in history, they were history. Starting as a fill-in for another act in Atlantic city, their improvised, anarchic routines soon sold out all the greatest venues in America. They made films, they made millions. They made a legend. But amidst the dazzling success and the late night laughter, tensions developed between the reserved straight man, Martin, and the manic goon, Lewis. When the duo, who had reinvented the comic double-act, split acrimoniously in 1956 they didn't speak to one another for the next 20 years. This is an intimate memoir of those years of fame and success by one of the only surviving legends of the rat-pack era. Jerry Lewis remembers everything - the casinos, the mobsters, the endless pranks, the cocktails, the women, the meteoric rise to stardom. Here for the first and only time and in his own inimitable, wise-cracking voice he re-lives his days of glory with Dean Martin and gives a frank account of their relationship and break-up. A hilarious ride and heart-breaking, cautionary tale of what fame and fortune can do to love and friendship.
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