Rose Porter didnt hear about the Department of Defense Dependent Schools until she was well on her way to becoming a teacher at the University of South Florida in Tampa. She immediately knew she wanted to teach at or near a U.S. military installation but was told that shed need a masters degree. Plus, only the very best candidates were hired. Despite those challenges, she eventually found herself packing her bags to Newfoundland, which was considered a remote, unpleasant, hardship assignment. Known as a one-year area, it was for new employees who swore theyd go anywhere in the world during the interview process. That first assignment was tough, but it didnt stop her from staying on to teach at exotic places throughout the world, learning interesting recipes, seeing sights not on any tourist map, and navigating cultures that most people only read about in books. Join a lifelong educator as she looks back at the exciting times shes spent teaching children, other teachers, parents, her own family, and friends in Adventures in Teaching Military Brats.
Relates the story of Tasha, an unwed fourteen-year-old who raises her daughter Imani and survives the increasingly violent ghettos of Buffalo, New York, with determination and faith.
In 1866, eleven-year-old Addy and her family gather at Cape Island, later known as Cape May, New Jersey, where she encounters an impoverished white girl who treats her badly.
After her brother joins the family in Philadelphia at the end of the Civil War, Addy wants to be with him as much as possible, so she is jealous when he starts spending time with her friend's cousin. Includes information about the life of African Americans in Philadelphia in the 1860s and a recipe for letter cookies.
Presents six stories that follow the adventures of Addy Walker, a girl who escapes slavery with her mother in 1864, and settles with her in Philadelphia where they work to make a new life and hope for the day when the entire family can be reunited.
This is a collection of character building, wise sayings for men, for each day of the year. And each month is presented by a different well-known author.
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