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21) Death, Dying, and the Afterlife: Lessons from World Cultures: Understanding and Coping with Grief
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In this lecture on what Professor Berkson calls "an inescapable part of the human condition," unpack the feelings and behaviors of the grieving process. Topics include the evolutionary benefits of grief, the five stages of grief laid out by Elizabeth Kübler-Ross, and the three categories of grieving identified by psychologist George Bonanno.
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English
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Learn the 24 letters of the Greek alphabet using the restored classical pronunciation, recognizing that there was some variation in pronunciation in the ancient world. Practice the pairings of vowels called diphthongs, and sound out a selection of words that you will soon be reading in sentences.
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Learn why quadratic equations have "quad" in their name, even though they don't involve anything to the 4th power. Then try increasingly challenging examples, finding the solutions by sketching a square. Finally, derive the quadratic formula, which you've been using all along without realizing it.
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TMW Media
Pub. Date
2005.
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English
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Physics is frequently one of the hardest subjects for students to tackle because it is a combination of two of the toughest subjects for most students: Math and Word Problems. What sets this series apart from other physics teaching tools is that the concepts are taught entirely through step-by step example problems of increasing difficulty. It works by introducing each new concept in an easy to understand way and using example problems that are worked...
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"Over the past decade, educational instruction has become increasingly digitized as districts rush to dole out laptops and iPads to every student. Yet the most important question, “Is this what is best for students?” is glossed over. Veteran teachers Joe Clement and Matt Miles have seen firsthand how damaging technology overuse and misuse has been to our kids. On a mission to educate and empower parents, they show how screen saturation at home...
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Develop and refine your comprehensive online marketing plan. With more than 800 content-packed pages, Digital Marketing All-in-One For Dummies is the most comprehensive tool for marketers looking to beef up their online presence. In this edition, you'll learn the latest trends in digital marketing strategies, including brand new insight on how to incorporate artificial intelligence into your marketing plans. You'll also get the latest information...
27) Best Kept Secret
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Utopia
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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Janet Mino has taught her class of students with autism for four years. When they graduate in spring 2012, they will leave the security of the public school system forever. BEST KEPT SECRET follows them the year before graduation. The clock is ticking to find them a place in the adult world, so they do not end up where their predecessors have, sitting at home, institutionalized, or on the streets.
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Learning To Addition & Subtraction Has Never Been This Easy!™
Meet the Math Facts videos make adding and subtracting fun and easy! You will learn basic addition and subtraction through fact families. With fun characters that you will grow to love, levels 1, 2, & 3 will teach you to easily recall basic addition and subtraction math facts to 10 + 10.
Primary School Prep is a division of Preschool Prep Company, home to a complete set of learning...
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This book is written for the young person who doesn't know how to speak up to the racist adults in their life. For the 14 year old who sees injustice at school and isn't able to understand the role racism plays in separating them from their friends. For the kid who spends years trying to fit into the dominant culture and loses themselves for a little while. It's for all of the Black and Brown children who have been harmed (physically and emotionally)...
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BenBella Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"In Rewiring Education, Couch shares the professional lessons he's learned during his 50-plus years in education and technology. He takes us behind Apple's major research study, Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow (ACOT), and its follow-up (ACOT 2), highlighting the powerful effects of the Challenge-Based Learning framework. Going beyond Apple's walls, he also introduces us to some of the most extraordinary parents, educators, and entrepreneurs from around...
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English
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Learning To Addition & Subtraction Has Never Been This Easy!™
Meet the Math Facts videos make adding and subtracting fun and easy! You will learn basic addition and subtraction through fact families. With fun characters that you will grow to love, levels 1, 2, & 3 will teach you to easily recall basic addition and subtraction math facts to 10 + 10.
Primary School Prep is a division of Preschool Prep Company, home to a complete set of learning...
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English
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Learning To Addition & Subtraction Has Never Been This Easy!™
Meet the Math Facts videos make adding and subtracting fun and easy! You will learn basic addition and subtraction through fact families. With fun characters that you will grow to love, levels 1, 2, & 3 will teach you to easily recall basic addition and subtraction math facts to 10 + 10.
Primary School Prep is a division of Preschool Prep Company, home to a complete set of learning...
34) Words
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English
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"Words" is an exploration of how people navigate identity in the open and evolving landscape of New York City. Using some of NYC's most fluid scenes as a backdrop, "Words" investigates the dissonance between self and socially constructed identities as well as how these identities are contextualized in a range of environments from the world of the arts to the NYPD.
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Great Courses volume 1
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English
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Begin your study journey with the Vivaldi brothers' ill-fated journey to India. What drove the brothers - or drives any explorer - to take a risk and venture into the unknown? Consider that question as you look at theories on how the Pacific islands became populated starting with an epic movement 7,000 years ago.
37) My Powerful Hair
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English
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Our ancestors say our hair is our memories, our source of strength and power, a celebration of our lives. Mom never had long hair, she was told it was too wild. Grandma couldn't have long hair, hers was taken from her. But one young girl can't wait to grow her hair long: for herself, for her family, for her connection to her culture and the Earth, and to honor the strength and resilience of those who came before her. From Carole Lindstrom, author...
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English
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As a dog and his little girl go on their final walk together, he experiences the sights, smells, and wonders of this world one last time before peacefully passing on. But for such a good boy (oh yes, he is!) and his forever friend, that doesn't mean it's the end. Poignant, hopeful, and lovingly told, this dog's journey, told by the dog himself in his own unique words, proves that love abides beyond a lifetime, out of sight but never far away. Offering...
40) Language a to z
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The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020
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English
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There's a lot that's quirky and intriguing about how human language works, and much of it is downright fun to learn about. Here's a delightful way to get access, bite-sized introductions to language in Language A to Z. These 24 fifteen-minute lectures by Professor John McWhorter, one of the best-known popularizers of language, use the English alphabet as a unique, offbeat way to let viewers hopscotch through some of the field's major topics, hot-button...
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