This book builds on the foundational pedagogical theories of Gloria Ladson-Billings' Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and Django Paris’ Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies to inform teaching in the higher education classroom.Co-written by a teacher educator and his students, this practical resource shares the ways a uniquely positioned graduate course implemented key tenets of Culturally Relevant and Sustaining Pedagogy (CRSP) in their teaching and pract...

Intersectional Media: Representations of Marginalized Identities analyzes media depictions of a variety of intersecting identities. Through a study examining how components of identity such as race, class, ethnicity, age, ability, class, and sexuality mesh and form a unique worldview, contributors to this collection frame their understanding of media intersectionality as complex and multi-layered studies of identity. Rather than focusing on any one component of marginalized identity, this ...

The perks for American servicemen and women.The U.S. Armed Forces exists in a reality all its own. Members are fed, paid, clothed, housed, and protected in a way few other American citizens can claim. Soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines can shop at low-price grocery stores, protect their families with low-cost insurance, and earn a lifetime pension before they turn 40 years old. In fact, military life offers so many benefits and perks, it's hard for the average ...

Ever wonder what your neighbors are really like? What they may be hiding?The Neighbors features twenty aspiring writers wishing to entertain you with their short stories inspired by these very questions. From humorous conflicts with the home owners association to a seedier malevolence, suspicious behavior to a welcomed change, there is something for everyone.The next time your neighbors invite you to dinner, you may wish to think twice!

This is a story of a little boy named James. And the journey he goes on from the moment his first tooth starts to wobbly. And his first of many visit from his tooth fairy. This story was inspired by the imagination of my son Eli, and the excitement of his first visit from the tooth fairy. You could say it is a true story Beautiful illustrated and a wonderfully told, the perfect bed time story, that you will enjoy reading to your child.