Authors:Susan C. Thompson, Keith S. Thompson, Lidia Lopez,
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Keywords: world, folklore, series, mayas, folklãƒâ³ricos, folktales, cuentos, mayan
Number of Pages: 236
Published: 2007-08-30
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 1591581389
ISBN-13: 9781591581383

Discover the traditional stories of the Mayan people of Mexico and Central and South America, and learn about Mayan culture. In this collection you’ll find such tales as Uncle Rabbit, Uncle Coyote, How the Serpent was Born, The Moon, The Screamer of the Night, and more than 25 other tales ranging from trickster tales and tales of ghosts and witches to moral tales and tales of the underworld, presented in Spanish and English. A brief history, color photographs of the land, people, and traditional arts, and recipes accompany the tales, placing them within a cultural context. Grades K-12.

Authors:Homer A. Thompson, Dorothy B. Thompson, Susan I. Rot
Publisher: American School of Classical Studies
Keywords: terracottas, pottery, hellenistic
Number of Pages: 463
Published: 1987-11-21
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 0876619448
ISBN-13: 9780876619445

The articles collected and reprinted here appeared originally in the pages of Hesperia. "Two Centuries of Hellenistic Pottery," by Homer A. Thompson, presented in 1934 some of the pottery found in the early excavations of the American School in the Athenian Agora. The series titled "Three Centuries of Hellenistic Terracottas," by Dorothy B. Thompson, includes ten articles that were published between 1952 and 1966. The working chronology that the authors established has made these studies basic references for investigations of Attic pottery and terracottas of the Hellenistic period, wherever fo

Author: Susan Thompson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: planning, regional, urban, overview, australia
Number of Pages: 364
Published: 2007-10-29
List price: $48.99
ISBN-10: 0521612616
ISBN-13: 9780521612616

This book is the first comprehensive Australian planning text to be written in over 30 years. It incorporates both theory and current practice, providing an overview of the discipline. It provides a comprehensive view of the major issues and principal activities which occupy planning practitioners today. Further, and most importantly, the conceptual framework of the text is underpinned by the tenets of sustainability and social equity, reflecting the breadth of the authors’ planning expertise, theoretical positions and practice experience. The book defines and contextualizes planning in

Author: Susan Thompson Moore
Publisher: Autism Asperger Publishing Company
Keywords: academic, amp, social, difficulties, solutions, practical, syndrome, elementary, school, experience, asperger
Number of Pages: 195
Published: 2002-10-01
List price: $25.95
ISBN-10: 1931282137
ISBN-13: 9781931282130

Written by an educator and mother of two children with autism spectrum disorders, this resource is comprised of practical ideas for addressing the academic and social needs of elementary-aged children with Asperger Syndrome. Intended for both teachers and parents, specific topics include organizational accommodations, accommodations in the curriculum, developing social skills and the importance of home-school communication. Forms, checklists, and other visuals make these helpful ideas easy to implement.

Authors:Stephen J. Thompson, Susan N. Kushner Benson, Lynne
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers, Inc.
Keywords: teaching, planning, making, decision
Number of Pages: 425
Published: 2001
List price: $122.80
ISBN-10: 0801331358
ISBN-13: 9780801331350

Based on Bransford and Stein’s IDEAL model for problem-solving and decision-making, this comprehensive text explicitly illustrates the thought processes of successful teachers as they plan, implement, and evaluate instruction. Decision-Making in Planning and Teaching invites dialogue, application, and critical examination of thought processes by section and in chapters through real-world scenarios, current research studies, and practice-teaching sessions.

Authors:Kel Thompson, Casey Thompson, Charlotte Thompson,
Publisher: Tate Publishing
Keywords: could
Number of Pages: 24
Published: 2009-11-24
List price: $8.99
ISBN-10: 1615663282
ISBN-13: 9781615663286

Should thought their home Should not be so hot. Could thought they could Find a cooler lot. Would wished they would Solve this sticky plot. Should, Could, and Would is a tall tale about three short gnomes with conditional names. After taking a long walk from a hard life to visit the All-Knowing Gnome, they learned ’action, not inaction’ would solve their problems. With new names and a new attitude, they created a life with great rewards! This book is an eLIVE book, meaning each book contains a code to redeem a free audio book download from the Tate Publishing website!

Authors:Marjorie Sarbaugh-Thompson, Lyke Thompson, Charles D
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Keywords: limits, term, effects, institutional, political
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2006-08-22
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 140397585X
ISBN-13: 9781403975850

Discontent with politics and politicians has led to calls for term limits in the belief that new faces would bring new perspectives and the influence of monied special interests would decrease. This innovative volume examines the effects of term limits by combining statistical analysis of the effects of terms limits on electoral competition, campaign contributions, and the activities of the Michigan legislature with in-depth interviews with legislators. The book sheds important light on the political, institutional and individual effects of terms limits. The authors find many surprises that ne