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"In Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man, Acho takes on all the questions, large and small, insensitive and taboo, many white Americans are afraid to ask--yet which all Americans need the answers to, now more than ever. With the same open-hearted generosity that has made his video series a phenomenon, Acho explains the vital core of such fraught concepts as white privilege, cultural appropriation, and "reverse racism." In his own words, he...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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In this autobiography, initially published in 1903, Helen Keller recalls her remarkable life as a blind and deaf woman taught to communicate by Ann Sullivan. Here among other memories, Keller describes her epiphany at the water pump when she connected the physical world with its linguistic counterpart. Keller was eventually educated at Radcliffe University, where she graduated with honors.
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Free Spirit
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[2002]
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English
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Defines giftedness and discusses special quirks and problems that arise living with a gifted child, from a lack of neatness to the "too-smart mouth," and explains how parents can find the right programs and make school as rewarding as possible for gifted children.
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Free Spirit Pub
Pub. Date
[2001]
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English
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First published in 1992, "Teaching Gifted Kids In The Regular Classroom" is known and loved in schools and classrooms across the U.S., Canada, and Australia. Teachers call it "the orange Bible" -- the book they count on for strategies that work. In the eight years since the first edition, Susan Winebrenner has traveled the country and the world, helping teachers reach and teach gifted students and "underachievers". Her ideas have been used by thousands...