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Key battles have shaped history since time immemorial. This handy reference work spotlights 100 of the world's most important military confrontations, from 1469 B.C.-A.D. 1991.

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From Elizabeth Stoddard's The Morgesons and Anzia Yzierska's The Bread Givers to Laurie Colwin's Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object and Chet Raymo's The Dork of Cork, here are some of the forgotten gems of American literature.

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Brimming with fascinating and fun facts about 100 scientific breakthroughs, this collection presents the real stories behind the history of science, at the same time offering a panoramic overview of the history of science and an introduction to some of the most important scientists in history.

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This ready reference presents fascinating facts about 100 amazing inventions, a panoramic overview of the history of science, and a collection of engaging reads.

Inventions are the stuff of dreams, quickly gaining widespread use, becoming central to culture, and ultimately changing our lives.

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This guide covers well known celebrities, such as actress Rita Moreno, activist Csar Chavz, and musician Pablo Casals as well as more obscure individuals, such as Ellen Ochoa (inventor and first Hispanic female astronaut), Agustin Lara (a renowned Mexican composer), and Jose Capablanca (one of the greatest chess players of all times).

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Contains one hundred ideas for assemblies in the primary school suitable for ages 5 to 11. Containing some religious and some secular assemblies, the former contain stories from many religious traditions. Each assembly carries an element of surprise, a story or a poem and an element of prayer or reflection.

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Offers primary school teachers tips and suggestions that help their pupils to develop thinking skills.

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Contains ideas for assemblies in the secondary school, which range from thoughtful to faith-linked and from fact-sharing to stimuli for reflection. Each one also has a handy list of things the teacher needs to perform the assembly.

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Provides ideas on how to cope with being a supply teacher in a primary school. The first section contains advice such as how to deal with behaviour management and what resources you should bring with you to help you through the day. The remaining sections deal with a subject and include ideas such as warm up activities, lesson plans and plenaries.

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Supply teaching can be very difficult - if it's not the students that are being difficult it's the permanent members of staff. The author provides one hundred ideas on how to handle the pitfalls of being a supply teacher. It includes ideas such as warm up activities and how to carry on the topic if faced with more than one lesson with a class.

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Providing one hundred ideas on how to survive the first year of teaching, the author deals with a range of tricky issues - from coping with the long working hours and managing difficult classes to lesson planning and writing reports for the first time.

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Provides ideas for teaching design and technology (D&T) at secondary school level. This book features ideas that range from practical classroom activities to ideas for different D&T subject topics. Suitable for trainees, NQTs and experienced teachers alike, it contains 100 inspirational ideas on teaching design and technology in the classroom.

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Takes a skills-based approach, with each section suggesting general ideas to use in everyday classroom teaching, including specific examples of how these can be used with a variety of modules from primary through to secondary.

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Focusing on physical development, this book provides one hundred practical and inspiring ideas for use in the education setting.

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Suitable for the primary school market, this title provides a multitude of techniques for getting pupils really enthusiastic about mathematics. It is intended for teachers involved with children's development in the primary school.

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Students often think that science is a boring and difficult subject with no relevance to their every day lives. A part of the "Continuum One Hundreds", this book contains creative ideas and shows kids how relevant science is.

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Training to become a teacher is one of the most gruelling aspects of a teacher's career. A part of the second group of "Continuum One Hundred" titles, this book provides helpful advice on how to survive this tough initiation into teaching.

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Markets for this work are school, public, and college and university libraries, and college courses on American history, American government and politics, and American political theory.