Revised and updated: the award-winning historical analysis of the civil rights movement examining the interplay of race and class in the American South. In Race, Class, and the Civil Rights Movement, sociologist Jack M. Bloom explains what the civil rights movement was about, why it was successful, and why it fell short of some of its objectives. With a unique sociohistorical analysis, he argues that Southern racist practices were established by the agrarian upper class, and that only when this class system was undermined did the civil rights movement became possible. He also demonstrates how the movement was the culmination of political struggles beginning in the Reconstruction era and influenced by the New Deal policies of the 1930s. Widely praise when it was first published 1987, Race, Class, and the Civil Rights Movement was a C. Wright Mills Second Award–winning book and also won the Gustavus Myers Center Outstanding Book Award. In this second edition, Bloom updates his study in light of current scholarship on civil rights history. He also presents an analysis of the New Right within the Republican Party, starting in the 1960s, as a reaction to the civil rights movement.

A child-friendly format for the classic book on how emotions and behaviors interact With wacky characters, varied type faces, and vivid colors, this picture book introduces the vocabulary of values with nonjudgmental language. A wide variety of character traits presents kids with scenarios they can identify with, including peering at bugs with a magnifying glass, making the bed, and finishing a puzzle. Additional examples define words such as "curious," "responsible," "persistent," and "capable." The scenarios let children imagine how they might act in a number of common situations. The Way I Act provides parents with guidance on how to talk to their children about the difference between feelings and actions and the choices that kids can make in their behavior.

Transform ordinary bulletin boards into hubs of activity! This guide shows you how bulletin boards can be used to stimulate active participation and involvement. Exciting new ideas for art, science, math, social studies, language arts, health, and holidays provide provocative ideas that challenge children to think, do, and learn.

When two-year olds begin in nursery schools and day care centers, they need activities specially designed to expand their capabilities and interests. The activities, which both teachers and children will enjoy, develop self-image, listening, language, social growth, movement, science, math, and music. These activities will keep a young toddler's mind as active as a toddler's body. It includes introductory sections covering basic and individual goals, classroom arrangement, scheduling, discipline, materials, parent involvement, and assessment. Shape Walks, Mitten Week, Bunny May I, and many other activities make this book an incredible resource.

Each creative idea book is filled with on-target reproducible monthly activities that are ready-to-go and make learning fun! These books integrate with any curriculum and are loaded with cute patterns, ideas, motivation awards, bookmarks, open-ended games, crafts, bulletin board suggestions, and celebrations for every special day of the month!

In this delightful book Minnie creates a special bow for each of her animal friends . Pull-tabs, flaps, and die-cuts provide surprises on every page. Perfectly portable with a plastic handle, this book will go with Minnie fans wherever they do!

This volume contains primary theme units to be used by early childhood teachers to foster children's sense of respect for self, others, and the world. Several multicultural units are presented along with units on sensory awareness and self-esteem. The intent of the book is to inspire teachers to incorporate multiculturalism into their lessons on an ongoing basis. The 10 units contain 117 different activities. The units focus on: (1) "Self Empowerment & Self-Esteem"; (2) "African Cultural Aspects"; (3)"Mexican Cultural Aspects"; (4) "French Cultural Aspects"; (5) "Amish Cultural Aspects"; (6) "Touch"; (7) "Taste"; (8) "Hearing"; (9) "Smell"; and (10) "Sight." An appendix contains general multicultural resources, resources for each unit, and related resource books. (EH)