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With his sublime parting words, "It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done…" Sidney Carton joins that exhalted group of Dickensian characters who have earned a permanent place in the popular literary imagination. His dramatic story, set against the volcanic fury of the French Revolution and pervaded by the ominous rumble of the death carts trundling toward the guillotine, is the heart-stirring tale of a heroic soul in an age gone mad. A masterful pageant of idealism, love, and adventure — in a Paris bursting with revolutionary frenzy, and a London alive with anxious anticipation — A Tale of Two Cities is one of Dickens’s most energetic and exciting works. Paperback. 400 pages. Learn More

The magnificent, timeless drama is the world’s most famous tale of "star-crossed lovers." The young, unshakable love of Juliet and Romeo defies the feud that divides their families—the Capulets and Montagues—as their desperate need to be together, their secret meetings, and finally their concealed marriage drive them toward tragedy. A masterwork that has long captured the hearts of audiences, this romantic tragedy has become part of the literary heritage of all peoples in all nations. 336 pages. Learn More

Lincoln, A Photobiography published by Houghton Mifflin was Winner of the 1988 Newberry Medal. This book is known for being well researched and well written with outstanding photographs. For middle school and above. 145 pages. Learn More

ADAM AND HIS KIN: The Lost History of Their Lives and Times by Ruth Beechick. A rare blending of the Bible account with information from sciences, archeology, ancient traditions and other sources. Reads as easily as a story, yet teaches actual history. Narrates from creation to Abram, encompassing the whole period usually called "prehistoric". Charts, maps and illustrations help to give a clear picture of times and places. Gives insights into the world before the great flood and into the rebuilding of civilization afterward. Shows the sources of all pagan beliefs. For the whole family. 176 pages, Paperback. Learn More

Have we been brainwashed about our roots? Read evidence that the writings in Genesis are more ancient than historians admit. Adam, Noah, and other eyewitnesses actually wrote these records for us. This unique course, based on Genesis 1-11, integrates the linguistic evidence and other fields of knowledge with the Bible. It clears up the fuzziness of history before Egypt. Through literature and art it reveals startling insights about giants, dragons, cherubim and other beings that the early people knew but we have lost in myth. Gives true answers to age-old questions of God, man, and the world -- in order to develop the right worldview, which leads to right thinking. Includes maps, charts, timeline and full-color reproductions of ancient art. Six units with flexible uses for teens, almost teens, and the rest of the family. 112 pages, Paperback Learn More

Caddie Woodlawn is a real adventurer. She'd rather hunt than sew and plow than bake, and tries to beat her brother's dares every chance she gets. Caddie is friends with Indians, who scare most of the neighbors -- neighbors who, like her mother and sisters, don't understand her at all. Caddie is brave, and her story is special because it's based on the life and memories of Carol Ryrie Brink's grandmother, the real Caddie Woodlawn. Her spirit and sense of fun have made this book a classic that readers have taken to their hearts for more than seventy years Learn More

Studying God's Word - Book E, from Christian Liberty Press. This course covers select stories from Genesis to Ruth, as well as background information for each book in the first half of the Old Testament. It contains lesson, thought, and review questions; Bible book outlines; chronological charts; occasional map activities; and three self-tests. 4th grade. Learn More

Studying God's Work - Book F from Christian Liberty Press. This course covers select passages from the books of Samuel and Kings, Daniel, Esther, and Nehemiah, as well as background information for each book in the second half of the Old Testament. It contains lesson, thought, and review questions; Bible book outlines; chronological charts; occasional map activities; and three self-tests. 5th grade. Learn More

Studying God's Word, Book G Student Workbook. This book covers the Gospels. 6th grade. Christian Liberty Press. This course examines the four Gospels and provides a chronological overview of the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. It contains lesson, thought, and review questions; timeline charts; background outlines on the Gospels; and four self-tests. Learn More

This course covers select stories from Genesis to Ruth, as well as background information for each book in the first half of the Old Testament. It contains lesson, thought, and review questions; Bible book outlines; chronological charts; occasional map activities; and three self-tests. Includes answers and teaching tips for Student Workbook E (Item # 1882). 4th grade. Christian Liberty Press. Learn More

This course covers select passages from the books of Samuel and Kings, Daniel, Esther, and Nehemiah, as well as background information for each book in the second half of the Old Testament. It contains lesson, thought, and review questions; Bible book outlines; chronological charts; occasional map activities; and three self-tests. Includes answers and teaching tips for Student Workbook F (Item # 1883). 5th grade. Christian Liberty Press. Learn More

This course examines the four Gospels and provides a chronological overview of the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. It contains lesson, thought, and review questions; timeline charts; background outlines on the Gospels; and four self-tests. Includes answers and teaching tips forStudent Workbook G (Item # 1884). 6th grade. Christian Liberty Press. Learn More

Applications of Grammar Book 2/Structure for Communicating Effectively Answer Key by Christian Liberty Press. Reviews the basics of English grammar, focusing on parts of speech, using phrases & clauses, diagramming key words, phrases, and clauses, writing & diagramming sentences, and clarifying agreement in sentences. 8th Grade. Learn More

Your home, your power, know how it works!

Electricity is everywhere – even in your home. Whether you live in a city skyscraper or a house in the country, our homes are powered by electricity. It’s not magic, it’s science, and it’s easy to learn. Build a house or city tower with real, working, 3-D circuits, just like the ones you use every day. With seven colorful base grids to make your structure your own, learn how electricity travels and powers your home.

- How does the electric company get power to your house?
- How does power travel inside your walls?
- What happens when you turn on a light?
- What happens when the power goes out?
- What are fuses and circuit breakers and how do they work?

Whether an engineer, artist, or businessperson, get empowered for your future and learn how the electricity in your world works! Electronics is easy and fun with MyHome!

Features:

• Seven colored base grids to make your structure your own!
• Learn about circuitry, security systems, dimmer switches, automatic lights, alarms, motion detectors, fan speeds, appliance motors, generators, and much more!
• Illustrated, easy-to-use, full-color project manual.
• Approximately 60 parts and 25 projects.

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A phonics best-seller for over 30 years, Explode the Code series has helped millions of students nationwide build the essential literacy skills needed for reading success: phonological awareness, decoding, vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, and spelling. This research-based and teacher-tested program exceeds "No Child Left Behind" requirements and National Reading Panel Standards. Explode The Code Book 8 introduces students to more complex morphemic units including suffixes and irregular endings. Students combine word parts to create multisyllabic words and increase their vocabulary by learning the meanings of common suffixes and endings. Several review lessons are included along with a posttest. Skills Addressed • Common suffixes and endings including: • -ness • -less • -ous • -or • -ist • -ity • -ture • -ment • -able • -ible • -sion, -tion • -ance, -ence • -tive, -sive • -ify • -ize • -ti-, -ci- Grades K-4. From EPS. Learn More

Word Roots teaches students the meanings of Latin prefixes, roots, and suffixes commonly used in English. Students learn the building blocks of words-prefixes, suffixes, and roots-in order to unlock new vocabulary. By learning the etymology of words with Word Roots, students will enhance their vocabulary and improve their understanding of unfamiliar words, as well as improve spelling skills. Each lesson features the meanings of prefixes, roots, and suffixes used to form the vocabulary words. The activities following the lessons include opportunities to spell and define words by matching words to definitions; complete the sentence by choosing the correct word; define word parts; write sentences using words in the lesson; and complete an optional creative writing assignment. Word Roots Level 2 replaces the previous Word Roots A2 book. This new version has been updated and improved! More effective activities to help students learn the meaning and spelling of roots, prefixes, and suffixes have been added, as well as more than 100 new vocabulary words. In addition, lesson reviews have been added to ensure that students retain what is taught in the lessons. 250 reproducible pages, softcover. Line-listed answer key included, along with a Greek and Latin prefix/root/suffix dictionary. Grades 5-12+. Learn More

Color-coded plastic tiles let students manipulate parts of a whole to see how they relate to each other. The 51 proportional pieces represent 1 whole and fractional parts down to 1/12 and fit on a plastic tray. Grades 1-8. From Learning Resources. Specifications: 51 color-coded proportional plastic pieces representing 1 whole, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 1/8, 1/10 and 1/12; 9" x 10" plastic tray; Teaching Guide; 2 sheets of stickers; Color-coded to correspond to all Rainbow Fraction® Products . Learn More

Student Books Vocabulary from Classical Roots can be easily incorporated into any curriculum. Use the Student Books to teach word strategies as well as word etymologies. Assign exercises as independent or small group work, or incorporate them into whole class instruction. • Organized thematically • Abundant literary, historical and geographical references • 2 roots and 8–15 words in each lesson • Dictionary-style definitions • “Challenge Words” enhance vocabulary development • Expository and creative writing prompts in all review lessons Skills Addressed • Greek and Latin roots • Word origins and etymologies • Synonyms and antonyms • Analogies • Word usage • Word forms • Critical thinking • Dictionary and glossary use • Test taking/assessment • Editing sentences • Homophones • Multiple-meaning words • Parts of speech • Prefixes • Suffixes • Spelling • Syllables • Writing Learn More

Meet the Van Dusens! Math in Everyday Life follows this (fictional) family’s income and expenses over the course of a year. Your students will experience how basic math capability affects: Budgeting, Writing a check, Shopping, Making home repairs, Buying a car, and many other activities. Numerous charts, quizzes, and document reproductions give ample opportunity to test math skills in the context of everyday life. Includes banking, budgets, shopping, home expenses, and other practical math exercises. Incorporates new Internet and calculator activities, as well as lessons involving electronic banking, tax filing, and more. Grade 7 - 12. From Walch Education. Learn More

Each lesson is a real-world problem that presents math fundamentals in the context of everyday scenarios. With updated content and new lessons, Real-Life Math develops problem-solving and communication skills while it teaches the basics. Each book includes answers, explanations of mathematical concepts, and extension activities. Teaches students to create, read, and interpret a variety of visual presentations. Grades 9-12. From Walch Education. Learn More

This set includes 38 magnetic, uppercase letters -- the 26 letters of the alphabet plus an extra copy of the 12 most commonly used letters (A, D, E, I, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T). The colors of the various letters coordinate with the colors used in our companion Lowercase Letters (LM-1130) and A-Z Letters with Pictures (LM-1210) sets giving children a secondary visual clue when working on their letter recognition skills. As a further aid, all of the vowels are color-coded green throughout the KidABC family of magnets. From Barker Creek. Ages 3-8 Grades PreK-2 38 Uppercase Magnetic Letters WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD - Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. Learn More

Set includes six full tangrams — 42 magnetic pieces! In addition to making traditional tangram shapes, these manipulatives are a great tool for teaching fractions, geometry and much more. Ages 4+, Grades PreK+ WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD - Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. Learn More

James Trotter loses his parents in a horrible accident and is forced to live-miserably-with his two wicked aunts. Then James is given some magic crystals that give him hope. But when he accidentally spills these crystals on an old peach tree, strange things begin to happen. A peach starts to grow and grow until James is able to climb inside and escape his awful aunts! And through this adventure, he makes some interesting friends, including Grasshopper, Earthworm, Miss Spider, and Centipede, and finally finds a place where he belongs. Paperback. 128 pages. Learn More

Lessons on topics such as sentence fragments or parts of speech begin with several pithy examples, and follow them with directed questions that help students arrive at a grammatical principle or rule. Following the questions and a brief discussion, each lesson has a Definition, set in a box for emphasis. Lessons also contain boxed Hints that aid students in understanding and retaining points of grammar. Exercises are both traditional and innovative, and provide practice as well as increase general knowledge. Students read sentences and pick out various points of grammar, but they also follow sentence patterns, write their own sentences, choose effective modifiers, or combine sentences. In one particularly original and interesting kind of recurring exercise, the sentences form a narrative about a particular subject—Strange but True Baseball Facts, or Women’s Struggle for the Vote, for example. In all books, lessons build on each other: the lesson on compound sentences, for example, appears not long after students have learned what constitutes a sentence and right after they have been introduced to the conjunction. Each book also contains a Comprehensive Exercises section that provides review exercises and includes errors for students to correct. Book 1 is for Grades 5-6. Learn More