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Many times I have wondered if Darko Milicic has ever read a blog. Like, if he knows anything of the massive reputation he's developed after almost a decade as the laughingstock of the Internet. Has he heard of Free Darko? Does he occasionally Google "Darko" and get confused when almost all the results are about Donnie Darko? Does he scroll through old RealGM forums on his Blackberry Torch in the bathroom, running the shower so his children can't hear him cry? The only thing we can know for sure is that his web browser is Safari. The rest is a tantalizing mystery, never to be solved.
But if I had to guess, just based on his facial expressions when he plays, I think that he basically knows what people think of him. He always sort of looks like he's built an emotional wall to keep out all his haters, and every reaction he has is some variation on angry—lots of air-punching and scary mugs. Basketball does not look like the funnest thing in his life. Could it have stopped being fun when he learned that basically everyone in the arena was laughing at him at all times? Doesn't that seem kind of reasonable?
This is all part of why I love this Celtics signing so much, and why I'm so very excited for the first time Darko gets introduced in TD Garden. I think Boston could potentially be very kind to him, and that he could return that kindness by contributing value off the bench. Understandably, some disagree. Their arguments are mostly built on the premise that Darko is bad and he sucks. All very reasonable arguments. But I actually think his reputation could help him fit in here.
Like it or not, the Boston sports community gravitates towards doofy, slow, vaguely out-of-shape white guys. The urge to cheer guys like that on is all-powerful in this city, and it's especially powerful if the white guy sucks. The more he sucks, the more hilarious it is to cheer for him like he's good! This is a city where BOTH Lou Merloni and Brian Scalabrine now work in sports commentary, mostly because they were sort of bad at their sports and people thought that was funny. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but it is a true thing. You must face the reality of this head-on.
Darko doesn't exactly fit the Lou-Scal mold because he's much scarier and he might actually be crazy. There's a fantastic NSFW video I can't post but can link to that illustrates these qualities of his quite nicely. But he's white, and he's a weirdo, and he's already famous for sucking. Can't you see Darko filling the void left by Semih Erden and Luke Harangody as the Celtics' gawky, uncomfortable fan favorite? Just like those guys, he's under no pressure to be great: Doc's plan is almost definitely for Darko to spell KG as a 3rd center. Scrub white players getting limited minutes, if they perform even passably and with any personality at all, always get love in Boston. They get personalized chants. He could easily get a soccer-style "Darkoooooooooooooooooo" every time he steps on the court. Easily! Five capable games and that chant is his.
Darko would never really have experienced that kind of affection in his career—so wouldn't it be interesting to see how it affected his game? What if he started clawing dudes' eyes out for extra boards and thudding blocks straight back into their mugs—just to play to his adoring audience? Remember that he's already got a Boston accent name: do you realize how much fans are going to love saying "Dahko" all the time? Freshly screenprinted t-shirts that say "DAHKO" on the back are probably cooling on the racks at Modell's this very moment. Who cares, you ask? Ask Nomar if his name didn't help his career in Boston. Ask him.
I doubt Darko's ever starred in a local commercial, but in Boston he'd be chin-deep in them. You wouldn't be able to turn on a single-digit channel without hearing his weird accent shilling tires and discount furniture. "Do you have pizza in Serbia?" some kid asks Darko. "Yes, but not as good as your Papa Gino's!" he replies loudly. Easy. That commercial would run for eight years.
If sad Darko can put up average numbers on a bad team, happy Darko could probably anchor a reserve defense on this good one. After a few months, he could even promoted to the starting lineup if somebody gets hurt or KG gets tired of playing center. Darko's goodwill campaign would maybe not last that move, because he'd actually be expected to produce, and he doesn't seem to flourish in those conditions. If he started going 1-6 and fouling out in 25 minutes every night, his accent would probably not seem quite so adorable anymore. But what an imaginary ride he took us on, huh? So many imaginary ups and downs. We can only dream our hardest that any of it actually happens.
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Yesterday I arrived in Orlando for CPC 2012! It's a great opportunity to meet and network with great CM Leaders. It is also a way to see and experience the latest and greatest in Curriculum & Products designed for Children's Ministry.
Last night Go Fish Guy led worship, Phil Vischer shared his heart for Biblical Literacy, & the Keynote was delivered by Kyle Idleman. Every element of the first evening session was exceptional. Michael Chaney and the INCM team has done exceptional job of rebooting CPC. The Five Initiatives that they have introduced are both compelling and challenging for all of us involved in ministry.
This morning again the Go Fish Guys did an amazing job with worship. Michael began the day introducing the question "Are Puppets Relevant" which was followed up by a great puppet presentation by Dennis Lee Hilarious!
Right now I am sitting in a Breakout session with Matt McKee. I'll be sharing some of those details later today. Be looking for more updates "live" from CPC in Orlando.

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Ever fantasized about what it'd be like to vacation with Beyoncé? If you're anything like us, the thought passes through your mind only every other waking moment. Private jets, exotic locales…and Queen B providing the perfect soundtrack the entire time (literally, she would be singing "Halo" on repeat the entire time).
But in the meantime, Bey has taken to her Tumblr to show off pictures of a road trip she recently took back home in good old Texas, complete with vacation tresses (one of our fave Beyoncé looks, by far), more patterned jumpers and boots than you could shake a stick at and a gaggle of girls (including sister Solange).
The pics show Bey and her posse riding bikes, grabbing some street meat, getting up close and personal with some horses and donkeys and fitting in only the fiercest of high fashion poses whenever possible, naturally. You betta werk!
Oh, and for those surprised at just how un-Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous her getaway was, don't fret. Beyoncé isn't completely parting with her A-list lifestyle—the gals did arrive on a private jet, after all. How sweet it is.


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The Museum of Natural History dates back to 1818 when it was founded by Dr. Daniel Drake. It was around that time when John James Audubon worked for the museum as a taxidermist and created exhibits. The museum was located in several different places around Cincinnati until the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History and Planetarium was built in 1957 on Gilbert Avenue next to the Elsinore Tower. The museum and planetarium was designed by architect Walter W. Cordes of Cordes & Pressler & Associates.
The natural history museum contains a large collection of shells, minerals, fossils, birds, mammals, reptiles, insects, and pre-historic artifacts. It also contains a life-like cavern, an ice age exhibit, a replica wilderness trail, and a display depicting the life of early Native Americans. The planetarium had exhibits on the solar system and the night sky. It would feature special events such as laser light shows.
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- Jimmy said...
Wow, nice! I remember this from my last visit. Was really fun inside! :)
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The life-sized family of woolly mammoths now stands in front of Cincinnati Museum Center's Geier Collections and Research Center, 760 W. Fifth Street. The facility houses museum collections and science laboratories for Museum Center.
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- grif said...
Thanks for the information on the statues! I wasn't sure what the building was used for. I updated the post with the information.
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- Brian Phipps said...
Makes me so vary sad they moved it to the terminal. The new one is no comparison to the original.
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Makes me so vary sad they moved it to the terminal. The new one is no comparison to the original.
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A BIG List of Instructional Strategies for Teachers
I've decided to create an instructional strategies list for teachers. There are plenty of teaching textbooks meant to provide instructional strategies for teachers. There are also huge lists of definitions available. This site strives to be more. I am updating this page regularly to keep it a constantly growing resource for teachers, homeschooling parents, student teachers, and anyone else with an interest in teaching children. (Doing this helps me to keep my own teaching skills sharp.) It can be hard keeping up with the latest trends in teaching. (Full disclosure… I will sometimes include links to recommended items for teaching this generation of learners. If you decide to buy one of those items through my link, I could make a small commission.) For example, if you teach science at just about any level, your students would probably LOVE having this item in your classroom.
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The list below is a curated collection of links to resources, informative videos, and basic pedagogical definitions that I've spent weeks (so far) putting together. Much of what you find here can be put to use in your classroom immediately. All I ask is that you please share it with other educators (use the social buttons above or link to this page if you have a teaching website or page of your own). The comments section at the bottom is the perfect place to share your own tips and expertise with other teachers around the world! Thanks, and please share!
The Big List
- 3-2-1 This is an activating strategy similar to a KWL chart. Students give three things they believe they already know about a subject, two things they would like to learn more about, and finally, one question that is related to the overall concept you will be learning about. Get more details and a free generic printable version here.
- ABC Summarize This game is used as a tool during brainstorming sessions. Given a main topic, students try to come up with related words representing all 26 letters of the alphabet.
- Ability Grouping This type of grouping is also sometimes referred to as tracking. Students working at similar levels are grouped together for instruction. Some, but not all, experts use this term interchangeably with tracking. Although there has been research done on the effectiveness of ability grouping, there is still quite a bit of disagreement about whether or not it helps or hurts student achievement. You may want to read this synthesis of the research.
- Abstract Thinking Abstract thinking is characterized by the ability to consider things beyond the here and now. Abstract thinkers are better able to see the larger picture and form "connections" between two or more seemingly unrelated ideas. You can read a more thorough comparison of abstract and concrete thinking here.
- Academic Games Games designed to encourage and support a variety of academic skills. These can be used in the classroom, but are also sometimes organized into larger competitions between schools. See the most popular academic games on Amazon.
- Accredited Online Teacher Certification Programs Courses of study that allow an individual to earn teacher certification through online classes. Different programs of study will have different requirements and will offer different certifications and/or degrees upon completion.
- Achievement Motivation Humans respond to different types of motivation. Achievement motivation focuses on our desire to reach new levels of achievement or goals. This has implications for educators looking for ways to inspire less than enthusiastic students. Read more about theories of motivation.
- Acronyms for Memorizing Students sometimes have an easier time remembering facts when they create their own memorable acronym. A well known example of this technique is ROY-G-BIV for remembering the colors of the rainbow in order (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet). If you would like to read about several very good "tricks" for improving memory, take a look at this site.
- Acrostics Often used as a memory device. The first (usually) letter of a series of words are placed on separate lines to form a memorable word or phrase. An example would be Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge. The first letters of each word remind you of the notes on the treble clef. You can create your own printable acrostic here.
- Activating Strategies The aim of these types of teaching methods is to get students using their prior knowledge as they take on new learning tasks. These approaches engage students and help them to anchor the new things they are learning to what they already know. Many of these will be mentioned in this list of pedagogical strategies. Some examples include KWL charts, think-pair-write, cloze activities, and quick writes. I found a large list of these on Slideshare.
- Active Learning A method of teaching that involves more than just "book learning". Students actively engage in problem solving, writing, or other activities. This approach encourages evaluation, synthesis and analysis instead of just searching a book for the "right" answer.
- Abstract Thinking Abstract thinking is characterized by the ability to consider things beyond the here and now. Abstract thinkers are better able to see the larger picture and form "connections" between two or more seemingly unrelated ideas. You can read a more thorough comparison of abstract and concrete thinking here.
- Active Participation Get the students involved in their learning. Ask them questions. Give them small projects. Have them do surveys, talk to each other and share. Start a real class discussion. If you have shy kids, let them write down some comments to initiate discussion. Create puzzles. Stop talking and discuss what was just taught for a few minutes. Brainstorm ideas about the topic of the day… Not many people learn well when they are just sitting there listening to a lecture. Seriously, how many details do you remember from your last three in-service meetings? Sometimes one of the best teaching techniques is to let the students take the lead and then adapt you teaching methods and strategies to fit the moment. Read more about how to get students involved in class.
- Activity Centers Get some of these set up. I always thought they would be a major hassle when my school started moving toward a differentiated approach to learning, but once these are set up, the students quickly catch on to the concept of moving from station to station. If you have a co-teacher or aide available, these are even easier to manage. You may want to check out these Common Core based activity centers.
- Adapted Tests These are tests tailored to meet the needs of students who require accommodations. Teachers of students with special needs often have to adapt material, but every teacher should understand the concept since it isn't only students with IEPs who need adapted material. Here is an excellent resource to check out and bookmark: 7 Ways to Adapt the Common Core Standards for Students with Special Needs
- ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder It is estimated that over five million children in the United States have been diagnosed with ADHD. Symptoms include impulsivity, being inattentive, and hyperactivity. These can show up in various combinations. Learn more at healthline.com
- Advance Organizers These are "frameworks" for learning. Actually, they just give the class a heads up as to what they'll be learning that day. You basically introduce the topic and tie it to prior lessons and knowledge. I always write the day's objective on the board and refer to it within the first few minutes of class. It also gives learners something to aim for during the lesson. That is, they know what they should be learning in the next 40 minutes or so. (See anticipatory set below.)
- Advantages vs. Disadvantages A simple class exercise where two columns are used to compare the advantages and disadvantages of a given topic.
- AGO (Aims, Goals, and Objectives) In this strategy by Edward de Bono, the "notion of purpose broadens the perception of a situation. The AGO is a device to get students to focus directly and deliberately on the intention behind actions." Read more…
- Agreement Circles This a tool used for helping students as they develop critical evaluation skills. It is a simple activity that starts out by providing a statement and asking students whether or not they agree with it. After that…
- ALEM (Adaptive Learning Environments Model)
- Alphabet Games As the name implies, these are games designed to help students learn the alphabet. You can find many of these available for free online. You can find several of these free alphabet games here.
- Anticipatory Set This is done at the beginning of class. You hook your students' interest, focus their attention, and get them engaged in the lesson. This could be a lot of things. Some people like to start with "bell ringers" or questions related to the previous lesson. It could also be something as simple as taking a minute to choose a homework question the would feel comfortable answering. If you'd like a refresher about how to apply these in your lesson plans, check this site. Here are some more ideas you can try right away:
- Engage the whole group with a great question
- Let the students do some freewriting which they will then share in class.
- Project an interesting visual related to the lesson with an overhead or projector.
- Write a question on the board and have students write a short answer.
- Role play
- Do a quick review of what was taught the previous day.
- Brainstorming activities related to the day's lesson.
- Author's Chair This activity is used as part of learning the writing process. A student shares his written work with the class. Obviously, this should be done toward the end of the writing process after the author has already cleaned up his or her rough draft. Feedback should be primarily positive, but constructive criticism is a good thing here. I've found that the other students often ask questions that can help the author to recognize details they might have left out of their work up to that point. You can find some great video demonstrations of author's chair here. They'll probably make you smile too.
- Balanced Literacy This approach to language arts learning emphasizes mastering both oral and written methods of communicating. Student learning occurs both in and out of the classroom and involves writing, reading, viewing, speaking, and listening. It is a model that integrates writing and reading for students and it involves both direct and indirect teaching methods. A variety of instructional methods for teaching reading comprehension, phonics, and writing skills may be applied. Learn more…
- Behavior Management Like it or not, keeping things under control in your classroom is part of the job. Don't worry though. We've got some behavior management tips for you.
- Benchmark Testing This type of testing is done to determine where a student is starting out and how much progress has been made over a designated period of time. This is a method of monitoring student progress. To maintain consistency, standardized benchmark tests are often used. The time between tests may vary, but every three to six weeks is usually considered acceptable. The goal of benchmark test taking is to see how much academic progress is being made as the school year goes along. Many textbook series today include benchmark tests. Read more about benchmark testing here.
- Best Teaching Practices There are so many ways to approach teaching. Finding the best way to engage students and actually get them to learn takes some practice. Here are some thoughts on what really gets through to students.
- Book Talks I suppose you might think of these as the modern, more in-depth equivalent of the traditional book report. It is a way to encourage students to get more involved with reading. Students make a book recommendation to their peers in an organized way that includes a bit of personal reflection on what they enjoyed about the book. These fit well when introducing a book fair or even a newly acquired classroom book. Check out some elementary book talk videos.
- Brain Based Learning This is all about basing your lessons and teaching approach on scientific research on how our brains actually learn. You need to take the students' cognitive development into account. Student learning changes as children mature and grown cognitively, socially, and emotionally. Explore how the brain works!
- Brainstorming Most teachers have probably experienced brainstorming first hand. Students are given a topic to focus on and then are encouraged to use their creativity as well as prior knowledge to create a list of ideas that can then be used as a starting point for new learning. Brainstorming should be done in an environment that encourages open sharing and discourages judging and criticism. Get some more tips on facilitating brainstorming in the classroom.
- Case Studies This instructional strategy gives students the task of examining real life scenarios and applying the knowledge they have acquired in class. It encourages abstract thinking, so it is best suited to students who have reached that level of cognitive development. This is generally after elementary school age, but you can adapt this to your elementary classroom if the students seem to have a solid understanding and interest in the topic being discussed. Check out examples of case studies in science to get some ideas for your own classroom.
- Categorizing Students can start putting their thoughts (and physical objects) into categories as early as the beginning of elementary school. Teachers can facilitate this process by first suggesting appropriate categories to get the ball rolling. This is a good way to encourage students to examine how things a alike and different. This obviously can lead later to compare and contrast exercises. For older students, apps like flipagram can be used in class as a categorizing tool. Here is a link to a webinar describing just how to do that.
- Causal Mapping This is a form of concept mapping. The emphasis is on cause and effect relationships. Intel has developed something called the Seeing Reason Tool that you should check out for creating causal maps.
- Cause and Effect Exploring what happened (the effect) and why it happened (the cause) in various situations.
- Charades / Role Playing These activities help students to see how their actions can affect not only themselves, but also others. Here is a detailed example that you might be able to use in your classroom.
- Checking for Understanding The strategies involved here can range from very simple (thumbs up or down) to much more complex (group activities that can involve sharing in an organized manner). I usually go for the fastest method that is appropriate. One thing I have definitely learned though, is that you can't expect most kids to voluntarily raise their hands and announce that they need a deeper explanation. If you don't check for understanding, you risk having a classroom of lost and disinterested learners as you continue teaching. This usually ends badly with frustrated students and low test scores. The time spent checking for understanding pays off later because even if students do get "lost", you don't have to backtrack nearly as far to get everyone back up to speed. Formative assessments are a great way to do a quick check for understanding. Here is a list of 53 ways to check for understanding.
- Choral Reading Generally, in choral reading, the teacher reads a selection aloud to the class. At that point, a whole class discussion is held about what was read. From here, the whole class, or a selected group of students reads the selection aloud. Students who are less confident in their reading ability are able to join in with more fluent readers. Any kind of text can be read in this manner. It can be a great way to introduce poetry.
- Choral Response At first glance you might think that having students shout out their responses would lead to class disruption, but in choral response, students are expected to answer in a controlled way (not with wild screaming). The theory here is that getting students to respond frequently during a lesson will keep them more involved and lead to more students actually remembering and understanding what has been taught.
- Chunking This is the process of grouping or organizing bits of information into groups that are easier to remember together. Students learn to organize and to look for patterns. Chunking is a great way to work around the short term memory's limitations. This isn't just useful for students. Take a look at this post on Lifehacker.com.
- CIRC (Cooperative Integrated Reading & Composition)
- Circles of Knowledge An activating strategy similar to a KWL chart, but using circles. Students write down what they already know, what they want answered, and finally, the answers to their questions. This is easily made into a worksheet simply by drawing 3 circles and labeling each as above. If you would like a closer look, or a printable sheet, check this page from NASA.
- Class Publications These are usually collaborative efforts by the class. They could include class newspapers, newsletters, maps, yearbooks, or anything that allows for the class to organize and combine their efforts in a published form.
- Classification Students use categories to group things based on how they are alike. A common example in elementary is classifying plants and animals in science class. In math class, they may classify types of angles or triangles. Here is an example for math (geometry) practice.
- Classroom Conversations When I was in high school, I had a social studies teacher that would guide us toward class conversations about once ever two weeks or so. The class was always very responsive, and at the time, we just assumed that he was giving us a day off. Looking back now, I see that these discussions were expertly guided toward the teacher's chosen topic of the day. He was pretty good at what he did! Conversations in the classroom can be a great way to get more people involved and to gauge how much everyone understands. Depending on the class and the topic, teachers an decide how much guidance is needed as the lesson begins and progresses. Check out what Frederick Erickson had to say about this approach.
- Classroom Mailboxes Obviously, these can be used as a place to sort student work, but they are also quite useful for organizing worksheets for different subjects or classes. Secondary teachers may want to consider them for this purpose. You can make your own, but you might want to consider just checking these out. They don't cost that much, and you can re-use them from year to year.
- Classroom Management Strategies One of the biggest challenges for teachers is knowing how to manage the behaviors in their classroom. Classroom management is all about making your high expectations very clear and knowing how to handle challenges to the standards you've set. These challenges are often behavioral. This short video has some good tips for keeping things under control.
- Classroom Meetings
- Classroom Organization
- Classroom Posters
- Classroom Routines Having a routine in your classroom can seem like a hassle at first. You have to take time out of your already overloaded schedule to teach students simple procedures. In the long run though, having routines in place can be a great time saver. Classroom routines can be established for everything from sharpening pencils and turning in homework to knowing how the class should operate in the event that an unprepared substitute shows up. Don't underestimate the power here. Establishing good routines can be as important as having solid lesson plans. Routines should be a part of your overall classroom management plan.
- Classroom Rules
- Cloze Procedure A cloze procedure is used to check for understanding of context in a reading task. The student is expected to replace missing words with appropriate vocabulary in a given passage using context clues and their own understanding of the subject they have been reading about.
- Clustering This is a method used for organizing information when preparing to write. Unlike most linear methods of organization, this is based more on mapping what you are going to write about. It is sometimes compared to brainstorming, but it is a more organized approach. It helps students to focus on what comes to mind when they choose one particular topic to write about.
- Cognitive Strategy Instruction
- Cold Call This is an instructional strategy that is dreaded by students who tend to drift off and daydream during class. The teacher calls on students during the course of the lesson and subsequent discussion without really considering who is volunteering to answer. That means that even students who don't have their hands raised might get called on at any time. This isn't meant to be used as a tool for "catching" people who are not paying attention. Rather, you would hope that students in a class where cold calls are used would enter the room ready to pay attention and contribute. When used correctly, this approach can solicit input from students who otherwise would probably not have offered their valuable insights on the lesson of the day.
- Collaborative Learning In collaborative learning, students work with each other to discuss a given "problem" and come up with possible solutions. This can be done in pairs or in small groups. Advantages include students taking more ownership for their learning, improved social interactions, and built in peer tutoring opportunities.
- Common Core
- Compare and Contrast In my own experience, this method is used quite a bit in reading and language arts instruction. Charts are often created to show how two things are alike or different. Comparisons show how things are alike, while contrasts focus on differences.
- Computer Assisted Instruction As the name implies, this is instruction that uses the computer as a tool for instructing students. This can be a good way of connecting with learners who enjoy spending time on the computer, but it is meant to be a tool, not a replacement for the teacher.
- Concept Attainment This strategy is an example of indirect instruction. This approach ties in well with contrasting and comparing given items. Students learn to oranize and categorize as they look for the common attributes of a given group. They also look for ways to identify things that do not belong in a given category.
- Concept Mapping Some people learn better by seeing a visual representation of what is being taught. Concept maps help students to start with a main idea and then branch out to important key concepts. This is done by using shapes like circles or squares that are connected by lines that branch out to related ideas. This type of graphic organizer is often used by teachers to illustrate new ideas, but it can also be used to assess how well students understand what they have been taught. To do this, students are shown examples of concept maps and are then given the opportunity to construct their own map illustrating their understanding of the subject.
- Conducting Experiments Most students love exploring and learning science concepts through inquiry. Hands on experimenting (with the guidance of the teacher) can be a great way to get students thinking at a higher level. In my experience, it is very important for the teacher to help the students to understand the connection between the experiments they are performing and the objective of the lesson. Some "science in a box" type modules provide very little content knowledge for students. Students enjoy the hands on activities, but they will not always "get" what is being taught unless the connection is made with the help of the teacher.
- Conferencing with Students Many teachers miss out on a golden opportunity to connect with students and to understand what and how they are thinking. You conference with students while they are working during class. This is a simple process that can reap major rewards. Start by asking the student how they are doing with the problem they are working on at the moment. Ask about what they are learning and what is giving them problems. You guide them by offering tips and by specifically asking what they need help with to keep them moving forward. Ask about strategies they are using and offer new ones for them to try out. This is a much better use of in class work time than just walking around the room watching to make sure that students are working.
- Connecting to Prior Knowledge Sometimes it's easy to forget that some students might not have much, if any, prior knowledge about what is being taught. Use questioning and tools like brainstorming and KWL charts to assess what your students know and where they are lacking. Look for ways to connect what is being taught to their everyday life. This might be things they do, things they've seen, things they've read about, or something that seems totally unrelated. Get the class talking about a topic and keep your ears open for something you can use to make a connection. Students often don't realize that activating prior knowledge can help them to better understand new material. Help them to make this connection and they might just surprise you with how interested they become.
- Constructivism
- Cooperative Learning
- Co-teaching
- Cognitive Thinking
- Critical Listening
- Critical Literacy
- Critical Reading
- Critical Thinking Activities
- Data Analysis
- Defining
- Descriptions
- Differentiated Instruction When you differentiate instruction, you place an emphasis on what your students already know and how they do their best learning. Here are some ideas for putting together effective differentiated instruction lesson plans for your classroom.
- Directive Model
- Discussion Groups
- Educational Technology
- Emotional Support
- Entrance tickets (also called Admission tickets)
- Flipping Your Classroom In a flipped classroom, students are expected to watch a prepared video on their own time (at home) before coming to class. The video is prepared by the teacher or a third party. The idea is that students will already have a base knowledge when they enter the classroom. Class time can be spent focusing more on the students instead of a lecturing teacher.
- Frayer Model
- Give One / Get One
- Grab Bag
- Group Based Instruction
- Group Work Students working together toward some common learning objective. This is often a class project. Working in groups is also used as a way to teach students about cooperating with others and sharing responsibilities.
- Group Writing
- Information Technology
- Instructional Scaffolding
- Instructional Strategies for Teachers These are useful methods and techniques meant to help teachers reach and teach every type of student in the classroom. Being familiar with a wide variety of instructional strategies is quite helpful when differentiating instruction.
- KWL charts
- Learning Logs Students keep track of their own learning. They write about how they responded to learning challenges given by the teacher.
- Learning Support
- Math Multiplication Games Games designed to help students to learn and use multiplication facts.
- Metacognition Thinking about your own thinking processes. In education, this relates to how a student thinks about their own thinking and learning.
- Phonics Connecting sounds with specific letters or groups of letters. This skill is used for teaching people how to read.
- Questioning This is a skill that is learned over time. An experienced teacher uses questions to direct the class, dig deeper into relevant issues, and to encourage higher level thinking in his or her students. New educators should make it a priority to learn the best questioning techniques for teachers. Here is a question that is meant to get you thinking: What is teaching? (Feel free to answer that one in the comments!!!)
- Questions to the Teacher Students submit questions to the teacher related to a specific topic that will be discussed in class (see the link above about questioning techniques).
- Quick Talk
- Quick Writes
- Read and Say Something
- Reading Comprehension
- Reciprocal Teaching
- Sentence Starters
- Snowball Fights
- Special Education
- STEAM Science, Technology, Engineering, ART, and Math. Take a peek at some instructional strategies for teaching science.
- STEM Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
- Sticky Notes
- Teaching Strategies We all need a plan, right? These are strategies for getting the point of your lessons across to your students as painlessly as possible. You will need to adjust your approach depending on the audience you are teaching. Here are some strategies for teaching high school students.
- Think-Pair-Write
- Think-Write-Share
- Transformed Text
- Whole Brain Teaching
- Word Splash A collection of words related to a given topic is presented in a "splash" style to get students thinking about and discussing the topic.
- Worksheets
- Writer's Workshop
- Written Conversations
- Writing Prompts
- Writing Strategies
- Always More to Come!
I wanted to include an infographic about Marzano's 9 instructional strategies for teachers. Why? Because some people think that this short list is all there is when it comes to planning instruction, and that's what they're looking for right now. Here's his list, but I invite you to keep on reading after you check it out. There is SOOO much more here, and it is all meant to help teachers and students to achieve new levels of success!
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A Resource for Teachers
I want this site to be one of the best online resources for teachers. As a teacher, becoming familiar with a variety of techniques for teaching is essential if you want to keep students interested in their own education and actively learning in your class. These strategies and methods of teaching are the tools of your trade. Taking the time to learn about them will help both you and your students. In addition, adding some variety to your teaching is a great way to prevent yourself from burning out.
Establishing and Breaking Routines
Routine is nice up to a point, but there is a very real danger of falling victim to a creeping complacency that can lead to boredom and disinterest for both teacher and student. Don't let that happen! Above, you will find a list of instructional strategies for teaching that can give a new spark to your teaching style. Feel free to print it out and then check off different strategies as you use them. As this site grows, more strategies, definitions (help with all of the academic jargon) and specific methods used by teachers will become available. Even without step by step instructions though, just looking through this list of ideas should help to get you out of any teaching rut you may have fallen into over your years of teaching. You'll no doubt notice that I like to write in bullet points. What can I say? That's just my style and I never intended to create another purely academic site.
New Ideas for Teaching
If you are a new teacher with at least nine weeks of classroom experience, you have no doubt learned by now that there are a lot of different ideas and teaching strategies that trickle down from the powers above you. You will often be introduced to these ideas during a half day in-service presentation, and then be expected to implement them in your classroom based on a plastic 3 ring binder filled with Xeroxed copies that someone brought back to your district from yet another in-service meeting that was held specifically for administrators. (Wouldn't you love to speak at one of those meetings one day?) These binders, and the often confusing instructions they contain, can sometimes induce spontaneous panic attacks in teachers. Another purpose of this site is to make these surprise packages a little bit less scary and to help us all to become the best teachers that we can be.
Becoming a Better Teacher
Do you remember your time in school? I remember a lot of fun moments and a lot of time spent playing with other kids during recess. In my later years in school, I remember a lot of the time spent between classes as I talked with friends, but in the learning environment, I remember only the moments when our teacher went above and beyond to teach us. Day to day activities certainly are the back bone of good teaching but without any special application, many of these lessons were not striking or memorable to me. Now, as a teacher, I sometimes reflect on my own experiences as a student and try to adjust my teaching so that it becomes more "sticky" for my students. I also sometimes consider my own teaching methods when I'm sitting in an interminable in-service presentation. As I sit listening to one person after another reading from PowerPoint slides, I always vow silently to myself that I'll never do anything like that to a classroom full of students again.
What are These Strategies for Instruction?
Make up as many names and acronyms as you like, but instructional strategies are really just the methods you use to teach your students. Teachers have been looking for the best ways to get their message across for years. They try things, see if they work, and adjust when necessary.
Don't Get Buried in Academic Jargon
The field of education has quite a bit of jargon. Most of the teachers I know are very busy teaching a classroom full of students. There is a chance that they missed the latest article on the best practices in education. They're too busy grading papers, preparing lessons, filling out weekly progress reports, and dealing with actual student issues. The teachers who taught me used many of the same methods that are presented on this, and similar, sites. They just didn't have as many fancy names for what they did. That is part of the reason why I decided to start this site. I believe that keeping things as simple as possible is a good idea. This page gives very brief summaries of some of today's popular teaching methods. Some will look very familiar to veteran teachers, and you may even know them by some other name. I hope that these teachers will chime in with comments to share what they have learned through their years of experience. There really isn't that much new stuff under the sun, but knowing when and how to use various strategies is something that comes with experience. Newer teachers will find ideas to help them with "real life" situations that they cannot prepare you for in college. Basically, I hope this site will present effective strategies for teaching that might help all of us to become the best teachers we can possibly be.
Becoming an Effective Teacher for Your Students
It takes a special person to really make a lasting impression on kids, but it's not impossible. If you want to make a lesson effective, it takes a bit of planning and preparation and a wide variety of teaching approaches for the classroom. I hope that this site will introduce you to some effective teaching methods. Implementing them isn't all that hard either, if you plan them out in advance, and in most cases its worth implementing a few strategies at a time so that kids that learn in different ways all have a chance to really connect to the material (differentiation). For me I always did learn best when implementation was involved. When we read books I really enjoyed projects where we would take the material in the book and create something tangible to demonstrate our comprehension of the material. I remember making a picture depicting the entire storyline of James and the Giant Peach once when I was nine or ten. Not only did I read the book, but my drawing was a simple way for me to demonstrate my understanding of the story and share it with other students around me.
Practical Application and Differentiating Instruction
In my math classes I always responded better to practical application. It wasn't enough for me to learn what sign and cosign was, I needed to understand how these functions were applicable to the real world. As teachers, we are tasked with connecting with lots of different kids in lots of different classes. Not all kids respond the way I did to hands on application, and not all kids learn the same way either. It can be difficult to really reach everyone, but by incorporating a variety of delivery strategies into your repertoire it becomes easier to reach more kids in a meaningful way.
Different Strokes for Different Folks
Group work is an area that lots of people including children connect with. Although it's not particularly helpful for every kid, there are those that thrive on it. Independent study is another technique that is beneficial to some kids while not as great for others. By identifying the students in your classes that seem to do well with one method over another, it becomes easy to start building your curriculum around all forms of teaching and learning. Some types of teaching strategies may include things as simple as introducing books on CD to kids instead of only having them read from the text. Although many students have no trouble with comprehension of text, some kids can better learn to comprehend material when isolated from the actual reading of text. One other technique to help teach kids how to comprehend reading is to use acting in the classroom. Again, not all kids will respond to this, but some will. It's all about covering different methods of learning.
To Group or Not to Group
For mathematics I remember our teacher separated us by skill level. Kids that were able to do more advanced math worked in one area of the class while kids at a lower level worked on lower level math together. This is sometimes called accelerated or individualized math. Others may call it a form of ability grouping. It is an effective way of keeping advanced kids interested and motivated while not discouraging kids at a lower level.
Spiraling of previously learned material is another way to ingrain important material into the minds of kids who need repetition to really learn something important. By introducing concepts and then summarizing those same concepts every day, while building upon them in different ways, a teacher can easily emphasize what's most important. That teacher can then properly prepare their students for advanced material that is based off the foundational concepts which are repeated daily.
Remembering What You've Learned
Another very common strategy for driving learning in any course is to use Mnemonics. These are the simple association techniques sometimes that can help describe a process in one's brain. Many common mnemonics stick with kids well into adulthood – "I" before "E" except after "C". You probably still use that one to this day. The takeaway here is this. There are many different learning and teaching strategies that can be implemented in the classroom independent of student age or skill level. The trick in implementing them effectively is to choose a variety of techniques that support your material and present the information to your classroom using them all. Some kids are simply going to respond to certain teaching strategies better than others. It's your job as a teacher to cycle through various teaching methods in an attempt to reach all kids in the class.
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The past couple weeks have seen a lot of cutting and sewing as well as fabric purchases. With company coming, I figured I better clean this mess up and do some organizing. I did my usual as everything has its place around here, but I wanted to redo my "jelly cupboard". If you lived pretty much anywhere in New England 20-30 years ago, I would bet you had some of that VERY dark Yield House pine furniture. You may have even had a jelly cupboard as they were pretty popular at the time. I always found this piece of furniture quite functional and it has been in bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchens and basements. When we moved here it went to the basement as I was frankly finding that dark pine a bit embarassing. I missed my jelly cupboard. So when we built my studio, I redid it in a favorite green color with the cream inside, the better to show off its innards.
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Love the jelly cupboard! I enjoy repurposing furniture. I have a simple, really long table my father made to fit in an unusually-sized kitchen I had once. The kitchen had NO counter space so he made me a beautifully stained pine table. I've found a purpose for this table in every place I've ever lived. I generally use it for sewing now. Plenty of space to spread out!ReplyDelete
Love your Jelly cupboard, and the memories of yield house. I have some corner cupboards that are now down in the basement that you have inspired me to repurpose.ReplyDelete
The toy sewing machine is terrific!
That little machine is so cute. I like the green with those colored walls. Did you know my sewing room has the same color paint?ReplyDelete
Your jelly cupboard looks great! I love the green! I am almost tempted to paint my pie safe a bright color. It desperately needs to be organized like yours!ReplyDelete
I heart your cupboard! I'm green with envy!ReplyDelete
What a kewl piece that is! And I love the picture of your mom ~ watching over you as you create. Lovely!ReplyDelete
What a great piece of furniture! I should really do some better organizing in my sewing room. So far the best that I have come up with is trying to convince my husband that we should swap out the queen sized bed for a twin...so I could have more room for machines!ReplyDelete
It's lovely. Perfect decoration for a sewing room, but not all your stash out and overwhelming. I am assuming that you have a nice stash!ReplyDelete
I have that jelly cupboard! I assembled it, and remember when staining it with a mix of two shades of stain, I was almost hallucinating with the fumes, lol! It's still the same color, and now holds dvds. I love the color of yours, puts creative thoughts in my head.ReplyDelete
Very nice! Are you available for my studio!!!! I need this desperately! The pashminas look very at home in their spot!ReplyDelete
Your room looks great and the colors are so lovely.ReplyDelete
I tried emailing you but maybe it didn't go through. Your magnifiers are ready for shipping, just need to know where to :))
I love that cute little sewing machine too! It looks really nice and the green color is perfect for it. I wish my sewing space were as organized as yours!ReplyDelete
Oh Bunny, I remember when you re-painted this with that wonderful sour apple green! It looks lovely with all your treasures stacked inside. I adore those pashminas!!ReplyDelete
Nothing like company coming for a visit to get us into the straightening mode, huh? LOL


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Acts of kindness often inspire giving
Wed., Dec. 17, 2008
Toys and food vouchers given to more than 10,000 needy families through the Christmas Bureau represent thousands of gifts from the community to its poor. Donations to The Spokesman-Review Christmas Fund pay for those Christmas gifts. Some donors say writing checks to the Christmas Fund is a family tradition. Some donate as a way of paying back the kindness others have shown them.
Spokane residents Nels and Doloris Nelson and their family sent $200 to the fund. "Nels and his family received food and toys in 1936 from generous people," they wrote. "We would like to share that experience with others."
Karen Dahl-Darling, of Spokane, also donated $200 and shared memories of her father. "I am sending this check in memory of my father, Lt. Col. Raymond Dahl, who passed away on Oct. 28. He was stationed twice at Fairchild in his long career as a pilot and he was away from our family a lot as I was growing up," Dahl-Darling wrote.
"Christmas was always a special time, though, and he always made it fun for us and the other kids in the neighborhood. He was always generous with his money and his time and taught us how important it was to support our friends and community. I will miss him dearly this Christmas and can think of no better way to honor his memory than with a donation to the wonderful Christmas Bureau. Thank you for your good works. It is the spirit of Christmas," she wrote.
Following are additional donors and the amounts of their donations:
Bill and Jody Franks, of Spokane, donated $150, as did an anonymous donor, of Spokane, in honor of Lisa Portrey and Garth Mason.
Karen and Steve Heaps, of Spokane Valley, gave $150 in honor of Dr. Bill Gray. "We challenge other members of his Healing Team to contribute in his name, also," they wrote.
Lea Thompson and family, of Colville, sent $150 in memory of her husband, Glen I. Thompson. "He passed away on March 6. He was a great guy who was loved and liked by all who knew him. He is missed a lot by us all."
Ronald and Naomi Franklin, of Spokane, gave $125.
Shirley Dicus and Larry and Bella Dicus, of Spokane, donated $120 and Ron and Diane Dicus added another $20, "helping to make a community of smiles for a merry Christmas," they wrote.
John and Sherry Gaiser, of Spokane, donated $110.
An anonymous donor, of Spokane, donated $105 in memory of Dorothy Gordon.
Donald and Eleanor Limmer, of Liberty Lake, donated $100, as did Alfred and Carol Stopp, John and Donna Leaming, Kirsten and Michael Harrington, Brent Hoogner and Gay Waldman-Hoogner, Bert Jacobson, Al and Eadie Olsen, and Ned and Linda Barnes, all of Spokane.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hudson, of Clayton, Wash., gave $100, as did Caldwell Concrete Co., of Veradale; Dale Willis, of Post Falls; Gloria Knauss, of Spokane Valley; and John and Dolores Skelton, Phillip and Marilyn Sandberg, W.T. and Charlotte Ardis, Donna and Del Topoll, Alan and Yvonne Edmunds, and seven anonymous donors, all of Spokane.
Morris Gaylord, of Las Vegas, sent $100 in memory of his mother, Myrtle Gaylord. "For over 30 years she was a reporter for the Spokane Daily Chronicle," he wrote.
Ruth Lambert, of Spokane, sent $100, "wishing it could be more," she wrote. Linda Cannon, of Newport, Wash., sent $100 and best wishes to all those in need. Chris Carroll, of Spokane, sent $100 in memory of her parents, Joseph and Lorna Carroll. An anonymous donor, of Spokane, gave $100 in memory of Charles and Opal McCoy.
Elinor Iverson, of Spokane, donated $100 in memory of Jack Iverson. An anonymous Spokane electrician sent $100 in memory of his wife and the life they had here. "May it help others," he wrote.
Robert and Maureen O'Brien, of Spokane Valley, donated $100 in honor of their first granddaughter, Abigail. James and Carrie Clanton sent $100 in honor of the military.
The employees of Falco's in the Spokane Valley donated $100 in honor of their owners, Louie and Kristi Falco. "We hope this will help bring joy to families in need this holiday season," they wrote.
Randy and Mary Huggins, of Spokane, donated $100 in memory of Mary's mother Audrey Pfitzner, "who was always giving of herself and to those in need," and in memory of Charles and Virginia Huggins, "whose love of Christmas and friends will be carried on."
J.P. Byorth, of Billings, donated $100 in honor of Judy and Bruce Butler. Frank and Jeanette Ide, of Spokane, sent $100 in honor of Irene Horrigan. "She will be delighted, knowing she is helping others, again," they wrote.
The Kershners, of Spokane, sent $100, "remembering the spirit of Christmas, past and present." Theresa Hansen, of Spokane, donated $100 in memory of her mom. Dave and Carol Bray, of Spokane, donated $100 in memory of Carol's parents, George and Carol Voek, and their tradition of charitable giving.
Jan Goehner, of Spokane, donated $100 in memory of Lucille Goehner.
Don Busch donated $96.80 via PayPal, as did Jeri Cross, and Frank DePonty, in the name of the Rosendahl family.
R.K. and Eva Akers, of Spokane, donated $80.
William and Jerri Brooker, of Spokane, sent $75. An anonymous donor, of Deer Park, sent $75 in lieu of gifts to his parents in Osburn, Idaho.
Harvey and Dorothy Lochhead, of Spokane, donated $65.
Douglas Jayne donated $57.96 via PayPal.
Gordon and Terri Radford, of Hayden, donated $50, as did Jeffrey and Judy Koons, Lisa Werner, Ray and Helen Liberg, Trece and Keith Turpin, Todd Hamm, Chuck and Janet Hafner, and seven anonymous donors, all of Spokane.
Gary Fiscus, of Liberty Lake, gave $50, as did Steven and Janis Reed, Rocky and Bonnie Elliott, Elizabeth and Dave Krise, all of Spokane; Raelee Easton, and Alan and Diane Bisson, all of Spokane Valley; and James Hitter, of Liberty Lake.
Joyce Callaway, of Medical Lake, sent $50 and thanks for the "many volunteers who work hard so families have a better Christmas." Harriet Watkins, of Spokane, donated $50 in memory of her husband, Zeke, and son, Mike. Two anonymous donors, of Spokane Valley, each gave $50.
Susan Reinhardt donated $48.25 via PayPal, as did Judy Colbert and Benjamin Rowe. Judy Colbert gave $48.25 via PayPal in memory of her father, Lyle Bossuyt, "who always had the Christmas spirit," she wrote.
The HHC, of Spokane, donated $37.
Robert and Ardis Pettibon, of Sandpoint, sent $35 on behalf of Marilyn Rowlette. Clara Mather, of Spokane Valley, sent $35, as did an anonymous donor, of Spokane.
Francis and Agnes Gonder, of Spokane Valley, donated $30, as did Andre and Rhonda Ney, also of Spokane Valley; Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Taylor, and an anonymous donor, all of Spokane.
Thelma Ostby, of Chattaroy, Wash., sent $30 in memory of her husband, Julius Ostby, who passed away this month.
Adolph Borth donated $23.97 via PayPal.
Victoria Laurence, of Spokane, donated $25, as did Beverly Petrovich, Wayne and Nancy Wright, and two anonymous donors, all of Spokane; James and Retha Lucas, of Cheney; J. Supinger, of Medical Lake; an anonymous donor, of Pullman; and an anonymous donor, of Spokane Valley. Laura and William Nestoss, of Greenacres, donated $25, "in hopes it will help make Christmas a little easier for others at this time of year," they wrote.
Jay, Debbie, Zack and Jenna Humphrey, of Spokane, gave $25 in memory of Vera Romero and Mary Roush. Ruth Miller and MacKay Miller, of Spokane, donated $25 in memory of husband and father, Charles Miller. An anonymous donor, of Spokane Valley, donated $25, "in memory of my friend, Pam." Dianne Payne, of Spokane, gave $25 in memory of Walt and Claudia Dorsey.
Joan and Robert Leeds, of Spokane, donated $20 in memory of Dale Conboy. An anonymous donor, of Spokane, also gave $20.
Dorothy Martin, of Spokane, donated $15 in honor of Jack Eskeberg and the Hoo Hoo Woodworkers, who make the 800 wooden toy cars for children at the Christmas Bureau. "He does not accept any money for what he does and suggested I send it to the Christmas Fund," she wrote.
An anonymous donor, of Cheney, gave $10.


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Acceleron Pharma Announces the Initiation of Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Dalantercept (ACE-041) in Patients With Ovarian Cancer
Published: Feb 05, 2013
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Acceleron Pharma, a biopharmaceutical company developing protein therapeutics for cancer and orphan disease, today announced that the Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) initiated a phase 2 study of dalantercept in patients with persistent or recurrent ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer. Dalantercept is a novel protein therapeutic that targets the activin receptor-like kinase 1 (ALK1) pathway and inhibits angiogenesis through a mechanism distinct from that of anti-angiogenic therapies currently used to treat various cancers. The phase 2, open-label study is chaired by Robert Burger, M.D., Director of the Women's Cancer Center and Professor at the Department of Surgical Oncology at the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, Pa. Acceleron, its partners, and collaborators have now initiated seven phase 2 studies across three of Acceleron's programs – dalantercept (ACE-041), sotatercept (ACE-011), and ACE-536 – since November of 2012.


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Monkey Business: Anthony Lister Paints Rise of The Planet of the Apes Mural in L.A.
Australian street artist, and longtime FoP (Friend of PAPER) Anthony Lister scored quite the gig. He's teamed up with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment to create a pretty sick mural on Melrose and Fairfax in Los Angeles to mark today's Blu-ray and DVD release of Rise of The Planet of the Apes. Check out some exclusive images of him painting the mural over the past several days.
Photos by Willie T.


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Sorry to not have given you a Fun Friday, but I've been swamped with both legal and writing work!! Plus, I'm off to RT. Hey Gretchen, there's that picture of me and Adrian (NOT!)(although I am probably that short compared to him!).
I will try to get a picture for you, but as I mentioned, they are charging for that meal so I'll have to stalk the corridors, waiting for him. LOL!
On another note, since I am going to RT, look for me to be a roving reporter this week from the trenches of this amazing romance book convention. Hopefully I can provide you some comments from other romance writers, booksellers, readers, the parties, you name it! Also, I'll be blogging on the RT site on Thursday as well as offering some workshops. I'll try to get a link for you soon.
Have a great Monday and I'll keep you posted on my wild times at the convention.


text: Come in and browse awhile in our Old West Bookstore, where we've collected the best of the American West. You'll find a great selection of quality western fiction books, non-fiction, movies, and other great treasures of the Old West, including some very good books on the Native American Indians (First Nation People).There are some great western history books, giving you insights you've never had about the Old West and some of it's famous characters. There are many classic fiction stories about the Old West such as Shane, by Jack Shaefer. Other fabulous selections available include writings by the romanticist, Zane Grey, as well as other classics like The Virginian , or the book John Wayne made famous, True Grit, by Charles Portis, along with many others. We also have a bookstore dedicated exclusively to Louis L'Amour, The Dean of Western Fiction. Go to that bookstore and look for such classics as Hondo or the Sackett (Louis L'Amour) series. If you've never read these books, you're missing a good read. There are some audio books as well. You'll love the prices!