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Lucky

Alice Sebold

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SEB

Rampage

Examines two American school shootings from the 1990s, one at Heath High School in West Paducah, Kentucky, in 1997 and the other at Westside Middle School near Jonesboro, Arkansas, in 1998, discussing

371.7
RAM

The Oklahoma City Bombing

976.6
ROL

Improving Teaching in the High School Block Period

David Marshak

Provides practical guidelines to planning and implementing a block period schedule within the high school curriculum and offers advice on effectively teaching in a longer block of time.

PRO
373.12
MAR

Twelve Schools That Succeed

Mary Ann Horenstein

An investigation of the reasons for the success of 12 of the secondary schools chosen as Blue Ribbon Schools in 1991.

373.73
HOR

Revolution and Genocide

Robert Melson

Explores the connection of genocide to revolution and war, looking at examples from throughout world history, focusing on the destruction of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, and Jews in Imperial Germa

956.6
MEL

Genocide

Twenty-one articles examine genocide from several perspectives, discussing twentieth-century examples in Armenia, Hitler's Germany, Cambodia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Rwanda; explanations for genocide;

304.6
GEN

A Century of Genocide

Eric D. Weitz

Draws from historical sources, trial records, memoirs, poems, and fiction to examine the origins, conduct, and effects of four major instances of genocide during the twentieth century, including Nazi

364.15
WEI

Reality Check

Margi Trapani

Teenage fathers highlight the challenges of being a teen parent, discussing responsibility, economic hardship, and emotional issues involved in parenting at a young age.

306.874
TRA

Daycare and Diplomas

Thirty-six teenage mothers from Minnesota's South Vista Education Center describe their experiences as teenage mothers and present messages for their children to read when they grow up.

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DAY
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