Presents works of art selected from the South and Southeast Asian and Islamic collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, lessons plans, and classroom activities.

Challenging Chicago reveals the survival strategies to which the many people who flocked to the city resorted, especially those of the lower and middle classes for whom urban life was a new experience.

In Deep is a blunt, honest look at Bianca's life. Her mind-blowing stories take readers deep into a world of grit and gang violence that seems inescapable. Her story is at once fascinating, terrifying, and ultimately full of hope.

" This diary of a smart, astute, and funny teenager provides a fascinating record of what an everyday American girl felt and thought during the Depression and the lead-up to World War II. Young Chicagoan Joan Wehlen describes her daily life ...

Eleonory Gilburd reveals how Western culture defined the last three decades of the Soviet Union, its death, and afterlife.

... Glenview, Illinois; Blythe Park Elementary School in Riverside, Illinois; Heathcote Elementary School in Scarsdale ... Courtyards, amphitheaters, and other variations on the outdoor classroom provide opportunities for large group ...

... (Glenview, Ill.), 27 Color, 88 Common sense, 113 Communication style, 11, 191 Community colleges, 6–7 “Composition as ... Courtyards, 286 Craft guilds, 262 Creativity, 3, 79,236,277 Criticism: of cutting-edge architecture, 20–21, 60, 79 ...

Plunz traces New York's housing development from 1850 to the present, exploring the housing of all classes, discussing the development of types ranging from the single-family house to the high-rise apartment tower.

As the chapters of the present volume indicate, that situation is no longer true today, and this is a change that all concerned with the well-being and optimal functioning of children will welcome.