Tom Savage

Lourdes and Churchtown, Woden and Clio, Emerson and Sigourney, Tripoli and Waterloo, Prairie City and Prairieburg, Tama and Swedesburg, What Cheer and Coin - Iowa's place-names reflect the religions, myths, cultures, families, heroes, whimsies, and misspellings of the Hawkeye State's inhabitants. Tom Savage spent four years corresponding with librarians, city and county officials, and local historians, reading newspaper archives, and exploring local websites in an effort to find out why these communities received their particular names, when they were established, and when they were incorporated. Savage includes information on the place-names of all 1,188 incorporated and unincorporated communities in Iowa that meet at least two of the following qualifications: twenty-five or more residents; a retail business; an annual celebration or festival; a school, church, or cemetery; a building on the National Register of Historic Places; a zip-coded post office; or an association with a public recreation site. If a town's name has changed over the years, he provides information about each name; if a name's provenance is unclear, he provides possible explanations. He also includes information about the state's name and about each of its ninety-nine counties as well as a list of vanished counties and towns. The entries range from the counties of Adair to Wright and from the towns of Abingdon to Zwingle; from Iowa's oldest town, Dubuque, started as a mining camp in the 1780s and incorporated in 1841, to its newest, Maharishi Vedic City, incorporated in 2001. The imaginations and experiences of its citizens played a role in the naming of Iowa's communities, as did the hopes of the huge influx of immigrants who settled the state in the 1800s. Tom Savage's dictionary of place-names provides an appealing genealogical and historical background to today's map of Iowa.

Unlocking the Giver's Heart is a verse-by-verse study of four key biblical stewardship Scriptures. The practices in this series can be presented in several different formats. They may be presented as an individual study, in a small group, or a Sunday School classs. In an effort to emphasize biblical stewardship, it would be great for the lessons to be taught to the entire church or organization. They were designed to be presented over four consecutive weeks during annual budget or stewardship emphasis time. Alternatively, they could be shared in two weekly sessions each year for two years. As a teaching pastor, I know how difficult it is to address the subject of tithing and giving. However, I have found that when the subject is presented properly, whether to a small group or to the entire church, the people receive a blessing as our Lord blesses those people. His blessings are not the same for everyone, yet He blesses all. Thus the title of this series of lessons; "Unlocking the Giver's Heart." It is my hope and prayer that this material will be helpful to you and to those whom you share it with, and will result in the advancement of the kingdom for the glory of God. As you read and/or prepare these lessons to present to others, may the Holy Spirit guide and enlighten you.

The challenges and opportunities of teaching, with "how-to" strategies for working with today's students. Teaching Today: An Introduction to Education helps future teachers develop a broad understanding of the complex world of education. With an emphasis on topics that are relevant to the classrooms students will enter as educators, the authors provide basic information and alternative perspectives on the issues. Students see how to develop their own personal perspectives, and track their growth toward becoming professional educators. The focus is on developing a broad understanding of the complex world of education, and producing quality teachers who have a clear grasp of the basic issues, coupled with a strong does of the realities of teaching today. For courses in Introduction to Teaching. Pearson eText is an easy-to-use digital textbook that you can purchase on your own or instructors can assign for their course. The mobile app lets you keep on learning, no matter where your day takes you, even offline. You can also add highlights, bookmarks, and notes in your Pearson eText to study how you like. NOTE: This ISBN is for the Pearson eText access card. Pearson eText is a fully digital delivery of Pearson content. Before purchasing, check that you have the correct ISBN. To register for and use Pearson eText, you may also need a course invite link, which your instructor will provide. Follow the instructions provided on the access card to learn more.

Teaching in the Secondary School, Seventh Edition, utilizes using a reflective approach to learning and prepares secondary school teachers, in an era of change, for the realities of teaching in today’s classrooms. Highlighting critical issues such as diversity, differentiated instruction, cooperative learning, direct instruction, higher-level thinking, assessment, planning, classroom management, legal issues that teachers may confront, and career-long professional development, this thoroughly updated and revised text equips teachers with the tools they need to successfully face the day-to-day classroom environment, and the real challenges facing today’s secondary school students and educators. This edition features all new information on: education reform proposals, such as: Race To The Top and Breaking Ranks, and how the role of secondary teachers is changing; diagnostic, formative, and summative assessments, and a new emphasis on planning assessment prior to planning instruction, outlined in the “Backward Design” model; writing across the curriculum and the increase in integrating literacy across the curriculum in all secondary classes; bullying, cyber-bullying, school violence, and drug abuse, including legal issues and school responsibility alerts teachers to the serious misbehaviors that exist in today’s schools and one of the most common and pressing concerns of new teachers; and the tremendous opportunities the internet provides for professional development purposes, such as using webinars, podcasts, and e-workshops.