Not Another Apple for the Teacher: Hundreds of Fascinating Facts from the World of EducationConari Press, 2002 M11 1 - 245 pages Did you know that Mussolini was a school teacher before he was a dictator? So was Margaret Hamilton - the actress who portrayed the wicked witch of the west! Here are over 500 amazing, little-known facts you will never learn in school. |
Contents
Out of the Halls and into the Classroom | 1 |
Dont Know Much about History | 17 |
First in Class | 37 |
Where the Word Things Are | 45 |
Past Lives | 55 |
Before They Were Famous | 75 |
Tools of the Trade | 95 |
Teacher Appreciation | 125 |
Life On Campus | 175 |
Wordly Wise | 193 |
The Wild World of School Sports | 197 |
Truer Words Were Never Spoken | 209 |
Teachers on Page Stage and Screen | 219 |
An Alternative Education | 227 |
Lunches Libraries and Bus Drivers | 231 |
Acknowledgments | 239 |
Fightin Words | 139 |
Teaching by the Numbers | 145 |
Educational Follies | 157 |
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About the Authors | 245 |
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