SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET

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SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET

• ELTON GRIFFITH
• WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY

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• This is a list of supplemental social studies
  materials, which I am suggesting for purchase.
  These selected materials will be a great addition
  to our high school social studies resource room.
  These materials can enhance individual learning
  experiences and will compliment our curriculum.

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Video Tapes

• 1. World History Biographies. This video set
  includes 11 videocassettes. The titles are as
  follows Attila the Hun, Captain Bligh,
  Confucius, Elizabeth I, Henry VIII, Ivan the
  Terrible, Marie Antoinette, Napoleon Bonaparte,
  Marco Polo, Ponce de Leon and Richard the
  Lionheart. The videocassettes include interviews
  with historians, live action, reenactments,
  period art, and other documentary material.
  These videocassettes are in color and range from
  40-50 minutes each. This complete set cost
  156.00.

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Video Tapes

• 2. American History Video. 495.00
• A series of eight programs which document the
  history of the United States through
  illustrations, photographs, and a well research
  narration, which often includes historical
  quotations. The videocassettes are in color and
  black and white. The series includes Colonial
  America, America Grows Up, War Between The
  States, Gathering Strength, Opening The West,
  Warring And Roaring, The Game of Monopoly and Two
  Great Crusades. This set provides students
  with insight and allows them to travel back in
  time.

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Video Tapes

• 3. Africans In America. Boxed Set 4 videos.
  399.00 Companion Paperback 14.00
• This series includes 4 videos. This series
  focuses on America's journey through slavery.
  The series follows the slavery in America from
  1450-1865. This series includes The Terrible
  Transformation, Revolution, Brotherly Love, and
  Judgment Day. Each individual runs for 90
  minutes and is in color. This series is also
  close captioned.

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Video Tapes

• 4. 500 Nations Native American Series. Boxed
  Set 138.92
• Kevin Costner hosts this series. These videos
  cover areas and peoples from the Americas. It is
  a great history of America's original
  inhabitants. Each 49-minute video combines live
  action, interviews with contemporary Native
  Americans, period art and photography, and
  stunning computer recreations that enable viewers
  to experience the pat. Close captioned. Color.
  This series includes The Ancestors, Mexico, Clash
  of Cultures, Invasion of the Coast, Cauldron of
  War, Removal, Roads across the Plains and Attack
  on Culture.

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ENRICHEMENT BOOKS

• 1. Map Crosswords 9.95
• 25 map/crosswords puzzles that teach map and
  geography skills. An example of some the
  included activities range from finding and
  African country with more than to inches of
  annual rainfall. Student will be allowed to
  develop a range of skill to solve geography
  crosswords based on physical, political, and data
  maps. Reproducible activity book. Answer key
  included.

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ENRICHEMENT BOOKS

• 2. Twentieth Century Science. 19.95
• Recaps inquiries and discoveries, and explores
  how new scientific knowledge and technology have
  shaped the modern world. Great for group
  activities.

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COMPUTER PROGRAMS

• 1. World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia. Deluxe
  Edition 2 CD-ROM's 49.95
• The full text of the print World Book
  Encyclopedia combined with direct access to
  thousands of additional online articles make the
  school-oriented encyclopedia an invaluable
  research and study aid. Geared to specific
  curriculum and reading levels, major articles
  list study questions and additional resources.
  Offers daily updates that include newspaper
  articles, TV and radio transcripts, and more.
  Students can use a 225,000-word dictionary to
  look up words. Includes a quiz maker, onscreen
  simulations and much more.

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COMPUTER PROGRAMS

• 2. Branches Of Government. Complete Set 3
  CD-ROM's 259.00
• Emphasizing the functions of three branches of
  government and how each branch works in relation
  to the others. These in-depth tutorials combine
  video narration and interviews with onscreen
  exercises, games and quizzes.

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GAMES AND SIMULATIONS

• 1. ISSUES OF OUR TIME Complete Poster Series 24
  poster, 4 guides 27.00
• Issues of our times through Cartoons. Students
  can visualize key events and personalities of the
  postwar era with high-interest poster sets. Each
  set includes an eight page reproducible guide
  giving an overview of the general topic,
  debate/discussion questions for the cartoons, and
  ides for individuals/small group/whole group
  activities.

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GAMES AND SIMULATIONS

• 2. Constitutional Rights Foundation Complete
  Set 8 mock trials 45.00
• Mock trails focusing on current issues, these
  simulations require students to read, speak,
  analyze, reason, think critically and apply
  interpersonal skills as they explore the link
  between the Constitution and our legal system.

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TEACHING AND LEARNING SUPPLEMENTAL BOOKS

• 1. Current Controversies. Complete set 39
  paperbacks 583.44
• Topics of current interest are introduced in
  this series that presents thought-provoking
  debates on national and international issues.
  Each book features a wide spectrum of differing
  opinions, written by well-known spokespersons
  representing liberal, conservative, and centrist
  viewpoints.

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TEACHING AND LEARNING SUPPLEMENTAL BOOKS

• 2. World History Series. 24 hardbacks 479.04
• Each book in this collection supplements a
  clearly written overview with straight from life
  anecdotes taken from primary sources and
  insightful perspectives quoted from authoritative
  secondary sources. Short chapter, plentiful
  black-and-white photographs, maps, and
  fascinating.

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Learning Activities

• 1. Playing the Market. Activity Book. 11.95
• In this high interest simulation, students work
  as investment group members, buying and selling
  stocks while applying the math skill required
  tracking their portfolios. Includes 8 lessons.

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Learning Activities

• 2. The Westward Expansion. 12.95
• Creative activities for teaching American
  history. Twenty reproducible puzzles, games, and
  activities for studying the westward movement.
  Emphasizing decision making and problem solving
  skills, the activities are designed to engage
  students in the issues involved in the settlement
  of the West.

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Learning Activities

• 3. French Revolution. 10.95
• Lessons designed to appeal to visual learners
  gently ease students into serious study of the
  French Revolution. Each lesson begins with
  historical background information.

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• Total Budget 2706.10