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Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.When you are born, the first thing you do is scream. Be it a response to fear, anger, sadness, or happiness, the scream is a declaration of being alive. The metal vocalist cupping the microphone blares out a deafeningly harsh scream. The drill instructor screams out commands to their soldiers. And then there’s the bloodcurdling screams we know from horror films. A scream has many meanings, but it is an instinctive and reflexive action that, at its core, reveals raw emotion.Investigating popular and alternative cultures, art, and science, Michael J. Seidlinger tracks the resonance of the scream across media and literature and in his own voice. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic .

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.What can underground pipes tell us about human eating habits and the spread or containment of disease, such as COVID-19? Why are sewers spitting out plastic and trash into waterways around the world? How are clogs getting gnarlier and more numerous? Jessica Leigh Hester leads readers through the past, present, and future of the system humans have created to deal with our own waste and argues that sewers can be seen as a mirror to the world above at a time when our behaviors are drastically reshaping the environment for the worse. Sifting through the muck offers a fresh way to approach questions about urbanization, public health, infrastructure, ecology, sustainability, and consumerism― and what we value. Without understanding sewers, any attempt to steward the future is incomplete. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic .

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.The haunted doll has long been a trope in horror movies, but like many fears, there is some truth at its heart. Dolls are possessed―by our aspirations. They're commonly used as a tool to teach mothering to young girls, but more often they are avatars of the idealized feminine self. (The word "doll" even acts as shorthand for a desirable woman.) They instruct girls what to strive for in society, reinforcing dominant patriarchal, heteronormative, white views around class, bodies, history, and celebrity, in insidious ways. Girls’ dolls occupy the opposite space of boys’ action figures, which represent masculinity, authority, warfare, and conflict. By analyzing dolls from 17th century Japanese Hinamatsuri festivals, to the ‘80s American Girl Dolls, and even to today’s bitmoji, “Doll” reveals how the objects society encourages us to play with as girls shape the women we become.Object Le

Give second grade students important life skills by teaching them about money and financial concepts and how to apply math to the world around them!This dynamic teaching resource provides reproducible cut-out math manipulatives, reference sheets, and visual aids to support students as they explore real-world lessons and hands-on activities related to using money, buying groceries, collecting allowances, paying at a restaurant, raising money to help others, and more.Financial Literacy Lessons and Activities for Grade 2 is based on national and state standards and enriches any math curriculum in the classroom or home.What's InsideFinancial Literacy Lessons and Activities Grade 2 is based on current national and state standards, and each of the 10 units includes: Teacher overview with a suggested teaching plan, discussion questions, and vocabularyReal-world Story that introduces each unit's theme in the context of real lifeCross-curricular activities including vocabulary, reading comprehe

Give third grade students important life skills by teaching them about money and financial concepts, and how to apply math to the world around them!This dynamic teaching resource provides reproducible cut-out math manipulatives, reference sheets, and visual aids to support students as they explore real-world lessons and hands-on activities related to earning money at a job, making and following a budget, using credit cards, paying taxes, buying things at a store, and more.Financial Literacy Lessons and Activities for Grade 3 is based on national and state standards and enriches any math curriculum in the classroom or home.What's InsideFinancial Literacy Lessons and Activities Grade 3 is based on current national and state standards, and each of the 10 units includes: Teacher overview with a suggested teaching plan, discussion questions, and vocabularyReal-world story that introduces each unit's theme in the context of real lifeCross-curricular activities including vocabulary, reading c

Give first grade students important life skills by teaching them about money and financial concepts and how to apply math to the world around them!This dynamic teaching resource provides reproducible cut-out math manipulatives, reference sheets, and visual aids to support students as they explore real-world lessons and hands-on activities related to using money, buying groceries, collecting allowances, paying at a restaurant, raising money to help others, and more.Financial Literacy Lessons and Activities for Grade 1 is based on national and state standards and enriches any math curriculum in the classroom or home.What's InsideFinancial Literacy Lessons and Activities Grade 1 is based on current national and state standards, and each of the 10 units includes: Teacher overview with a suggested teaching plan, discussion questions, and vocabularyReal-world story that introduces each unit's theme in the context of real life Cross-curricular activities including vocabulary, reading comprehe

Give fourth grade students important life skills by teaching them about money and financial concepts and how to apply math to the world around them!This dynamic teaching resource provides reproducible cut-out math manipulatives, reference sheets, and visual aids to support students as they explore real-world lessons and hands-on activities related to paying bills, earning money at a job, using banks, paying for health services, buying things at a store, and more.Financial Literacy Lessons and Activities for Grade 4 is based on national and state standards and enriches any math curriculum in the classroom or home.What's InsideFinancial Literacy Lessons and Activities Grade 4 is based on current national and state standards, and each of the 10 units includes: Teacher overview with a suggested teaching plan, discussion questions, and vocabularyReal-world story that introduces each unit's theme in the context of real lifeCross-curricular activities including vocabulary, reading comprehensi

Give fifth grade students important life skills by teaching them about money and financial concepts and how to apply math to the world around them!This dynamic teaching resource provides reproducible cut-out math manipulatives, reference sheets, and visual aids to support students as they explore real-world lessons and hands-on activities related to making and following a budget, earning money at a job, using banks, paying for health services, and more.Financial Literacy Lessons and Activities for Grade 5 is based on national and state standards and enriches any math curriculum in the classroom and home.What's InsideFinancial Literacy Lessons and Activities Grade 5 is based on current national and state standards, and each of the 10 units includes: Teacher overview with a suggested teaching plan, discussion questions, and vocabularyReal-world story that introduces each unit's theme in the context of real life Cross-curricular activities including vocabulary, reading comprehension, and