Yvonne Bender

Yvonne Bender
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Yvonne Bender has 30 years' experience teaching at all levels, as well as mentoring new teachers. She has served on numerous school boards and is currently on Maryland's Citizen's Review Board for Children. She is the author of The New Teacher's Handbook, The Tactful Teacher: Effective Communication with Parents, Colleagues and Administrators, and The Power of Positive Teaching. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Colonial Jobs

PUB DATE SEPTEMBER 2010 Colonial Jobs discusses the different goods produced by the colonists, from flour and iron horseshoes, to wooden buckets and furniture. It examines the work of different craftsmen, including blacksmiths, coopers, cabinet-makers, and millers. It also looks at how these goods were exchanged in a barter economy.

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School Library Journal, June 2010—Although the text addresses young “eco explorers” directly, this book will likely be used as much by teachers, parents, and organization leaders in planning group activities.