The Tongva people are the original people of the greater Los Angeles and Orange County areas of California; they were neighbors to the Chumash. Much information about these people has been lost as a result of their marked decrease in population. Little, if anything has been written for children about the Tongva people. This retelling attempts to include as much information as possible about the lifestyle of the people. Reference is made to religion, hunting, basketry, plant usage, foods and social mores. The story of the seven sisters incorporates many references to the environment in which the Tongva people lived and the plants they used for food, shelter, recreation and medicine. If you visit or live in Los Angeles today, it is hard to imagine how the land looked when the Tongva thrived. Lands now covered by asphalt roads and freeways and filled with houses, schools and stores were open woodland areas graced with oak and black walnut trees that were staple food sources. Long before California s many rivers were dammed and re-routed, the many streams and tributaries of larger rivers wandered over lands shaded by graceful oaks and peppered with water-loving plants such as willow and cattail as well as sun-loving plants such as toyon and sage. The Tongva are the early people who lived in the greater Los Angeles area. Before the arrival of the Spanish explorers, they may have numbered 5,000, living in as many as 100 settlements. On the mainland, they settled from the base of Mt. Wilson to San Bernardino in the east and Topanga Canyon in the west.

A Story of Seven Sisters

Pamela Marx

Children's Books

Malki-Ballena Press

Magic squares and golden rectangles, skeletons and footprints, quilt patterns and temari balls make math ideas come to life in Math Amazements. Thirty-five sets of activities, designed to foster active thinking, infuse excitement into some of math's "big ideas" and provide stimulating projects and extra-credit assignments.
Math Amazements covers:
 Factoring and geometric shapes
 Five regular solids
 Eratosthenes's prime number sieve
 Optical illusions
 Symmetry and tessellations
 How different cultures invented different ways to do multiplication
 Knot theory, probability and topography
 Magic squares and golden rectangles
 Introductions to some of history's great mathematicians, including Plato, Fibonacci, Moebius and Gauss

Math Amazements: Astounding Investigations Uncover Math in Your World

Education & Reference

Good Year Books

"These easy-to-produce plays are just 3 to 12 minutes long, yet give every child the chance to speak at least one line. There are 26 original plays celebrating the seasons, historical events and figures, cultural diversity, and non-religious holidays. Incl"

Take a Quick Bow! 26 Short Plays for Classroom Fun

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Practical Plays

By Pamela Marx. Introduce students to each part of the Constitution by means of two-page activity sheets: a "Read-and-Answer" page that prompts them to find answers as they scour the Constitution's articles and amendments, and a "Take Another Look" page that helps students develop the skills of thinking citizens through activities such as debating important issues, researching today's leaders, and more. A final "You Be the Judge" chapter poses three legal cases relating to different parts of the Constitution. After students write their opinions, they read the Supreme Court's decision on a similar case. The full text of the Constitution is included. Grades 5–9. Suggested resources. Answer key. 8½" x 11". Good Year Books. 91 pages. ©2001. GDY527.

We the People: Your Constitution In Action