Cover -- Contents -- List of Handouts -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- PART 1 HOW YOU TEACH MAKES A DIFFERENCE -- INTRODUCTION -- Making Your Teaching Count with an Asset Mind-Set -- CHAPTER 1 Principles for Infusing Assets into Your Curriculum and Instruction -- The What and How of Teaching -- CHAPTER 2 Asset Building to Support What's Already Required -- The Developmental Assets Connection: Meeting the Demands of Educational Issues and Expectations -- Brain-Smart Teaching -- CHAPTER 3 Infusing Assets through Instructional Strategies -- Doing Away with Disengagement: Asset-Rich Strategies for K-12 Instruction -- Building Assets through Differentiation -- Sinking or Swimming Together: Assets and Cooperative Learning -- Cooperating to Build Assets -- PART II TEACH WHAT YOU KNOW -- CHAPTER 4 Infusing Assets into Language Arts -- Serving Up John Grisham: Developing Reading for Pleasure -- Service Circles of Reading: Gaining Competence and Self-Confidence -- Negotiating at the Bargaining Table: Three Leadership Projects -- Celebrating Folklore: Collecting and Publishing a Community's Stories -- From Tragedy to Hope: Addressing Real-life Issues in Romeo and Juliet -- Compelling College Candidates: Creating Meaning in Preparing Applications -- Creative Writing with an Asset Theme -- Ready, Set, Assets in Action: Producing a Video for Youth -- CHAPT ER 5 Infusing Assets into Social Studies -- Liberty and Justice for All? Examining Perceptions, Assumptions, and Involvement in Civic Life -- Learning Citizenship: Making a Positive Difference Every Day -- Labeling and Stereotyping: Do You Really Know What It Feels Like? -- Trekking Cross-Country: Cultural Empathy and Quality Decisions -- CHAPT ER 6 Infusing Assets into Math and Science -- There Is No Such Thing as a Stupid Question: Role Playing to Succeed in Math.

Designing a Naturescape: Cultivating Asset Growth -- CHAPTER 7 Infusing Assets into Health Education -- Capitalizing on Strengths and Creating Solu - tions: Leaping the Hurdles in Health Education -- Powerful Strategies for Bullying Prevention -- Kids Are the Core -- Leaders of Tomorrow: Making Health-Positive Choices -- CHAPTER 8 Infusing Assets into Visual Arts -- A Masterpiece Show: Visualizing the Assets in Art -- Gaining Cultural Insights through Art -- PART III ADVOCATE FOR ASSETS BEYOND THE CLASSROOM -- CHAPTER 9 Creating Asset-Rich Educational Systems -- Taking the First Step: Linking Supports for High School Success -- The Graduation Project: An Asset-Rich Journey -- Keeping Youth Engaged -- APPENDIXES -- Lists of the 40 Developmental Assets -- Appendix A.1 -- Appendix A.2 -- Appendix A.3 -- Appendix A.4 -- Appendix A.5 -- Appendix A.6 -- Charts of What's in This Book -- Appendix B.1 -- Appendix B.2 -- Appendix B.3 -- Contributors -- Other Education Resources from Search Institute -- Back Cover.