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The DD materials are in Adobe™ PDF format.   You can get a free Adobe reader at their site.  Click the button  and look in the lower right-hand corner for their free reader.  

Think over how much of DD you wish to acquire!  Going the "free" route can eventually get you almost all of the module, but the process is very time consuming, and the end product is not the quality produced by a commercial printer.

DD has over 300 pages of teacher materials and student duplication masters. In our view, it simply is not worth your time to try to acquire a substantial portion of DD by printing/download it yourself.  It's an okay way to go if you want just a small portion, but the purchase route is typically a better way to acquire Different Drummers materials.  

bullet We don't make this "buy it" recommendation to make money.  The non-profit organization sells the materials at the cost of printing and shipping.   

Do feel free to print/download and use any of the lessons, activities, and booklets that you see.  Spend enough time exploring (and perhaps printing), and you have the potential to make your way through practically all of the material.  [Over 90% of the module is accessible online.]  

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Story Lessons 1-10        

Concept Lessons 1-12     

Activities 1-15              

TimeLine

Trading Cards

Teacher booklet on Diversity

Teacher booklet on Freethought

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Different Drummers Table of Contents

(Click an item to look/print/download. Some of the PDF files are large, so give them time to load.)

Introduction

Foreword, Acknowledgements, Authors’ Note, Preface

Concept Lessons

Purpose, Content and Organization, General Organization of Lessons

  1. Blend In / Stand Out

  2. Conformity Concoctions

  3. Class Pet

  4. Traits of Different Drummers

  5. Three Mental Modes

  6. An Individualist Talks with His/Her Society

  7. One Outspoken Fellow—Mark Twain

  8. How Dare She?—Women Reformers

  9. Celebrated and Condemned—Thomas Jefferson

  10. Out of Bounds—Freethinkers and Friends

Story Lessons

Story Lesson Overview and and Teaching Strategies

Stories 1, 2, and 3 (one file)

1.The Prince Is Shocked to Learn (Buddha)

2. The Greek Gods Meet Their Match (Thales and Aristotle)

3. The Man of Many Questions (Socrates)

Stories 4, 5, 6 (one file)

4. One Priest Rattles Rome (Luther)

5. When Galileo Saw Things Differently (Copernicus and Galileo)

6. The Candid Littérateur (Voltaire)

Stories 7, 8, 9 (one file)

7. The Ladies Clamor for Change (Stanton and Wollstonecraft)

8. The Hungry Learner’s Big Picture (Darwin)

9. One Pesky Patriot (Paine)

 

Learning Activities

  1. Invent a Nonconforming Thinker

  2. Celebrity Traits Analysis

  3. Open Mind

  4. Dialogue Book

  5. “I Am” Poem

  6. Document Comparison Table

  7. Dear Diary / My Life

  8. Biography in a Bag

  9. 3-Button Web Page

  10. Alive Then / And Again

  11. Where in the World (or in Time) Are They?

  12. Chart 'Em

  13. What’s Their Type?

  14. Ten Questions

  15. Costumes and Tunes

Pictorials

Sampler of Trading Cards (cards come in small, Mid-size Small Group, and Display Pictures, wall size in DD)

Teacher Materials

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Free and Independent Thinking in History
—A Time Line

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Acknowledging Religious Diversity and Nonbelief: Toward Impartial Classroom Teaching about Religion

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Freethought and Religious Liberty
—A Primer for Teachers

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Purchase Different Drummers

Different Drummers is currently selling at the costs of printing and shipping, direct from the publisher.  The price is $25 for over 300 pages (shrink wrapped and 3-ring binder ready) of teacher and student materials (prices vary slightly as  printing costs change).  The shipping generally is less than $5.  The publisher accepts check, Visa/MasterCard, and school purchase orders.

You can purchase Different Drummers at:

Trafford Publishing

On-line      www.trafford.com

Toll-free   1-888-232-4444

Fax           1-250-383-6804

Phone        1-250-383-6864

Mail         Suite 6E

                2333 Government St 

                Victoria, B.C. V8T4P4

 

Duplication Rights

Whether you purchase Different Drummers or print it yourself...

bulletYou may reproduce the material for your own classroom use.  
bullet You may also duplicate DD, or any portions, for sharing with other teachers who teach within your school (but not for district-wide implementation).  

Different Drummers is copyrighted material.  Without written agreement, no portion may be duplicated for sale, or be reprinted as a part of any other materials or media in any form.  Call Instructional Systems at 1-800-666-9796 if you have a question concerning duplication, or if you are seeking permission to duplicate more broadly than for use at your own school site.

 

 

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Last Updated 5/15/2005

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