Generously illustrated and easy to follow, Economics lays the foundation for economic thinking and the ability to make informed choices in the national and international marketplace. Explores key elements of the free enterprise system: supply, demand, price, competition, business, labor, money and banking, government, and the global economy. This full-color textbook is a valuable addition to any social studies curriculum. Overall, this high-interest, low-readability text makes it easy for you to engage students who struggle with reading, language, or a learning disability. Lexile Level 860 Reading Level 3-4 Interest Level 6-12
A comprehensive, standards-based world history program This revised textbook program covers the beginning of human society to contemporary times. With an easy-to-follow format, the text encourages students to read and gain more understanding about the world in which they live. "World History "provides engaging features such as a History in Your Life and Then and Now, which make history relevant to students' lives. Biographies, Spotlight Stories, Map Skills and Map Studies, and Document-Based Readings provide multiple perspectives from which to view and learn about history. Lexile Level 760 Reading Level 4-5 Interest Level 6-12
[TofC cont.] Reaction, reforms, and revolution, 1814 to 1850; Nationalism and imperialism, 1840 to 1914 -- Conflict and challenges, 1914 to 1955: World War I, 1914 to 1919; Russian Revolution and the Communist state, 1905 to 1939; Revolutions and the rise of dictators, 1911 to 1938; World War II, 1939 to 1945; Aftermath of World War II, 1945 to 1955 -- Contemporary world, 1946 to the present: New nations emerge, 1946 to 1999; A changing world, 1950 to the present; A new century begins, 1990 to the present -- World atlas -- Glossary. This book is a story of the world. As you read the units, chapters, and sections of this book, you will learn about the important people and events that shaped our world.-How to use this book, a study guide.
Help your students discover the world "World Geography" covers the rich variety of life on earth its physical geography, people, environment, cultures, economies, and political issues. With its easy-to-follow format, this lavishly illustrated text encourages students to read and gain a better understanding about the world in which they live. Special features of World Geography include key statistical information about world nations (Geo-Stats), Map Skills, Writing About Geography, and Geography in Your Life with an emphasis on careers, technology, and basic courses of study. Lexile Level 790 Reading Level 3-4 Interest Level 6-12
A world of history in your hands "World History" covers 8,000 years from the beginning of human society to contemporary times. With an easy-to-follow format, this text encourages students to read and gain more understanding about the world they live in. "World History" correlates with state and national standards for history. Lexile Level 770 Reading Level 3-4 Interest Level 6-12
A textbook for the study of American government, focusing on such areas as its historical foundations, rights and responsibilities of citizenship, participation in government, the branches of national government, and state and local governments.
A comprehensive, standards-based world history program, this program covers the beginning of human society to contemporary times. With an easy-to-follow format, students are encouraged to read and gain more understanding about the world in which they live. World History provides engaging features such as a History in Your Life and Then and Now, which make history relevant. Biographies, Spotlight Stories, Map Skills and Map Studies, and Document-Based Readings provide multiple perspectives from which to view and learn about history.
Help your students discover the world "World Geography" covers the rich variety of life on earth its physical geography, people, environment, cultures, economies, and political issues. With its easy-to-follow format, this lavishly illustrated text encourages students to read and gain a better understanding about the world in which they live. Special features of World Geography include key statistical information about world nations (Geo-Stats), Map Skills, Writing About Geography, and Geography in Your Life with an emphasis on careers, technology, and basic courses of study. Lexile Level 790 Reading Level 3-4 Interest Level 6-12
A textbook for the study of American government, focusing on such areas as its historical foundations, rights and responsibilities of citizenship, participation in government, the branches of national government, and state and local governments.
Help your students discover the world "World Geography" covers the rich variety of life on earth its physical geography, people, environment, cultures, economies, and political issues. With its easy-to-follow format, this lavishly illustrated text encourages students to read and gain a better understanding about the world in which they live. Special features of World Geography include key statistical information about world nations (Geo-Stats), Map Skills, Writing About Geography, and Geography in Your Life with an emphasis on careers, technology, and basic courses of study. Lexile Level 790 Reading Level 3-4 Interest Level 6-12
High School) Economics: Principles in Action is a multi-dimensional program designed to help students of all abilities achieve fundamental understanding of core economic principles. Key concepts, based on the twenty content standards of the National Council on Economic Education (NCEE), are developed throughout the program--through text, graphics, transparencies, videos, and online resources--and supported by a variety of activities to help students apply their new knowledge to the real world.
This high-interest, easy-reading text helps students explore the diverse physical geography, people, environments, cultures, politics, and economies of the world. Suitable for engaging students who struggle with reading, language, or a learning disability.
Designed to help teachers discuss and explore with students the many aspects of peace and security in a rapidly changing world, this teaching manual examines the issues from many different points of view. Students are encouraged to examine the issues, collect information, and present their own views and opinions based on the facts. The book contains six chapters, each of which explores a particular aspect of peace and security. Chapter 1, "Perspectives on Peace," looks at the concept of peace itself and asks if a nation can have peace without a security apparatus. Chapter 2, "Eye on the Soviet Union," is an examination of U.S.-Soviet relations and the impact the two superpowers have had on peace and security issues for the last 50 years. Chapter 3, "The Human Condition: Poverty and Peace," asks the question: can a nation be at "peace" if poverty, hunger, and human suffering exist within its borders? Recent democratic movements in Eastern Europe and Central America have raised many questions concerning peace and security issues--not just for the United States, but for the rest of the world as well. Chapter 4, "Democracy: The Road to Peace?" looks at these movements and studies the impact they will have on global stability. Chapter 5, "The Global Environment: A Common Trust," discusses an issue that many experts believe will serve as a bridge to unite former enemies behind the common cause of solving the world's massive environmental problems. Chapter 6, "The World Economy," examines the concept of interdependence and how trade and business relations can work to bring the world closer together but also can create "economic conflicts" among friends and enemies. The book suggests a variety of instructional strategies, and each chapter contains activities that list objectives, outline a procedure, and offer additional suggestions. Twenty-two student handouts are included, as are lists of resources on peace and security issues corresponding to each chapter of the book. (DB)
Most military historians are in agreement that Feldmarschall Erich von Manstein was the most outstanding German high commander of the Second World War. Many view him as the foremost exponent of large-scale mobile operations in any of the Second World War armies. Surprisingly, no biography of him has yet been written. To this day, his family refuses to release the papers of his estate to the German military archives at Freiburg. Furthermore the contradictions in the personality of von Manstein make it difficult to generate a synthesis. On one side there is an extraordinary military talent, on the other many political and moral aspects. His military achievements stand in sharp contrast to his inhumane policy of occupation in Russia, his active participation in the slaughter of Jews in Southern Ukraine and the Crimea and his ambivalent attitude to the military resistance movement. These contradictions have led the author to describe Manstein as the Janushead - the term chosen for the title of the book. He has not written a traditional biography but a portrait. A complete account of all phases of Mansteins career is given in one chapter, seven more chapters deal extensively with milestones in Mansteins career: his successful plan for the battle of France which led to the defeat of the French Army in less than one month, his dereliction of duty during the battle for Stalingrad, his hubris which led to the disaster of the battle for Kursk, his refusal to take part in the military resistance movement, his compliance with the Commissar order and his involvement in the Holocaust. he author has widened the subject well beyond the personality of its central figure. It shows how the Nazi system, step by step, succeeded in perverting the centuries-old traditions of the Prussian and German officer corps.
In an age where fake news, conspiracy theories, and outright lies by political and cultural leaders are commonplace, we may be becoming accustomed to lying, or worse, even immune to it. Pseudology unravels the reasons for this by describing a “science of lying” that looks at various aspects of this trait, from how it affects the brain to how it distorts perception. Interest in lying goes back to antiquity and writing and debate has only increased in the present day, but what is missing is a treatment that synthesizes the work from linguists, political scientists, anthropologists, psychologists, neuroscientists, and sociologists, tying them to the philosophical and literary views of lying throughout history. Such a treatment can be called "pseudology": an interdisciplinary science for classifying, collating, and assessing ideas about lying. This book is a comprehensive treatment of pseudology, emphasising the importance of studying lying in our current climate. Pseudology addresses questions such as: • What is a lie? • Why do we lie? • Why are we so susceptible to lying? • How does lying activate false beliefs and generate hatred of others? • How has lying shaped the course of history (at least to some extent)? • How has lying been adopted as a basic thematic element in literature and the arts? Synthesising research from a broad range of disciplines and from the perspective of a leading cognitive linguist, this text weaves ideas and theories about lying cohesively into an overall interdisciplinary science. This landmark book is vital for students and scholars of language as well as anyone interested in politics, sociology, or psychology.
The first English-language monograph on the Slovak-Polish border in 1918-47 explores the interplay of politics, diplomacy, moral principles and self-determination. This book argues that the failure to reconcile strategic objectives with territorial claims could cost a higher price than the geographical size of the disputed region would indicate.
Popular Culture: Introductory Perspectives seeks to define pop culture by exploring the ways that it fulfills our human desire for meaning. The second edition investigates current contexts for popular culture, including the rise of the digital global village through new technology and offers up-to-date examples that connect with today's students.
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