Explores the terms, concepts, personalities, historical events, and institutions that helped shape the history of this religion and the way it is practiced today.
This encyclopedia provides 300 interdisciplinary, cross-referenced entries that document the effect of the plague on Western society across the four centuries of the second plague pandemic, balancing medical history and technical matters with historical, cultural, social, and po…
Contains articles that provide biographical and career information about musicians who achieved or maintained commercial success in the 1990s, focusing on rock, pop, country, R&B, and hip-hop, with some attention to other genres including classical, world, Latin, Broadway, blues…
An A-Z biographical reference that focuses on individual artists and groups in all popular styles active from 1990 to the present, including those in rock, rhythm and blues, rap, country, electronica, jazz, vocal and classical. Features include select discographies, bibliographi…
Explains how to make formative assessments a seamless and natural part of the teaching process and provides assessment strategies that can be used before, during, and after instruction to learning.
This book is designed to improve the way that teachers care for themselves in five key areas, so that they may more effectively attend to the needs of their students.
Berkshire encyclopedia of world history
by Gale Group
fromGale virtual reference library
"Provides an integrated view of the history of our global community from a 21st-century perspective, with a focus on environmental and social issues. Examines connections and interactions made over time (and across cultures and locales) through trade, warfare, migration, religio…
Provides information on reproductive health and family formation practices in the United States, including data on sexuality, fertility, marriage, and childbirth.
Provides historical information on the battlefield and homefront experience and the political, economic, social, and cultural life of the North and South during the War. Primary source documents in the form of first-person accounts, letters, diaries, journals, newspapers, and li…
Entries cover reporters, photographers, and artists who represented a newspaper, magazine, radio, or television station, or another news source as well as significant events and terms relating to war reporting from 1846 to the recent Gulf War and Yugoslavian conflict.
Entries cover reporters, photographers, and artists who represented a newspaper, magazine, radio, or television station, or another news source as well as significant events and terms relating to war reporting from 1846 to the recent Gulf War and Yugoslavian conflict.
Covers the whole range of illegal political activity worldwide, ranging from terrorist and secessionist organizations to dissident groups operating clandestinely in authoritarian states. Resource of more than 5,000 organizations and individuals explains the history and contempor…
"This Handbook consolidates authoritative and state-of-the-art information from the large number of disciplines used in experimental fluid mechanics into a readable desk reference book. It comprises four parts covering Experiments in Fluid Mechanics, Measurement of Primary Quant…
This Handbook consolidates authoritative and state-of-the-art information from the large number of disciplines used in Experimental Fluid Mechanics into a readable desk reference book. It comprises four parts: Experiments in Fluid Mechanics, Measurement of Primary Quantities, Sp…