A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's open access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Archaeological discoveries in Jerusalem capture worldwide attention in various media outlets. The continuing q…
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''This book compares community definition and change in the temperate zones of southern Britain and northern France with the starkly contrasting regions of the Spanish meseta and Iceland. Local communities were fundamental to human societies in the pre-industrial world; crucial …
Temperatism is more than a bleeding heart version of the capitalist ideal. Its purpose is to tackle key injustices and social inequality that are symptoms of the capitalist market system. By focusing on an agenda of doing good, temperatism seeks to reduce the level of elitism an…
This introductory textbook provides an analysis of the social, economic and political position of women in contemporary societies. The authors consider the changing position of women in the labour market, within families, in relation to motherhood, the welfare state and the law.
This introductory textbook provides an analysis of the social, economic and political position of women in contemporary societies. The authors consider the changing position of women in the labour market, within families, in relation to motherhood, the welfare state and the law.
Les évêques ont été des acteurs majeurs de la paix durant tout le Moyen Âge. La présente étude s'attache à démontrer le rôle structurel exercé par l'épiscopat dans le règlement des conflits au haut Moyen Âge, tout en dégageant les évolutions majeures qui s'observent dans ce doma…
In k-12 classrooms, as well as on the college and university level, the incorporation of digital games has played a vital role in the educational system. While introducing teachers to new fields, these digital games have been designed and implemented for the classroom and have s…
"Based upon a 'performative' interpretation of royal charters, The Politics of Memory and Identity offers a new and surprising narrative of West Frankish history from the death of Louis the Pious in 840 to the demise of the Carolingian dynasty in 987. The key is a carefully cont…
This major interdisciplinary study re-examines the political thought of John Milton, one of the celebrated proponents of the 'Commonwealth and Free State' that was established in England in the mid-seventeenth century. Walker shows that in his epic poem, Paradise Lost (1667), Mi…
Art has a tremendous capacity to engage students, offering science, history, mathematics, social studies, and literature teachers alternative ways to reach their students. In high quality schools, art specialists work reciprocally with instructors in other disciplines to support…
Between the turn of the twentieth century and the "Brown V. Board of Education" decision in 1954, the way that American schools taught about "race" changed dramatically. This transformation was engineered by the nation's most prominent anthropologists, including Franz Boas, Ruth…
"Is 'development' passe? Is it merely a by-product or a 'trickle down' effect of economic growth, spurred by globalisation? Will poverty simply diminish with increased global markets? This state-of-the-art critical 'development' reader deals with these and related questions. Glo…
Grounded in theory and best-practices research, this practical text provides teachers with 40 strategies for using fiction and non-fiction trade books to teach in five key content areas: language arts and reading, social studies, mathematics, science, and the arts. Each strategy…
Measuring History complements the cases presented in Wise Social Studies Practices (Yeager & Davis, 2005). Yeager and Davis highlight the rich and ambitious teaching that can occur in the broad context of state-level testing. In this book, the chapter authors and I bring the par…
Two persistent dilemmas haunt school reform: curriculum politics and classroom constancy. Both undermined the 1960s' new social studies, a dynamic reform movement centered on inquiry, issues, and social activism. Dramatic academic freedom controversies ended reform and led to a …
Hybrid cars, fast trains, energy-efficient light bulbs, solar panels, carbon offsets ... Forget everything you ever thought you knew about living green.
This handbook designed for teachers of sixth through ninth grades, has two objectives: (1) to make the concept of critical thinking and the principles that underlie it clear; and (2) to show how critical thinking can be taught in language arts, social studies, and science. The i…
The purpose of this Action Research study was to investigate and strengthen the culturally responsive curriculum for American history teachers and Black and Latinx students at an urban high school. Participants and data collected in cycle 1 consisted of ten urban public charter …