social sciences

". . . journalist Matt Taibbi provides an insider's guide to the variety of ways today's mainstream media tells us lies. Part tirade, part confessional, it reveals that what most people think of as "the news" is, in fact, a twisted wing of the entertainment business"--Jacket flap.

A series of standards-based strategies and accompanying CD that helps students to develop a better understanding of basic reading, writing, mathematics, science, and social studies concepts.

Second grade social studies leveled readers. Social Studies Curriculum materials are year long loans to grade level appropriate teachers.

Offers guidance to teachers on integrating social studies instruction with language arts instruction through the use of picture books, highlighting how picture books can help meet each of the National Council for Social Studies' Ten Thematic Strands.

Designed to build critical thinking and cooperative learning skills. Students explore ten important incidents in the lives of five historically significant Americans.

During the Civil War, at first black Americans weren't allowed to serve in the Union army. When they were finally allowed in, they served in separate units with white commanders. The most famous of these units is the Massachusetts 54th regiment.

Team Human is a manifesto--a fiery distillation of preeminent digital theorist Douglas Rushkoff's most urgent thoughts on civilization and human nature. In one hundred lean and incisive statements, he argues that we are essentially social creatures, and that we achieve our greatest aspirations when we work together--not as individuals. Yet today society is threatened by a vast antihuman infrastructure that undermines our ability to connect. Money, once a means of exchange, is now a means of exploitation; education, conceived as way to elevate the working class, has become another assembly line; and the internet has only further divided us into increasingly atomized and radicalized groups. Team Human delivers a call to arms. If we are to resist and survive these destructive forces, we must recognize that being human is a team sport. In Rushkoff's own words: "Being social may be the whole point." Harnessing wide-ranging research on human evolution, biology, and psychology, Rushkoff shows that when we work together we realize greater happiness, productivity, and peace. If we can find the others who understand this fundamental truth and reassert our humanity--together--we can make the world a better place to be human.

"Takes a...look at our globe from the perspective of what humans have produced. Using an innovative design, maps are populated by infographics, graphs, and icons to represent information and statistics about a subject in a very visual way. This aids readers in comparing and contrasting the same subjects in different parts of the world. Each spread explores one subject in-depth, such as how goods are transported around the globe, who has the tallest buildings, where space missions have been launched from, and how the production and trade of palm oil affects people and the environment"--Amazon.com.

A book for young readers about the power of the veto and how it has been implemented throughout history.

" ... provides teachers, librarians, and education methods professors with strategies, lesson plans, and activities that enable them to use literature as a springboard to social studies thematic instruction"--Amazon.