Exploring the significance of places that built our cultural past, this guide is a lens into historical sites spanning the entire history of the United States, from Acoma Pueblo to Ground Zero.
A guidebook for school librarians looks at how school gardens can improve students' academic performance; offers tips on justifying, designing, and implementing a school garden; and provides informati
Keane, a school librarian, collects 70 research pathfinders targeted to middle school students. The two-page pathfinders are designed to help build independent research and information literacy skills
"Designed to empower readers to advocate for themselves and others, this wide-ranging encyclopedia reveals a surprising range of resources and options that consumers have at their disposal"--
In addition to presenting the conceptual process of portfolio development, the book offers a practical guide for teachers, administrators, and teacher educators. Chapters are sequenced from conceptual
The battles, military leaders, treaties, and roles of individual countries in the world wars and other conflicts are the broad topics of this 2-volume encyclopedia. The entries focus closely on milita
This book provides an outstanding single-volume resource on the topic of solar energy for young adults and general audiences.‧ Provides an accessible and useful technical introduction to the various w
This work is a detailed survey of food safety issues today, from E-coli contamination in fruits and vegetables to food production practices that increase antibiotic resistance.
This book maps the development of modern policing--both theory and practice--from humans' first efforts at social control, through the British roots of modern policing, to the unique institution of A
This thoroughly updated edition provides readers with the background and resources needed to understand one of the greatest civil rights issues of our time.
This work is a fascinating overview of Americans' complex and occasionally uneasy relationship with military service, from World War II to the age of global terrorism.
This work is an important new edition of a classic study--one of the few exhaustive examinations of childhood sexual abuse available--with 40 percent new material.
A comprehensive and revealing compilation of essays analyzing the varied dimensions of national identities and nationalisms across world regions and through time.
This groundbreaking three-volume reference traces the roots and development of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights and issues in the United States from the pre-colonial period to the
A step-by-step guide explores the concept of virtual school libraries, summarizes the latest information about student and teacher use of electronic resources, and addresses the concept of virtual sch
