Gale In Context- High SchoolThis link opens in a new windowGale In Context: High School offers cross-curricular content aligned to national and state curriculum standards and reinforces the development of skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, communication, collaboration, creativity, and innovation. Explore topics within business and economics, geography, government, history, literature, science and health, social issues, and more.
It identifies values the government has traditionally upheld and how the government of today continues to reflect those values, while simultaneously examining changes that the government has undergone since the nation’s founding.
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Houses more than 16,000 primary and secondary sources, including government and court documents, photos, maps, audio and video recordings, and more
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Houses more than 9,000 primary and secondary sources including newspapers, magazines, narratives, and letters of correspondence and images that actually show students moments and elements of daily life throughout history
all of the things that students find interesting about today’s culture, in the context of America’s past. It is a complement to any social studies course about life in America since the 1900s and an outstanding resource for research and discovery.
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Houses more than 5,400 primary and secondary sources, including more than 2,800 photos and illustrations and more than 220 audio and video recordings
Covers the broad expanse of world history from the mid-15th century to the present, featuring thousands of documents, articles, timelines, images, videos, and maps.
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Oxford University Press’s What Everyone Needs to Know® series offers a balanced and authoritative primer on complex current event issues and countries, spanning across popular topics and disciplines including Politics, Economics, Sciences, and Religion.
Available as an online resource since November 2020, WENTKs are written by leading experts in their fields and provide, in a straight-forward question-and-answer format, insight in such a way that students and scholars alike can stay up-to-date on the most important topics leading the discussion today in politics, health, global affairs, and more.
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Abortion by Carol Hand
Call Number: 342.7308 HA
ISBN: 9781477775103
Publication Date: 2014-07-15
Examines constitutional issues surrounding abortion in the United States and discusses how abortion laws have changed
Culture Wars in America by Glenn H. Utter
Call Number: R 306.0973 UT
ISBN: 9780313350382
Publication Date: 2009-11-12
Contents: The U.S. culture wars: historical and contemporary -- Differing religious understandings -- Abortion, embryonic stem cell research, and the right to die -- Gun control and gun rights -- Immigration -- Sex education, homosexuality, and gay marriage -- Science and education -- The u.s. role in the world and the global culture war -- The culture wars: retrospect and prospect -- Selected resources.
Presents varying views on gun rights and gun control and provides listings for various agencies, Web pages, and groups that have taken a stand on the issue
Examines United States legislation that has changed policies and implementation of laws regarding American citizens' rights, focusing on health care and discussing the efforts of several presidents, including Richard Nixon, John F. Kennedy, and Bill Clinton
Social Issues in America by James CimentThis work covers hotly contested social issues in America today--everything from abortion, academic freedom, and affirmative action to consumer debt, homeland security, illegal immigration, poverty and wealth, reproductive rights, and terrorism. Each entry discusses the historical origins of a particular debate or controversy; the means for dealing with it in the past; current perspectives and arguments; and the implications for society in the near- and long-term future.
Chronicles and illustrates movements from the American Revolution to the present day. Intended to help students successfully complete research and projects.
From abolitionism and woman suffrage to organized labor, civil rights, and the environment, this major reference examines every significant social movement in American history through the early twenty-first century.
Encyclopedia of Race and Racism by John H. MooreExamines the anthropological, sociological, historical, economic, and scientific theories of race and racism in the modem era. Delves into the historic origins of ideas of race and racism and explores their social and scientific consequences. Includes biographies of significant theorists, as well as political and social leaders and notorious racists.
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780028660202
Publication Date: 2007-11-12
U. S. Presidents and Foreign Policy by Carl Cavanagh Hodge (Editor); Cathal J. Nolan (Editor)
Call Number: R 973.099 US
ISBN: 9781851097906
Publication Date: 2006-12-13
Examines the foreign policy strategies of each U.S. president from George Washington to George W. Bush, and includes a selection of primary source documents and a chronology.
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Featuring articles and essays from Native American authors and contributors, it gives voice to the American Indian experience with respect to colonial conflict, trade economies, decisive wars, parsing of Native American land enabled by American policy, assimilation, and native claims to land, among other topics.
Over 2,500 images, more than 700 primary sources with specially written commentaries, and nearly 200 maps have been collected to enhance this reference content
It enables students to fully grasp the events of the genocides and the factors that led to them, showing them repeating patterns in history and giving them the agency to work to diminish hatred that could lead to future genocides.
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