This volume traces the evolution of the American military, its institutions, strategic doctrines, and technology. The selections provide a social and institutional focus of the "new" military history, and follow the metamorphosis of the militia, the professionalization of the officers' corps, and the course of civilian control of the military.
The Western Tradition, 5/e, offers carefully selected documents reflecting the social, political, economic, cultural, and religious development of Western civilization. Volume I spans the rise of Western civilization from Egypt and Mesopotamia to the seventeenth century. Volume II commences with the Renaissance and Reformation and it culminates with the end of the Cold War and the rise of new nationalist movements.
This volume compiles carefully selected documents and essays to illuminate the most important controversies in the history of California from the precontact period to the present.
A collection of readings that offers the best of contemporary Italian Renaissance scholarship, classic studies, and excerpts from a variety of important primary sources. It presents conflicting interpretations of major issues in Renaissance history.
Original writings by Lenin, Tsereteli, and Trotsky enable students to view the causes and conflicts at the root of the revolution, while the insights of contemporary social history add depth to traditional political and personality-based assessments.
Inside Writing Skills: Instruction and Practice (Grades 4-10) offers additional intensive grade-level specific lessons in basic skills.- Part I: instruction and practice in punctuation, mechanics, usage, sentences, and parts of speech.- Part II: a handy reference to help students complete the skills activities in Part I.
- In-depth understanding of the Before, During, and After reading process- Essential skills and strategies for a variety of materials and genres- Key comprehension tools, including notetaking, outlining, cause-effect diagrams, and double-entry journals- A resource for content area reading, supplemental reading activities, tutorials, and homework support
- Teacher's Edition with weekly lesson planners, detailed implementation instructions, pretests and posttests, and daily and weekly assessment- Student Response Book copymasters (Also available as consumables.)- 20 copies of six Theme Magazines packed with engaging, highly-visual articles in a variety of genres- Read-Aloud Books--six books for grades K-3, three longer books for grades 4-8- Six Double-sided Teaching Posters (write on/wipe off)-...
- In-depth understanding of the Before, During, and After reading process- Essential skills and strategies for a variety of materials and genres- Key comprehension tools, including notetaking, outlining, cause-effect diagrams, and double-entry journals- A resource for content area reading, supplemental reading activities, tutorials, and homework support
Working Words in Spelling helps all students achieve spelling success--- Lessons begin with a pretest and proofreading activity to help students identify problem areas.- Students learn more than 4, 000 high-frequency base words plus 13, 000 related forms--99% of the most commonly used words in both student and adult writing. - Challenge words for every lesson motivate higher-ability students. - Writing activities help transfer accurate spellin...
Working Words in Spelling helps all students achieve spelling success--- Lessons begin with a pretest and proofreading activity to help students identify problem areas.- Students learn more than 4, 000 high-frequency base words plus 13, 000 related forms--99% of the most commonly used words in both student and adult writing. - Challenge words for every lesson motivate higher-ability students. - Writing activities help transfer accurate spellin...
This edition features real-world problems involving number sense, patterns, estimation, and geometry to help students improve critical-thinking and problem-solving skills. Student Books, sold in packages of 10, provide a convenient place to record and review answers.
This resource provides practice solving verbal and figurative analogies plus reproducible tests to help students develop strong critical-thinking and test-taking skills. Student Books are sold separately in packages of 10.