Presents a history of ancient Greece and Rome as well as information about the literature and daily life of these early civilizations.

Provides a leadership plan and action steps that will build on students' literacy skills and intervene with students who falter. Includes strategies to integrate literacy and learning across the content areas; support structures that involve teachers, administrators, parents, and community members in your literacy program; and examples of school environments that sustain literacy development.

Reagan, AIDS, the Challenger disaster... The 1980s were a pivotal time. Examine the iconic personalities, issues, and moments of the decade.

Covers the Middle Ages, roughly the years 400-1400, and offers in-depth essays on broad themes, short entries on specific topics, and carefully selected primary documents to help understand this critically important period.

Containing material from hundreds of highly distinguished contributors representing the world's top universities and institutions, the second edition has a truly global perspective. It contains more than 2,100 entries -- including more than 450 new articles. Among the many topics covered are African, Islamic, Jewish, Russian, Chinese, and Buddhist philosophies; bioethics and biomedical ethics; art and aesthetics; epistemology; metaphysics; peace and...

Provides in-depth analysis of the literary work The Sun Also Rises, as well as its importance and critical reception. Includes a chronology of the life and works of the author.

Provides in-depth analysis of the literary work Jane Eyre, as well as its importance and critical reception. Includes a chronology of the life and works of the author.

Provides in-depth analysis of the literary work Animal Farm, as well as its importance and critical reception. Includes a chronology of the life and works of the author.

Provides in-depth analysis of the literary work The Grapes of Wrath, as well as its importance and critical reception. Includes a chronology of the life and works of the author.