These informative, trade-book quality biographies trace the life of nine important American citizens from childhood to adulthood. They feature colorful photographs, maps, and charts, and connections to history, geography, civics, and economics. Glossaries and discussion questions as well as comparisons between the past and present day are also included.
This book, which appeared first in a Danish version in 1980 and subsequently in an English translation in 1986, reverses the history of the English language: it takes present-day English ‘irregularities’ in grammar and spelling as its point of departure, providing historical explanations only to the extent that they illustrate modern forms. A number of comparisons with developments in other Germanic languages are given, not only with Danish phenomena as in the original Danish edition, but also with Dutch and German ones.
Let's Talk About It is for adults and young adults and is designed to get false-beginners intermediate-level English learners talking about Japan and the world Let's Talk About It introduces high-interest topics through pictures′ then guides conversations through questions′ developlng fluency and building vocabulary
Rightly fearing that unscrupulous rulers would break them up, seize their resources, or submit them to damaging forms of intervention, strong networks of trust such as kinship groups, clandestine religious sects, and trade diasporas have historically insulated themselves from political control by a variety of strategies. Drawing on a vast range of comparisons over time and space, Charles Tilly asks and answers how, and with what consequences, members of trust networks have evaded, compromised with, or even sought connections with political regimes.
International Comparisons in Mathematics Education
A critical overview of the current debate and topical thinking on international comparative investigations in mathematics education. The contributors are all major figures in international comparisons in mathematics. The book highlights strengths and weaknesses in various systems worldwide, allowing teachers, researchers and academics to compare and contrast different approaches. A significant contribution to the international debate on standards in mathematics.
