The Electoral College is a complex system influenced by various factors in the United States' rich history. Some of the ideas behind the Electoral College--such as ensuring that smaller states were given a vote--still apply today. However, the Electoral College has changed over the years in ways that the framers of the Constitution did not anticipate. Learn everything you ever wanted to know about the Electoral College with this full-color informational text that explores contemporary issues through high-interest content! Packed with fun facts, fascinating sidebars, and featuring TIME content and images, this nonfiction book has text features such as a glossary, an index, and a table of contents to engage students in reading as they build their comprehension, vocabulary, and reading skills. The Reader's Guide and extended Try It! activity increase understanding of the material, and develop higher-order thinking. Check It Out! offers print and online resources for additional reading. Keep students reading from cover to cover with this captivating text!

Place- and community-based education an approach to teaching and learning that starts with the local addresses two critical gaps in the experience of many children now growing up in the United States: contact with the natural world and contact with community. It offers a way to extend young people s attention beyond the classroom to the world as it actually is, and to engage them in the process of devising solutions to the social and environmental problems they will confront as adults. This approach can increase students engagement with learning and enhance their academic achievement.

Envisioned as a primer and guide for educators and members of the public interested in incorporating the local into schools in their own communities, this book explains the purpose and nature of place- and community-based education and provides multiple examples of its practice. The detailed descriptions of learning experiences set both within and beyond the classroom will help readers begin the process of advocating for or incorporating local content and experiences into their schools.

Study & Master Life Skills has been specially developed to support the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS). The innovative Teacher's Guide with CD-ROM includes: * a detailed work schedule for the whole year * step-by-step guidance on the teaching of each lesson and form of assessment, as well as Remedial and Extension activities for each Unit * photocopiable record sheets and templates * recordings to support the Performing Arts topic.

Study & Master Social Sciences has been specially developed by an experienced author team for the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS). The comprehensive Learner's Book: * provides activities that develop learners' skills and understanding of each of the modules specified by the CAPS curriculum * includes good-quality illustrations, photographs and diagrams in full colour * offers current and relevant content clearly set out according to the curriculum document. The innovative Teacher's Guide includes: * step-by-step guidance on the teaching of each lesson and activity as well as each form of assessment * Remedial and Extension activities for each module * bright ideas to extend the curriculum into the world outside the classroom * a complete section on Formal Assessment, with sample examinations and their memoranda as well as photocopiable record sheets and templates.

OF COURSE you think Cinderella was the sweetest belle of the ball. You don't know the other side of the story. Well, let me tell you...

At sixteen Anne is grown up. . . almost. Her gray eyes shine like evening stars, but her red hair is still as peppery as her temper. In the years since she arrived at Green Gables as a freckle-faced orphan, she has earned the love of the people of Avonlea and a reputation for getting into scrapes. But when Anne begins her job as the new schoolteacher, the real test of her character begins. Along with teaching the three Rs, she is learning how complicated life can be when she meddles in someone else's romance, finds two new orphans at Green Gables, and wonders about the strange behavior of the very handsome Gilbert Blythe. As Anne enters womanhood, her adventures touch the heart and the funny bone.

This lively collection comes from West Africa, a place 'where stories grow on trees'. Here are the famous tricksters: Hare, Tortoise, and the greatest of them all - Ananse the spider. The stories are full of larger-than-life characters and situations; and include the tale of how Ananse got his thin waist, how Crocodile learnt his lesson, and how Monkey managed not to get eaten by Shark.

This book investigates the preparation of secondary history and social studies (SS) teachers to teach English language learners (ELLs) in twenty-first century classrooms. This edited collection focuses on the ways in which pre-service and in-service teachers have developed - or may develop - instructional effectiveness for working with ELLs in the secondary history and social studies classroom. The authors address a variety of standards and content examples, including the National Council for Social Studies C3 Framework and Curriculum Standards, the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, and content from history, geography, and civics. This volume is part of a set of four edited books focused on teaching the key content areas to English language learners.

Build confidence in a range of key Theory of Knowledge skills with this practical companion, full of advice and guidance from an experienced TOK expert. - Learn to apply analytical skills with Deeper Thinking, showing you how to go beyond simply identifying and explaining. - Develop awareness of the practical application of knowledge with In Practice pointers, offering guidance on how topics can be used in TOK activities. - Improve your ability to respond to knowledge questions, a crucial part of assessment success. - Avoid making the mistakes that others make in the assessments with TOK Traps that highlight common errors and misconceptions.

Ist Gott in den Genen zu finden?

Ist Religion gottlichen Ursprungs oder doch ein naturliches, also biologisches Phanomen? Und wenn Religion in unserer Biologie angelegt ist, wie und warum ist sie entstanden? Wie sehen ihre Anfange aus, die ja sehr einfach gewesen sein mussen Religion im Einzellerstadium sozusagen Wie entwickelte sie sich dann weiter, und lassen sich in dieser Entwicklung, wie bei der biologischen Evolution, Gesetzmassigkeiten feststellen? Anders ausgedruckt: Gibt es eine Biologie der Religionen beziehungsweise eine Biologie der Religionsentstehung?

Dieses Buch unternimmt erstmalig den Versuch einer umfassenden Antwort auf diese Fragen. Die Autoren Experten aus Biologie, Palaontologie, Psychologie, Religionswissenschaft und Theologie entwerfen auf der Basis facherubergreifender wissenschaftlicher Befunde ein Modell der Religionsentstehung, das das Aufkommen religioser Verhaltensweisen schlussig aus dem naturlichen Verhaltensrepertoire des Menschen erklart. So wird die menschheitsgeschichtliche Entwicklung von Religiositat plausibel und nachvollziehbar. Wer wissen will, wie Religion entstanden ist, wird in diesem breiten und sachkundigen Uberblick die Antwort finden.

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Die Gotter fielen nicht vom Himmel die biologischen Grundlagen der Religionsentstehung

Religion ist ein universal verbreitetes Phanomen, und uberall auf der Welt pragen religiose Uberzeugungen politisches und gesellschaftliches Handeln. Viele Menschen wollen verstehen, warum Religion trotz aller rationalen Kritik fortbesteht, und fragen deshalb auch nach ihren Anfangen und ihrer Entwicklung in der Menschheitsgeschichte.

"Gotter Gene Genesis" ist der ehrgeizige Versuch dreier interdisziplinar arbeitender Autoren, den Ursprung von Religion schlussig und nachvollziehbar zu erklaren. Ihr Buch verfolgt insofern einen originellen Ansatz, als es den aktuellen kognitionswissenschaftlichen und evolutionar-psychologischen Entwurfen zur Erklarung der Religionsentstehung eine ganz bewusst verhaltensorientierte Perspektive entgegensetzt: Religioses Verhalten wird konsequent verhaltenswissenschaftlich ethologisch, biologisch, psychologisch erklart. Entscheidende Faktoren fur die fruhe Entwicklung von Religiositat sind Territorialverhalten und Gefahrenabwehr, innerartliche Aggression und Ritualisierung, Angstbewaltigung und Konfliktlosung sowie die kulturelle Evolution als Fortsetzung der biologischen Evolution. Mit der konsequenten Herausarbeitung der biologischen Grundlagen bietet das Buch einen Uberblick zur Religionsentstehung, der sehr viel bodenstandiger und oft auch im Wortsinne anschaulicher ist als manch andere, spekulative Entstehungsszenarien. Die Lekture des Buches vermittelt dem Leser fundierte Kenntnisse uber die Erscheinungsformen und Geschichte religiosen Verhaltens und liefert so einen wichtigen Beitrag fur die heute oft so emotional gefuhrte Debatte zu Glaubensfragen. "