Social Studies Education

When gladiators fought in combat, there was usually only one winner. The victor may not have realized it, but he owed his success to science. Learn how science helped gladiators find victory in the arena.

William Jefferson Clinton was the 42nd president of the United States. Learn about his childhood, education, and work as president.

Nurses keep us healthy. Learn about a nurse's tools, workplace, and role in the community.

What does it take to become an astronaut? How do astronauts train to be in outer space? Listeners will learn all about what it's like to become an astronaut.

In The Ocean in the School, Rick Bonus tells the stories of Pacific Islander students as they and their allies struggled to transform a university they believed did not value their presence.

Journalists today are inundated with data about which stories attract the most clicks, likes, comments, and shares. These metrics influence what stories are written, how news is promoted, and even which journalists get hired and fired. Do metrics make journalists more accountable to the public? Or are these data tools the contemporary equivalent of a stopwatch wielded by a factory boss, worsening newsroom working conditions and journalism quality?

That I, whose experience of teaching is extremely limited, should presume to discuss education is a matter, surely, that calls for no apology. It is a kind of behavior to which the present climate of opinion is wholly favorable. If we are to produce a society of educated people, fitted to preserve their intellectual freedom amid the complex pressures of our modern society, we must turn back the wheel of progress some 400 or 500 years, to the point at which education began to lose sight of its true object, toward the end of the Middle Ages.

From a highly regarded feminist cultural critic and professor comes a polemic arguing that the stifling sense of sexual danger sweeping American campuses doesn't empower women, it impedes the fight for gender equality. Feminism is broken, argues Laura Kipnis, if anyone thinks the sexual hysteria overtaking American campuses is a sign of gender progress.

Book summary of How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie.

This audio study guide for The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as reparations for American slavery, white supremacy in the United States, and racial discrimination by the United States government. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

This series explores the community helpers of today and how their work keeps our communities running safely and smoothly. This volume includes Flight Attendants, Hairstylists, Truck Drivers, Welders, Carpenters, Judges, Reporters, and Servers.

This series explores the community helpers of today and how their work keeps our communities running safely and smoothly. This volume includes Dentists, Doctors, Firefighters, Mail Carriers, Police Officers, Teachers, Bakers, and Electricians.

Meet the Community Helpers! introduces beginning listeners to a day in the life of community helpers with fun, simple storylines. Each title focuses on one kind of community helper, highlighting roles and responsibilities, equipment and machinery they use, and the safety rules they follow.

How old is the Colosseum in Rome? How long is the Great Wall of China? Listeners will find these answers and more as they learn about the location, history, architecture, and special uses of some of the world's most iconic landmarks in Whole Wide World. This volume includes Easter Island, Golden Gate Bridge, and Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Time for errands! We drop off books at the library and send letters at the post office. Places like these keep our communities running! This series takes students into familiar places in their communities. Take a walk around your community with this fun series!

What do you want to be when you grow up? After listening to this series, kids will be shouting out answers to that question. This series gives young listeners a basic introduction to people in their communities that they will meet around town.

Police officers. Teachers. Bus drivers. Families. They help us learn, keep us safe, help us get around, and more. Who Helps? teaches children about these community helpers while helping them develop literacy skills. Carefully crafted text supports emergent listeners, making sure they aren’t facing too many challenges at once.

With all that is happening on Capitol Hill, it can be hard to understand the United States Government. That’s why U.S. Government: Need to Know walks struggling listeners through key concepts about the U.S. government, including who works in each branch, what they do, and how all of the branches work together.

With all that is happening on Capitol Hill, it can be hard to understand the United States Government. That’s why U.S. Government: Need to Know walks struggling listeners through key concepts about the U.S. Government, including who works in each branch, what they do, and how all of the branches work together.

With all that is happening on Capitol Hill, it can be hard to understand the United States Government. This volume walks struggling listeners through key concepts about the U.S. government, including who works in each branch, what they do, and how all of the branches work together.