How Text Sets Can Supplement and Enrich Traditional ELA Instructional Materials

| By Char Shryock | There’s a large base of reading research that supports the importance of providing students with regular opportunities to work with grade-appropriate text sets. This is different from the traditional canon-based approach that focuses on novel studies or spends large chunks of instructional time on a single story. Most anthologies are … Read more

Gale Encyclopedia of Environmental Health, 3rd Edition

| By Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, RN | Several years ago, for the previous edition of The Gale Encyclopedia of Environmental Health, I wrote the foreword from the privileged vantage point of a balcony overlooking a lush, tropical rainforest in South America. Although cognizant of health threats nearby in the otherwise magnificent jungle, including pristine-appearing streams … Read more

Iconic Apple Commercial Debuts, December 31, 1983

| By J. Robert Parks | Television commercials that have resonated with the U.S. public have historically relied on jingles, catchphrases, or quirky humor. Yet one of the most famous ads in television history had none of those. Instead, it featured a dystopic vision based on George Orwell’s book 1984 and didn’t even show the … Read more

Explorando narrativas: 17 nuevos títulos que transformarán la experiencia lectora de estudiantes bilingües emergentes

| Por Sabine McAlpine, directora, Thorndike Press | Los datos más recientes del Censo de Estados Unidos revelan que casi 68 millones de personas hablan un idioma distinto al inglés en sus hogares. El español lidera como el idioma más común, hablado doce veces más frecuentemente que los cuatro idiomas más utilizados después del inglés.1 A … Read more

Expand Opportunities for Discovery in Ex Libris Alma

| By Gale Staff | When you offer multiple pathways into your library’s resources, you expand opportunities for students, researchers, and faculty to discover the content they need—and drive usage of your digital solutions. Gale is working closely with Ex Libris Alma to help enhance pathways to discovery. With the signing of a MARC record … Read more

Product Update: Gale OneFile December 2023

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