Tara Blair

Tara Blair is a Digital Marketing Specialist for Gale, a Cengage Company. In her spare time, she is a total crime junkie and spends her days listening to podcasts—especially those of the unsolved.

Understand the Roots of the Environmental Conservation Movement

| By Gale Staff | There are many meaningful causes motivating today’s college students, but climate change and environmental conservation are at the top of the list. According to a 2021 Pew Research Study, Generation Z feels particularly anxious about our climate future, and they are more likely to make personal choices to help address … Read more

Gale Expert User Directory: Elevating Digital Age Research Collaboration

| By Gale Staff | Gale, an esteemed provider of digital archive resources, is proud to commemorate 20 years of digitizing historical materials through the Gale Primary Sources program. This milestone signifies Gale’s unwavering commitment to facilitating access to historical knowledge and delivering a comprehensive research experience. In line with this commitment, we are pleased … Read more

Understand What’s Behind the Israel-Palestine Conflict

| By Gale Staff | From Jerusalem to Gaza to the West Bank, the people of Israel and Palestine are living amid a decades-long clash over borders, settlements, security, and statehood. This seemingly intractable dispute has claimed thousands of lives while defying resolution. As education providers, all of us strive to approach this profoundly complex … Read more

Elevate Social Studies Curricula

| By Gale Staff | Social studies helps students develop a sense of place within the world. They learn the value of citizenship, democracy, and culture; they acquire the skills to think critically about our interconnected and exceptionally diverse society. Social studies teaches young people to question and appreciate modern society’s complexities. It’s a foundational … Read more

For “Barbenheimer” Fans, These Fun Facts Add Further Dimensions

| By Roger Strong, Jr. | As expected, Barbie was the most popular costume this Halloween. Less than two weeks later, Veterans Day will pay homage to the people who fought in America’s wars, including scientists like J. Robert Oppenheimer. And so, even though the summer movie season is over, the “Barbenheimer” phenomenon is still … Read more

How I’m Using Gale In Context: Literature This Year

| Written by a High School ELA Teacher | Getting my high school students invested in English class can be a challenge. Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre may be fundamental reads, but it’s hard to compete with the flashy world of TikTok or an alluring vampire romance novel (no offense to the Brontës). As a … Read more

Discover New Ways to Celebrate the New Year

| By Gale Staff | There are dozens of ways that people in the United States celebrate the start of a new year. Whether watching the ball drop in New York City, attending a parade in Philadelphia, or plunging into frigid water in Michigan, different regions have their particular, treasured customs to welcome the new … Read more

Explore Diwali with Elementary Learners

| By Gale Staff | Predominantly a Hindu festival practiced in India, Diwali—also known as the Festival of Lights—is celebrated by a variety of people from different faiths all over the world. You may even have students in your class who observe the holiday with their families. Still used in modern India to establish important … Read more

Hear The Voices of the Time: Pearl Harbor

| By Gale Staff | On December 7, 1941, there was an attack on the Pearl Harbor U.S. military base. Despite World War II’s looming presence, the United States was not actively involved in the war and, thus, was unprepared for an enemy military offensive. Over 2,000 Americans were killed, and the assault remains the … Read more