New 1EdTech Certifications for Gale In Context: For Educators

Powered by ISTE’s Learning Technology Directory, the EdTech Index is a trusted resource for educators seeking reliable information to choose effective learning technology solutions. Several Gale products are currently featured on the EdTech Index, including Gale In Context resources. Recently, Gale In Context: For Educators has earned new validations recognizing the resource’s presence on the … Read more

Looking Back at 100 Years of Gillette Advertisements

| By Kevin Kohls | In 2019, Gillette razors made waves with a new ad that addressed toxic masculinity through the frame of Gillette’s past advertisements. The ad brought forth passionate responses from those who support it as well as those who rebuke the message. With memorable taglines like “The Best a Man Can Get,” … Read more

Deliver More Value for Less with Gale eBooks’ Award-Winning Titles

The demands on today’s academic libraries are greater than ever. Students need tools that fit their lives—flexible, affordable, and available whenever and wherever they study. Thankfully, Gale eBooks addresses both. Let’s take a look at some of the features that make Gale eBooks a cost-effective solution uniquely poised to break down learning barriers and drive … Read more

Usher in Spring’s Return with the History of Easter

| By Gale Staff | Long before pastel eggs and chocolate bunnies became seasonal symbols, cultures worldwide welcomed the arrival of spring with their own festivities celebrating renewal and new life. Over the centuries, these early traditions inspired many of the customs we today associate with Easter. For young learners, familiar Easter traditions provide a … Read more

Jack the Ripper: Letters, Theories & Suspects

| By Tara Blair | Dear Boss, I keep on hearing the police have caught me but they wont fix me just yet. I have laughed when they look so clever and talk about being on the right track. Yours truly, Jack the Ripper In autumn 1888, five women were murdered in the east London … Read more

9 Primary Source Documents to View on Equal Pay Day

| By Gale Staff |

Equal Pay Day raises awareness of the gender pay gap. The date April 4, 2017 represents how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year. Explore primary source documents from Gale’s Women’s Studies Archive to learn more about the gender pay gap throughout history.

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Set Students Up for Fiscal Success this Financial Literacy Month

Research shows that a high-quality financial literacy education positively impacts students’ future financial habits, making them more likely to budget and avoid predatory loans as adults. These findings are intuitive: financial literacy gives young people the tools to manage money effectively, paving the way for brighter futures. To support educational programs that provide students with … Read more

Deconstructing Mr. Darcy: Just How Rich Was He?

| By Jennifer Albers-Smith |

I took this awesome class in college at the University of Michigan that—10 years later—still resonates with me. It focused exclusively on Jane Austen and her contemporaries. We read all of Austen’s novels as well as Radcliffe, Burney, and Wollstonecraft, and it was easily the best four months of my academic career. The professor was really innovative and brought in one of her colleagues, Kathryn Dominguez, from the Economics department to do a lecture on what things cost in Jane Austen’s time.  She put together this great PowerPoint deck that I still have to this day because I thought it was so intriguing.

Numbers pop up all the time in Austen’s novels, but the reader really has no sense of how rich Bingley and Darcy are or how “poor” the Bennets are by comparison.

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Exploring the Causes and Effects of Inflation

| By Gale Staff | Inflation has dominated national conversations since 2021, when the US inflation rate tripled from the pre-pandemic rate of 2.3% to 7%. Beneath these numbers lies a complex web of cause and consequence. A disruption in oil production can send energy prices soaring, while supply chain bottlenecks can drive up the … Read more