Thanksgiving is essential to the traditional American ethos. Its customs and culinary staples are intimately linked with our national identity. Thanksgiving symbols are so pervasive in American culture that the president even pardons a turkey in a formal ceremony each year. Our understanding of the holiday has evolved with time. There’s no proof that the … Read more
| By Gale Staff | For Boise School District, equipping future-ready students is essential. When providing resources, district leaders understand students need access to credible content as well as practice building information literacy and critical-thinking skills. Natasha Rush is a certified teacher librarian and building technology lead at Boise High School. Based on her years … Read more
| By Gale Staff | The premise of universal basic income (UBI) is simple: Provide every citizen with regular, unconditional payments to ensure they have a degree of guaranteed financial security. A 2019 study found that 43% of U.S. respondents support UBI, but the breakdown of this data reveals more intriguing insights. Support is highest … Read more
| By K. Lee Lerner| Made popular by a million memes, the famous Schrödinger’s cat thought experiment (also called the Schrödinger’s cat paradox), devised by physicist Erwin Schrödinger (1887–1961). In 1935, was designed to illustrate the often bizarre implications of quantum mechanics (specifically, superposition and the concept of quantum measurement). Analogous to a radioactive atom … Read more
| By K. Lee Lerner | Within the scientific community, in accord with long-established atmospheric physics and chemistry, most climate change predictive models show that as global temperatures increase, at least with regard to tropical waters located between 30 degrees north and south of the equator, extreme precipitation events in the form of tropical cyclones … Read more
| By Gale Staff | During a presidential election season, there’s a staggering amount of online content covering candidates, polling data, debates, and more. Finding reliable, student-focused resources that fit your instructional needs can be a challenge. Compiled here is a list of relevant content for educators and librarians seeking U.S. election resources available for … Read more
| By Gale Staff | The debate over healthcare reform in the United States is not new, but it remains one of the most divisive political topics today. Despite spending more than $4.5 trillion on healthcare in 2022—nearly double the per capita spending of other industrialized nations—the U.S. remains one of the only developed countries … Read more
| By Gale Staff | Mark Twain is a pinnacle figure in American literature. He was a novelist and travel writer best known for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. His social commentaries defined the early American experience, and his literary legacy endures through generations of readers. While most people … Read more
| By Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, RN | Just in time for the kids to go back to school and for pumpkin-spice everything to appear in local markets, circulating viral diseases are already causing absences in many classrooms across the United States. The latest variants of SARS-CoV-2 are responsible for increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases, and … Read more
| By Gale Staff | From Hollywood to history books, the stories of Native Americans have long been marginalized, misrepresented, and misunderstood. Observed each November, Native American Heritage Month asks that we actively challenge this imbalance through recognition of the “significant contributions the first Americans made to the establishment and growth of the U.S.” In … Read more