Describes: geography and climate; history; the former Soviet Republics; the arts and sciences; government; and life today.

Extend and enrich your social studies curriculum With these six softbound texts, ideal for low-level readers, teachers can custom-design a course on world cultures. Texts focus on Asia and the Middle East, Africa, Europe, the United States and Canada, Latin America, and Russia and the Former Soviet Republics. Each text explores a single region and offers a rich mix of topics, including: Geography and Climate, History, Major Inventions, Family and Life Patterns, Economics, Expression Through the Arts and Entertainment, and Current World Issues. The Teacher's Guide includes Chapter-by-chapter suggestions for classroom instruction Scope and sequence chart Answers to textbook questions and Blackline Masters activities Suggestions for additional activities to extend each lesson Blackline Masters are included in each text with activities to reinforce information presented in the texts. Reading Level: 3-4 Interest Level: 8-12

Describes: geography and climate; history; the former Soviet Republics; the arts and sciences; government; and life today.

This new series teaches students about the most important geographic concepts and shows them how people are affected by and respond to economic, social, and political forces--at both the global and local scales. The authors are educators who have been trained to teach geography at the high school or college levels. This series meets national geography and social science standards.

This volume brings together two classic works on the culture of the Russian people which have been long out of print. Gorer's Great Russian Culture and Mead's Soviet Attitudes towards Authority: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Problems of Soviet Character were among the first attempts by anthropologists to analyze Russian society. They were influential both for several generations of anthropologists and in shaping American governmental attitudes toward the Soviet Union during the Cold War period. Additionally they offer fascinating insights into the early anthropological use of psychological data to analyze cultural patterns. Read as part of the history of the anthropology of complex contemporary societies, they are as fascinating for their more questionable conclusions as for their accurate characterizations of Russian life.

An expansive region, Russia and the Eurasian Republics take up one-sixth of the land surface on Earth. Spread across two continents and eleven time zones, it is no wonder this region's cultural history is similarly wide and diverse. This book offers readers a unique glimpse into Russian and Eurasian cultures, punctuated by vibrant photographs and engaging fact boxes. The accessible text will help readers understand how this region's culture has been shaped and how it has impacted other countries, both in the surrounding area and across the globe.