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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A city-state is an independent country whose territory consists of a city which is not administered as part of another local government. Whereas the nation-states rely on a common heritage, be it linguistic, historical, economic, etc., the city-state relies on the common interest in the function of the urban center. The urban center and its activity supplies the livelihoods of all urbanites inhabiting the city-state. ... Read more

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The Most Incredible Resource Imaginable for DC History
DC History is one of the hardest classes to teach because of the difficulty in obtaining one of these books.In case you don't know...the DC Department of Education was behind the publishing of this book and wrote its entire set of standards based upon the contents of this book. Then...as only DCPS could do...they stopped having the book published and don't have enough for the students to use. Ohhh and they didn't rewrite the standards to reflect information that could not be found in any other single (or dozen)text.

This is a book that is designed to be used in a 12th grade Social Studies class and reads like it. It is an incredible resource and one that I could not teach the course without.It also is very detailed not very "user friendly", especially if your students do not read on a very high level.

Over the years, I have managed to buy about ten copies of the text so that I can have something approaching a "class set".I have found, unfortunately, that I have only been able to assign the book to one student as an actual "textbook".Instead, I have begun to take the book and "edit" it, rewriting much of the material, section by section, to attempt to produce a useable product. Soooo...in other words, if you need to have a resource on this topic that is without peer, I highly recommend this book for you.I do NOT recommend that you buy this book as a class set, uless you have a class that is reading on a 12th grade + level. ... Read more

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Pocket Pilot City Map - This deceptively small map puts most guidebooks to shame. Pocket Pilots city map/guides are shirt-pocket sized, easy-to-fold, laminated, easy to read, and packed to bursting with useful information, including how to use/navigate the public transit system, a brief and pithy guide to the citys most popular points of interest, a neighborhood-by-neighborhood description of the city, listings of parks, cultural events, and hot spots, notes on local cuisine, and useful phrases - and, above all, a street map featuring magnifications of prime areas. ... Read more