"'Winning Westeros' brings together expert strategists to engage with one of the most popular television series of our time: 'Game of Thrones.' By applying geopolitical and leadership theory and asking the question of 'what if?' the minds behind 'Winning Westeros' draw connections between the fantasy world and military strategy. Comparing magic to emerging technology, tamable dragons to nuclear weapons, and swords to guns, 'Winning Westeros' explores...

Nothing matters more than kids' thinking. As teachers, we want to honor kids' thinking and teach them to become critical, thoughtful, independent readers. To help them turn thinking into meaning and to understand what they read, students need an arsenal of strategies to navigate and synthesize text. And they need to know when, where, and how, to use these strategies. Strategic thinking builds on the comprehension instruction in the book, Strategies...