The Arms Trade by Crest Mason
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Category: Civics & Citizenship | Series: Critical World Issues Ser. | Reading Level: Grade 07-10
The international sale of military weapons, from assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades to more powerful weapons like missiles and tanks, is known as the arms trade. The arms trade provides both dangers and benefits to all parts of the world. This book examines some fundamental questions about the ...Show more
Critical World Issues - Capital Punishment by Adam Ward
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Category: Civics & Citizenship | Series: Critical World Issues Ser. | Reading Level: Grade 07-10
The term "capital punishment" refers to the practice of putting a convicted person to death as the penalty for committing a serious crime. The question of whether countries should execute their most notorious criminals has sparked a huge amount of debate. This book examines some fundamental questions su ...Show more
Critical World Issues - Consumerism by Martin Johnson
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Category: Civics & Citizenship | Series: Critical World Issues Ser. | Reading Level: Grade 07-10
Consumerism is the term given to the modern preoccupation with the acquisition of consumer goods. Due to today's globalized economic systems, how and what you buy has repercussions that impact people all over the world. This book examines the fundamental questions surrounding the issue of consumerism to ...Show more
Celebrations by Joanna Brundle
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Category: Civics & Citizenship
Readers are introduced to the different annual festivals, holidays, and events held around the world as they learn what it's like to celebrate other cultures. This exploration of celebrations in other countries teaches the traditions and values of different groups of people, helping young readers broade ...Show more
Mental Health by Michelle Dakota Beck
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Category: Civics & Citizenship | Series: Contemporary Issues Ser.
Mental health issues have been part of life as long as human beings have existed. Like physical illnesses, mental health problems can strike anyone at any time. But mental illnesses are not discussed openly in the same way as physical health problems, because of the stigma surrounding them. Understandin ...Show more
Privacy and Social Media by Ashley Nicole
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Category: Civics & Citizenship | Series: Contemporary Issues Ser.
Social media facilitates the creation and sharing of information and ideas online, through electronic devices like smart phones, laptops, personal computers, or tablets. Today, an estimated 2.8 billion people around the world use social media networks such as Facebook, YouTube, Snapchat, or Instagram to ...Show more
Religious Freedom by James Jordan
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Category: Civics & Citizenship | Series: Contemporary Issues Ser.
The United States was founded, in part, on religious freedom--the idea that government should not be involved in the ways that people worship their deity or practice their religion. However, because historically most Americans belonged to Christian denominations, often religious symbols were incorporate ...Show more
Gender Equality by Mark R. Whittington
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Category: Civics & Citizenship | Series: Contemporary Issues Ser.
The feminist and political activist Gloria Steinem once declared, "A gender-equal society would be one where the word 'gender' does not exist: where everyone can be themselves." This book explores major issues related to gender equality in the United States today, including legislation that would guaran ...Show more
Refugees and Displacement by Shalini Vallepur
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Category: Civics & Citizenship | Series: Movement of People Ser.
Have you ever wondered how the movement of people has shaped the world around you? People have always moved around the world, whether to build a new home or flee from a natural disaster. This book covers asylum seekers and refugees, The Vietnam War, The Syrian Civil War, refugee camps, life as a refugee ...Show more
News and the Media by Emilie Dufresne
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Category: Civics & Citizenship | Series: Topics Today Ser.
The big questions in society today are often difficult for children to understand. This series explains the topics in a child-friendly style. There are lots of images and the information is presented in small grabs to make it easy to read and comprehend.|The big questions in society today are often diff ...Show more
Topics Today: Refugees by Duhig, Holly
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Category: Civics & Citizenship | Series: Topics Today Ser.
The big questions in society today are often difficult for children to understand. This series explains the topics in a child-friendly style. There are lots of images and the information is presented in small grabs to make it easy to read and comprehend.|The big questions in society today are often diff ...Show more
Topics Today: Immigration by Wood, John
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Category: Civics & Citizenship | Series: World Issues Ser.
These informative and interesting titles answer the big questions about the world today. Children can understand topical issues from a factual and practical view examining the world around us from a range of perspectives. Prepare your young readers for tomorrow with Topics Today. Immigration is a hot to ...Show more