| Product Summary | | Format: Paperback | | ISBN: 9780531187234 | | Publisher: Children's Press (CT) | | Publish Date: 4/10/2007 | | Buy.com Sku: 203298482 | | Item#: R7JXKQ | | Dimensions (in Inches) 8.25H x 5.75L x 0.25T | | Pages: 48 | | Age Range: 13 to 16 |
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| | | - Attention-grabbing anecdotes open the first chapter and help draw in reluctant readers.
- Exciting on-site photography puts the reader where the action is.
- Series features include photos, diagrams, glossary, and resources.
Curriculum Standards:
Grades 5-8 Standards for Social Studies
Culture
- Explore the ways people and societies address similar human needs & concerns
Time, Continuity, & Change
- Compare different accounts about past events/situations and identify how they contribute to our understanding of the past
Power, Authority, & Governance
- Describe the ways nations respond to forces of unity/diversity affecting order/security
- Explain conditions that contribute to conflict & cooperation within nations
Science, Technology, & Society
- Show how science/technology have changed perceptions of social world, such as in their relationship to economic needs, wants, and security
Global Connections
- Analyze examples of interdependence among groups, societies, nations
- Explore causes, effects, solutions to persistent global issues such as health & security
Grades 5-8 Science Standards
Earth & Space Science
- Structure of the Earth System & Earth's History
Science in Personal and Social Perspectives
- Develop understanding of personal health; populations, resources, and environments; natural hazards; risks and benefits; science and technology in society
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