99 Jumpstarts for Kids' Social Studies Reports

99 Jumpstarts for Kids' Social Studies Reports
Author: Peggy Whitley
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2007-06-30
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0313094780

Building on the success and maintaining the 99 Jumpstarts format of the two previous books, 99 Jumpstarts for Kids' Social Studies Reports is divided into broad topical sections. Each topic is arranged in alphabetical order under its section. Topics are all new to this title and include the Ancient World, Historic World Events, State and Local History, US History, Government and Citizenship, Sociology, Culture and Economics. The book includes the following sections in each Jumpstart: A cited quote about the topic, Related Jumpstarts, New Words, You are There, Topics to Consider, Books, Internet, For the Teacher, and a relevant activity. Each Jumpstart provides a helpful pathfinder that enables students to efficiently access information and learn new information literacy skills as they research topics of personal interest or gather information for school reports. Grades 3-8.

Cited!

Cited!
Author: Larry Gerber
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2010-08-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1435894308

Describes how to find and evaluate information on the Internet, including detecting biases, determining accuracy, and judging fairness.

99 Jumpstarts for Kids

99 Jumpstarts for Kids
Author: Peggy Whitley
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2003-09-30
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0897899695

Similar to the previous 99 Jumpstarts to Research but designed for younger students, this book helps teachers and librarians to teach basic research and information literacy skills to children. To help them master the research process and narrow the limitless array of sources available on commonly researched topics in elementary and middle schools, students are taught a basic note-taking process and given specific source ideas and subject headings for each topic discussed. This book will be an invaluable tool to help school librarians and teachers broach the difficult task of beginning to teach the research process. Grades 3-8.

99 Jumpstarts to Research

99 Jumpstarts to Research
Author: Peggy Whitley
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2010-08-16
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1598843699

This book provides research assistance for 99 current and provocative issues students can use to write a brief argumentative paper. In 2030, it is projected that 65 percent of the population will be over 65. The U.S. Government Census Bureau reveals that over an adult's working life, college graduates typically earn close to $1 million more than high school graduates. About 43 percent of American families spend more than they earn each year. These three factoids represent a tiny fraction of the potential research subjects contained in 99 Jumpstarts to Research: Topic Guides for Finding Information on Current Issues, Second Edition, a completely revised follow-up to the original edition. Every jumpstart—each focused upon a current, timely issue—contains ideas for narrowing the topic, research keywords, suggested best books and databases, and Internet sites. This book supports both faculty and students in identifying compelling topics, effectively evaluating and selecting resources in today's information-overload world, and deriving enjoyment from the research and writing process.

Kids on Strike!

Kids on Strike!
Author: Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 212
Release: 1999
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780395888926

Describes the conditions and treatment that drove workers, including many children, to various strikes, from the mill workers strikes in 1828 and 1836 and the coal strikes at the turn of the century to the work of Mother Jones on behalf of child workers.

Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims

Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims
Author: Clyde Robert Bulla
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 116
Release: 1982
Genre: Indians of North America
ISBN: 9780590440554

For use in schools and libraries only. An Indian goes to London with some of the first English explorers, is sold into slavery in Spain, and finally returns to America where he befriends the Pilgrims when they land.