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Reading Library & Curriculum: Levels 7-8
Reading Library & Curriculum: Levels 7-8
Contents
Structure and Organization
Abolitionist Leaders: Douglass and Garrison
Teaching Guide: Abolitionist Leaders: Douglass and Garrison
The Abolitionists
Frederick Douglass
How Douglass Became a Speaker for Abolition
The North Star
Shift in Views
Checkpoint
Annexation of Hawaii
Teaching Guide: Annexation of Hawaii
Motives for Expansion
Queen Lili'uokalani
Annexation of Hawaii
Checkpoint
Trade with China
Checkpoint
Earthquakes: The Pacific Ring of Fire
Teaching Guide: Earthquakes: The Pacific Ring of Fire
Most Active Area in the World
The Richter Scale
Devastating Earthquakes
Seismic Resistance
Checkpoint
Engineering Our Foods
Teaching Guide: Engineering Our Foods
What Are Genetically Modified Foods?
Benefits of GM Foods
Drawbacks of GM Foods
Checkpoint
Selective Breeding in Plants
Selective Breeding in Animals
Checkpoint
From Slavery to Sharecropping
Teaching Guide: From Slavery to Sharecropping
Plantation Owners and Workers
Sharecroppers
Economic Dependency
Checkpoint
Hurricanes
Teaching Guide: Hurricanes
A Powerful Storm
How Are Hurricanes Formed?
What Is the Eye of a Hurricane?
Hurricane Season
Checkpoint
Why Hurricanes Have Names
Hurricane Hunters
Hurricanes and Tornadoes
Checkpoint
Immigration: Eastern and Western U.S.
Teaching Guide: Immigration: Eastern and Western U.S.
The New Face of Immigration in the 19th Century
Native-Born Reaction to Immigrants
Ellis Island
Checkpoint
Immigrants from China
Anti-Asian Laws
“Ellis Island of the West”
Checkpoint
Japanese Americans and World War II
Teaching Guide: Japanese Americans and World War II
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Internment Camps
Resisting Relocation
Checkpoint
Japanese-Americans Serve in the U.S. Military
Japanese-American Bravery
Checkpoint
Labor Unions and the Rights of Workers
Teaching Guide: Labor Unions and the Rights of Workers
Guilds and Unions
The Knights of Labor
The Haymarket Square Riot
Samuel Gompers and the American Federation of Labor
Checkpoint
The Rise of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union
The Factory Investigating Commission
Checkpoint
Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X: Two Messages
Teaching Guide: Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X: Two Messages
The Free African Society
King's Message
King’s Message in Action
Checkpoint
Malcolm X
A Break with the Nation of Islam
A New Message
Similar Ends
Checkpoint
My Credit Score...Why Should I Care?
Teaching Guide: My Credit Score...Why Should I Care?
Getting a Loan
Your Credit History
Credit Bureaus
Checkpoint
What's a Good Score?
What It Means
Breaking Down a Score
Checkpoint
Starting Out
Respect the Credit Limit
Pay All Bills On Time
Too Many Cards
Monitor Your Score
Checkpoint
Nature vs. Nurture
Teaching Guide: Nature vs. Nurture
Inherited Characteristics
Acquired Characteristics
Some Characteristics of Humans
Checkpoint
Inherited or Acquired?
The Nature Theory
The Nurture Theory
Checkpoint
Progressives Work for Change
Teaching Guide: Progressives Work for Change
A Growing Nation
Immigrants and Working Conditions
Corruption, Rights, and Big Business
Theodore Roosevelt, the Progressive President
Checkpoint
Bull Moose Party
Woodrow Wilson
Split Vote
Checkpoint
Rainforests
Teaching Guide: Rainforests
The Most Diverse Place in the World
Deforestation
Preservation
Checkpoint
Tropical Rainforests
The Importance of Rainforests
The Effect on Climate
Checkpoint
States That Never Were
Teaching Guide: States That Never Were
Northeast Tennessee
State of Franklin Lives On!
Checkpoint
The "Forgotten" Region
Did It Work?
Checkpoint
Theocracy
The Utah Territory
Checkpoint
Three States Named Jefferson
Oregon-California Border
Checkpoint
Super Bugs
Teaching Guide: Super Bugs
Artificial Selection for Pests
The Problems with Pesticides
Managing Pesticide Resistance
Checkpoint
The Problem with Antibiotics
Consequences of Misuse
People are Part of the Problem
Checkpoint
The Beginning of the End of Slavery
Teaching Guide: The Beginning of the End of Slavery
The Civil War Begins
The Emancipation Proclamation Is Issued
What the Emancipation Proclamation Did Not Do
What the Emancipation Proclamation Did Do
Checkpoint
John Wilkes Booth
The Assassination
Checkpoint
The Big Quake: California 1906
Teaching Guide: The Big Quake: California 1906
The Earth Begins to Shake
The San Andreas Fault
What Scientists Learned
Elastic Rebound Theory
Checkpoint
The Magnitude of Earthquakes
The Origin of Earthquakes
Checkpoint
The Great Society
Teaching Guide: The Great Society
President Lyndon B. Johnson
Education Reform
Housing and Voting
Major Bills Passed by Congress
Checkpoint
The Elderly Population
Medicare
Medicaid
Checkpoint
The Stock Market Crash of 1929
Teaching Guide: The Stock Market Crash of 1929
Before the Crash
After the Crash
Families in the Great Depression
Checkpoint
Three Men and the Fate of the Union
Teaching Guide: Three Men and the Fate of the Union
Grant and Lee Meet
Terms of Surrender
Lee Surrenders
Checkpoint
"A Moral and Political Evil"
Lee Turns Down Command
Checkpoint
Tornadoes
Teaching Guide: Tornadoes
The Storms' Force
Types of Tornadoes
Checkpoint
How Tornadoes Form
Myths About Tornadoes
Facts About Tornadoes
Checkpoint
The Areas with the Most Tornadoes
What to Do Before a Tornado
What to Do During a Tornado
Checkpoint
Tsunamis
Teaching Guide: Tsunamis
What Is a Tsunami?
What Causes a Tsunami?
Huge Waves
Checkpoint
The Deadliest Tsunamai
Tsunami Warning System
Checkpoint
Two Presidents Tackle the Great Depression
Teaching Guide: Two Presidents Tackle the Great Depression
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The New Deal
Criticisms of the New Deal
The Second New Deal
Checkpoint
United States and the Cold War
Teaching Guide: United States and the Cold War
The Truman Doctrine
A Policy of Containment
The Marshall Plan
Kennan Proved Right
Checkpoint
Cuba and Fidel Castro
The CIA
The Invasion
Checkpoint
United States Diplomacy at Work
Teaching Lesson: United States Diplomacy at Work
U.S.--China Relations
Nixon Goes to China
Nixon’s Trip and Its Effects
Taiwan
Checkpoint
Israel and Egypt
Carter Steps In
The Camp David Accords
Checkpoint
Vaccinations
Teaching Guide: Vaccinations
Edward Jenner
Benefits of Vaccinations
Risks of Vaccinations
Checkpoint
Questionable Research
Findings from a Large Research Study
CDC Recommendation
Checkpoint
Welfare and Immigration Reform
Teaching Guide: Welfare and Immigration Reform
The First Welfare Program
A New Program
Looking Ahead
Immigration Reform, 1986
Immigration Reform and Control Act
Checkpoint
What Makes Us Sick?
Teaching Guide: What Makes Us Sick?
What Is a Virus?
What Is Bacteria?
Infectious Bacteria
Viral Infections
Checkpoint
Bacteria Is Everywhere
Beneficial Bacteria
What Makes Us Sick?
Checkpoint
Water and Life
The Importance of Water
Qualities of Water
More Qualities of Water
Checkpoint
Water and Life Beyond Earth?
Why Liquid Water?
Possible Extraterrestial Life?
Checkpoint
The "Forgotten" Region
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