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National Geographic Kids
Product #271868
National Geographic Kids supports
national standards, including the
Common Core State Standards, by
encouraging foundational reading skills,
understanding of other cultures, and
engaging, complex text. This resource
provides high-quality informational
texts suitable for primary, upper
elementary, and middle school English
Language Arts, social studies, and
science classrooms. For more
information about the National
Geographic Virtual Library,
go to gale.com/ngvl.
Lucent Books
®
Lucent Books publishes high-quality
nonfiction resources for middle school
students. Diseases & Disorders offers
young readers and researchers a
means of understanding ailments and
their ramifications. Clear, careful
explanations offer insight into what
specific conditions are, what causes
them, how people live with them, and
the latest information about treatment
and prevention.
Key features of each volume include:
• Full-color photos, charts, and graphs
• Sidebars
• Glossary
• Annotated list of organizations
to contact
• Annotated bibliography of books,
websites, and periodicals
• Subject index
COPD, 1st Edition
January 2015
eISBN: 9781420512403
ISBN: 9781420512397
Parasitic Diseases, 1st Edition
August 2015
eISBN: 9781420512465
ISBN: 9781420512458
www.gale.com/greenhaven
CALL 1-800-877-GALE FOR INFORMATION
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U•X•L Civics
U•X•L | 3 volumes plus Teacher's Guide
May 2015
eISBN: 9781573029667
ISBN: 9781573029629
U•X•L Civics directly supports middle
school civics, economics, history, and
U.S. government curricula. It consists of
three full-color, thematically arranged
volumes plus a separate teacher's guide.
Each volume features sidebars consisting
of primary sources, biographical sketches
and high-interest essays, full-color
photos, charts, graphs and maps, and
clear and concise glossaries. U•X•L Civics
also includes features that facilitate use in
the classroom. Each chapter begins with
guided reading questions to encourage
critical thinking and help students
identify the chapter's main emphasis.
Chapters also include suggestions for
individual and group activities such as
writing prompts, debates, and mock
trials. Each volume concludes with a
comprehensive subject index, as well
as a resource guide for students seeking
greater civic involvement.
The U•X•L Civics: Teacher's Guide offers
additional curriculum support in the form
of bulleted lists summarizing the main
ideas for each chapter, guided reading
questions to encourage critical thinking,
alignment to the Common Core State
Standards and National Standards for
Civics and Government, student
activities and lesson plans for each
chapter, and chapter-specific
bibliographies.
