Recently added articles from Junior Scholastic:
Corrections.(Correction notice)
May 11, 2009 ... * In our March 30 article about Martin Luther, we stated that Luther believed that to be forgiven, "people needed to pray and change their behavior." To the contrary, Luther said that salvation came solely through faith in Jesus Christ. He did not rule ...
Border wars: what is fueling, drug violence on the U.S.-Mexico border?(International)
May 11, 2009 ... In January, two pickup trucks full of gunmen pulled up outside a small seafood restaurant in Ciudad Juarez (HWAHR-ehz), Mexico's largest border city. The men opened fire, killing five people. The shootings were part of a wave of drug-related violence along the U.S.-Mexico ...
Bringing African-Americans into the history books.(National)
May 11, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When John Hope Franklin was a boy in the 1920s, he told people that he wanted to be the first black President of the United States. Franklin, who died in March at age 94, lived long enough to see Barack Obama accomplish just that. Franklin was ...
The eyes have it.(Animals)(barreleye fish)(Brief article)
May 11, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Meet the "barreleye" fish, known to scientists as Macropinna microstoma. Its eyes are those two green orbs on tubes set deep inside its transparent head. That's right, we said transparent. (The spots above its mouth that look like eyes are the fishy ...
Sports salaries too high?(Debate)
May 11, 2009 ... NEWS FACT: Last December, pitcher C.C. Sabathia signed a seven-gear contract with the New York Yankees worth $161 million. That's the largest amount ever offered to a pitcher in Major League Baseball. Does Sabathia deserve to make $23 million a gear? A recent poll by Rasmussen ...
Numbers in the news.(news)(Brief article)
May 11, 2009 ... 500,000 Approximate number of teens that U.S. theme parks will hire this summer. 3,400,000 Number of unemployed 16- to 24-year-olds in the U.S., in July 2008--at 14 percent, the highest summer rate since 1992. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] More than 25 Percent of ...
Scholastic art & writing awards.(Teen Scene)
May 11, 2009 ... Protection by Deondra Scott, 18 Booker T. Washington Magnet High School Montgomery, Alabama [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mirror a Prison without Bars by Haeun Joy Chung, 18 Benjamin N. Cardozo High School ...
Life at dizzying heights: high in the Andes mountains of Colombia, kids enjoy simple pleasures.(World)
May 11, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Where are you going like that?" I asked 11-year-old Jonathan in Spanish. We were standing at 4,821 feet in the Andes Mountains of Colombia (see map, p. 11), five miles from the village of Guayabetal (gwah-yah-beh-TAL). As high as we were, taller mountains ...
"I like it here".(TEEN DIARY: A REPORT FROM GUAYABETAL)(Brief article)
May 11, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In their quest for jobs, my parents moved around a lot. That stopped me twice from finishing first grade. With some luck, I will go on to high school somewhere. I'd like to become a doctor. My parents live in Villavicencio now, with my three ...
Colombia.(Reading a Country map: MapSearch)(Country overview)
May 11, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] About 58 percent of Colombia's people are mestizo [of mixed European and Indian ancestry]. Colombia has a large middle class, but half of its people live in poverty. Although it is a U.S. ally, many Americans are against a proposed free-trade ...
The great depression: how a child of immigrants coped with hunger and uncertainty in the 1930s.(American History)
May 11, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The era can be summed up in two words: breadlines and debt. For the people who lived through it, the Great Depression was a time of devastation and uncertainty. After the stock market crashed in October 1929, millions of ...
She found Mapman!(GeoSkills)(Darice Pollard)
May 11, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Where in the world did Mapman[R] go? That's what we challenged youto determine in our "Find Mapman" contest. In our February 16 issue, we showed you the route that Mapman followed on his most recent trip. Your mission: Answer eight ...
Word wise.(What Do You Know?)(vocabulary test)(Brief article)
May 11, 2009 ... Fill in the letter of the best definition for each of the following words. 1. abyss (A) bottomless space (B) mountain pass (C) muddy river (D) valley between two mountains 2. cartel (A) crime boss ...
Cartoon.(Brief article)
May 11, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Irony is a complex concept with several shades of meaning. One way irony occurs is when a speaker's words have a significance that is different from what he or she intended. The cartoon here, which refers to the news article on page 3, uses irony in this ...
Eyewitness.(Brief article)
May 11, 2009 ... "No one can possibly have lived through the Great Depression without being scarred by it. No amount of experience since the Depression can convince someone who has lived through it that the world is safe economically." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] --Isaac ...
Honoring a legend.( Lee Baier )
May 11, 2009; ... Dear Teacher, Some of you may have noticed a familiar name missing from our masthead. Last fall, Executive Editor Lee Baier retired after more than 40 years at Scholastic. Lee's dedication to students, teachers, and colleagues alike never ceased to amaze those of us who had the ...
102 words to know.(This Issue Online)(Brief article)
May 11, 2009 ... This year, Junior Scholastic introduced readers to more than 102 social studies terms. How many of these "words to know" can your students define? Our online test prep reproducible enables you to assess their ...
Quiz wiz.
May 11, 2009 ... How much do you know about what's in this issue of JS? Getting 18-20 correct makes you a Quiz Wizard; 14-17 correct makes you a Wizard's Apprentice. NEWS/NUMBERS: PAGES 3-5 * In each sentence below, change the boldface word or phrase to a different word or phrase ...
South America: comparing economies.(ANALYZING DATA)(Statistical table)
May 11, 2009 ... Data about the 12 countries of South America show a wide range of rich and poor nations. Argentina, for example, has a high standard of living, while Bolivia's economy struggles. There is a gap between the rich and poor within countries as well. Some people live in cities with ...
Knowledge bowl 6.
May 11, 2009 ... Playing this Knowledge Bowl game is a fun and easy way for students to review keg facts and ideas from Junior Scholastic this year. This game (the last of six this school year) covers our most recent issues: April 13, April 22, and May 11, 2009. To play, assign students to the ...