Junior Scholastic back issues from March 2006:
Palestinians' surprise vote.(INTERNATIONAL)
Mar 06, 2006 ... On January 25, Palestinians voted in parliamentary elections for the first time in a decade. In a startling upset, the Hamas party defeated Fatah, the party that has controlled the Palestinian Authority (PA) until now. The United States and other nations consider Hamas, which is dedicated ...
Did you know?(NEWS)
Mar 06, 2006 ... The blue whale is the world's largest animal. Blue whales grow to be 80 feet long on average and weigh about 120 tons. The ...
A new era for the court.(NATIONAL)(Samuel A. Alito Jr. was sworn in United States. Supreme Court)
Mar 06, 2006 ... Samuel A. Alito Jr. was sworn in as the 110th U.S. Supreme Court Justice on January 31. Some Democrats in the U.S. Senate tried to mount a filibuster (delaying tactic) to prevent Alito's confirmation. However, the effort failed, and Alito was approved by a vote of 58 to 42. ...
Should the military recruit in high schools?(News Debate)
Mar 06, 2006 ... NEWS FACT: Since the Iraq war began, some parents across the United States have protested the presence of military recruiters at high schools. Last November, voters in San Francisco, California, passed the "College Not Combat" measure. It encourages schools to offer the same ...
Welcome!(CENSUS)(population growth)
Mar 06, 2006 ... Have you ever looked forward to someone s arrival. Well, the U.S. Census Bureau is. With a baby born every 8 seconds, experts calculate that the 300-millionth American will arrive sometime in October of this year. In 1900, the U.S. Census ...
Population of the United States.(News Graph)
Mar 06, 2006 ... <Pre> Population of the United States in millions 1800 5.3 1850 23.2 1900 76.0 1950...
Coal country: recent tragedies have shed light on the dangers of coal mining.(NEWS SPECIAL: Coal miners in a mine shaft in Kentucky.)
Mar 06, 2006; ... * OBJECTIVE Students should understand * why coal is important to the country, what dangers coal miners face, and what is being done to make their working conditions safer. * BACKGROUND According to the Mine Safety and Health Administration ...
Identity theft: what they know can hurt you.(USA)(Cover story)
Mar 06, 2006; ... * OBJECTIVE Students should understand * how personal information can be obtained and illegally used, and how to avoid becoming an identity-theft victim. * MORE SAFETY TIPS Tear up or shred papers containing personal info before putting them in ...
France in turmoil: in a housing project outside Paris, the children of immigrants come to terms with discrimination and poverty.(WORLD)
Mar 06, 2006; ... * OBJECTIVE Students should understand * France is in the midst of a crisis over how to absorb the children of immigrants from its former colonial empire. * BACKGROUND Among the legacies of the Algerian War for Independence (1954-1962) was the ...
If you lived in the middle ages.(WORLD HISTORY)
Mar 06, 2006; ... * OBJECTIVE Students should understand * what daily life was like in Europe during the Middle Ages. * WORDS TO KNOW The word medieval comes from the Latin words medium, "middle," and aevum (EE-vum), "lifetime" or "age." The English word coeval ...
Managing your money: who wouldn't like more money? Here's how to get it.(MONEY AND YOU)
Mar 06, 2006; ... * OBJECTIVE Students should understand * how good spending, saving, and credit practices now can pay off in the future. * BACKGROUND Teens--like people of any age--find it much easier to spend money than to save it, and are likely to keep ...
Marian Anderson: a voice for freedom: how a singer's remarkable voice helped transcend a nation's ugly racial divide.(AMERICAN HISTORY)
Mar 06, 2006; ... * OBJECTIVE Students should understand * Marian Anderson was a groundbreaking African-American singer and a civil-rights pioneer. * BACKGROUND Other black singers had mastered the classical repertoire before Marian Anderson, but it was her ...
How far have we come?(civil rights movement, racism and discrimination)
Mar 06, 2006 ... Marian Anderson's 1939 concert in Washington, D.C., was a triumph. However, she was not allowed to hold it in Constitution Hall because of the color of her skin. In 2004, African-American comedian Chris Rock performed in the same city-at Constitution Hall. In the last ...
A tribute to Coretta Scott King.(In memoriam)(Biography)
Mar 06, 2006 ... Four U.S. Presidents--including President George W. Bush--were there. So were poets, civil-rights leaders, and a former head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Most important, perhaps, were the thousands of ordinary citizens who went to pay their respects and be a part of ...
The change of seasons.(GEOSKILLS)
Mar 06, 2006 ... If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, you probably are looking forward to March 20, the first day of spring and warmer weather. But in the Southern Hemisphere, March 20 marks the beginning of autumn. Why the difference? This illustration demonstrates the events that make this ...
Having your say.(SOME FUN)
Mar 06, 2006; ... A Review of Louis Sachar's Small Steps by Scholastic Kid Reporter Aaron Broder, 12, 7th grade, Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Magnet School, Nashville, Tennessee If you read Holes by Louis Sachar, you probably remember Armpit. He was a resident of Camp Green Lake, a juvenile ...
Bust a crime.(Word Scramble)
Mar 06, 2006 ... First, unscramble the names of these types of identity thieves. Then unscramble the circled letters to read our advice. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Answers: 1. pharmer 2. phisher 3. pretexter 4. shoulder ...
News IQ.(WHAT DO YOU KNOW)
Mar 06, 2006 ... Fill in the letter of the correct answer for each question. 1. Which political party won a majority of seats in the Palestinian Parliament in January? (A) Baath (B) Fatah (C) Hamas (D) Likud 2. Who replaced Justice Sandra ...
Political cartoon.(WHAT DO YOU KNOW)
Mar 06, 2006 ... This cartoonist uses personification (the assigning of human traits to inanimate objects) to emphasize the dangers of identity theft. See "Identity Theft, "pp. 8-9. Study the cartoon, then answer the questions below. 1. What three documents is the boy holding? To whom do they ...
True or false.(WHAT DO YOU KNOW)
Mar 06, 2006 ... Write a T for each statement that is true and an F for each one that is false. All questions relate to the WORLD article on pp. 10-12. --1. Rioters in France last fall were mainly children and grandchildren of immigrants. --2. The rioters were mostly motivated by ...
Word wise.(WHAT DO YOU KNOW)
Mar 06, 2006 ... These words appear in the AMERICAN HISTORY article on pp. 18-20: adversity, contralto, engulf, Jim Crow, spiritual. Write each word in the space after the phrase that best defines it. 1. a religious song from the Southern black tradition:-- 2. a term for ...
What they know can hurt you!(TEACHER'S EDITION)(Editorial)
Mar 06, 2006; ... Dear Teacher, Today's teens live in an e-mailing, cell-phoning, blog-busy culture; exchanging information is second nature. This issue's cover story on identity theft (pp. 8-9) examines the importance of ...
Making connections: order in the court!(SKILLS MASTER 1)
Mar 06, 2006 ... Except for the Chief Justice, Supreme Court Justices always sit and stand by seniority (length of service), alternating to the right and left of the Chief. These facts about the Justices, on the other hand, appear in no particular order. Read them, then answer the questions below. ...
Olympic passion.(2006 Winter Olympics in Turin)
Mar 27, 2006 ... "Passion lives here" was the slogan of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. There was plenty of passion to be seen--and maybe sometimes a little too much. The United States ski team blew into town boastfully challenging the Austrians to see who was best. Final tally of skiing medals: ...
Return of the mummies.
Mar 27, 2006 ... In 1922, one of the world's most incredible archaeological finds was made. The tomb of the young Egyptian Pharaoh (King) Tutankhamen--we call him Tut for short--was discovered in Egypt's Valley of the Kings. The valley was a royal graveyard, where more than 60 tombs had been built between ...
Pay kids to attend school?
Mar 27, 2006 ... NEWS FACT: Students with perfect attendance in California's Temecula Valley School District can win iPods, DVD players, and even a trip to Disneyland. In Hartford, Connecticut, Fernando Vazquez, 9, is $10,000 richer because he didn't miss a single day of class last year. ...
She's number one!(Effa Manley)
Mar 27, 2006 ... Last month, the National Baseball Hall of Fame announced the names of 18 greats who will be inducted (admitted) into the Hall on July 30. One, Effa Manley, will be the first woman granted that honor. Seventeen of the 18 honorees were from the Negro Leagues. U.S, baseball was ...
Hip-hop stars are giving away their clothing, music, and even diaries!
Mar 27, 2006 ... The items will become part of "Hip-Hop Won't Stop: The Beat, The Rhymes, The Life"--an ...
Paradise found: scientists discover new frogs and butterflies--even a tree kangaroo--in Asia's most isolated rain forests.
Mar 27, 2006; ... PICTURE THIS: 21ST-CENTURY explorers come upon a tropical paradise teeming with bizarre wildlife, huge flowers, and odd species untouched by humans for thousands of years. This is not a scene from the latest adventure movie. It was the real-life experience of 14 researchers who ...
The right to bear arms! The Second Amendment gives Americans the right "to keep and bear arms." But people disagree over exactly what that means.
Mar 27, 2006; ... * OBJECTIVE Students should understand * why the question of who has the right to "keep and bear arms" has long been the subject of hot and intractable debate in the United States. * CRITICAL THINKING COMPREHENSION: What is the difference ...
Japan: where ancient meets modern: in Tokyo, centuries-old traditions blend with modern conveniences.
Mar 27, 2006; ... * OBJECTIVE Students should understand * that Japanese teens experience both ancient traditions and Western influences in everyday life. * that U.S. youth have adopted some elements of Japanese culture. * WORD TO KNOW geisha ...
Alien ships of fire: would the Shogun allow Americans into Japan? His decision would shape the future of two world powers.
Mar 27, 2006; ... * OBJECTIVE Students should understand * that after centuries of isolation, Japan was opened to the West in 1854, due in large part to the efforts of Matthew C. Perry. * BACKGROUND Japan's first Shogun was Tokugawa Ieyasu, who, in 1603, used ...
The great San Francisco earthquake of 1906: a century ago, the American West's greatest city was nearly destroyed.
Mar 27, 2006; ... * OBJECTIVE Students should understand * that San Francisco, then the most important city in the rapidly growing American West, was nearly destroyed by an earthquake and resulting fires in 1906. * BACKGROUND The first Europeans to arrive at ...
Shake, rattle, and roar!(earthquakes)
Mar 27, 2006 ... Have you ever experienced an earthquake? It can be scary, with deep rumbling noises and a whole lot of shaking going on. Earthquakes can cause buildings, bridges, and other structures to collapse. The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 lasted only a minute or less. But it ruptured ...
News IQ.
Mar 27, 2006 ... Fill in the letter of the correct answer for each question. 1. Which is a surprising discovery recently made by archaeologists in Egypt? (A) an intact tomb (B) more possessions of King Tut (C) a royal graveyard (D) the Valley of the ...
Political cartoon.
Mar 27, 2006 ... Misunderstanding is a theme that is popular with cartoonists. By poking fun at a misunderstanding, cartoonists can comment on one side or the other, or make a point about two sides at once. Which does this cartoon do? 1. What event is about to take place? 2. What ...
Word wise.(WHAT DO YOU KNOW?)
Mar 27, 2006 ... These words appear in the USA article on pp. 8-9: infringe, militia, musket, prey, ratify. Write each word in the space after the phrase that best defines it. 1. animal being hunted: 2. officially approve: 3. interfere ...
Sudoku puzzle.(WHAT DO YOU KNOW?)
Mar 27, 2006 ... What has 81 squares and is dangerously addictive? It is Sudoku, the puzzle that first became a hit in Japan and now is fascinating Americans. How do you play? Each row, column, and section in the grid has 9 small squares--for a total of 81. In each blank square, write a number ...
Paradise found.(Editorial)
Mar 27, 2006; ... Dear Teacher, Recently, scientists exploring the Foja Mountains in Indonesia made a remarkable discovery: a tropical paradise teeming with previously unknown ...
Number crunching.(READ A TABLE)
Mar 27, 2006 ... Survey takers often break down their findings in various ways. A simple survey might report only what percentage of all Americans own at least one gun. But when a report breaks data down into various categories, a broader picture emerges. The graphs below shows just a few of the ...
"Well, there it goes!".(FIRST-PERSON ACCOUNT)
Mar 27, 2006 ... Arnold Genthe (GEN-tah) was a photographer who lived on Sutter Street near Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco. His photographs of the 1906 earthquake and fires are eloquent testimony to the disaster, Read the following excerpts from his memoir, then answer the questions below. At ...
Knowledge bowl.
Mar 27, 2006 ... Playing this Knowledge Bowl game is a fun and easy way for students to review key facts and ideas from Junior Scholastic this year. This game covers our most recent issues: February 6. February 20, March 6, and March 27. To play, assign students to the following roles: ...