Search Results: Returned 16 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 16
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1994., Viking Call No: 331.34 MEL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents the history of child labor which stretches back to the beginning of civilization and how much has changed for the better, but tragedy still strikes today in sweatshops, on farms, and even in the fast-food industry.
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c2012., Juvenile, Greenhaven Press Call No: 331.3 CHILD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Issues that concern you.Summary Note: Presents an overview of the issue of child labor through readings from a variety of perspectives. Features color photographs, accessible text, illustrations, charts, graphs, tables and statistical data.
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2014, Juvenile, Capstone Press Call No: 331.3 OTFINOSKI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Series Title: You choose.Summary Note: The format of this book presents factual information about child labor in America, in the structure of a choose your own adventure. The reader is a child laborer, who must work for a living to keep his or her poor family from starving. The reader can choose to work in an English factory, a New England cloth mill, or as a newspaper seller in New York City.
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Ã2011., Harper Perennial Call No: Global Studies Edition: 1st Harper Perennia Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The author, a survivor of the commercial sex industry, shares her personal story, and discusses her efforts to help other girls who are victims of sexual exploitation through her nonprofit organization GEMS, Girls Educational and Mentoring Services.
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c2008., Greenhaven Press Call No: 371.23 FIS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: At issue. Volume: EducationSummary Note: Draws on eyewitness accounts, governmental views, scientific analysis, newspaper accounts, and other resources to present opposing viewpoints about the debate over whether or not the No Child Left Behind Act has succeeded in improving the American education system.
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c2008, Greenhaven Press Call No: 342.7308 2 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Issues on trialSummary Note: Examines the controversies and differing views surrounding immigration in the United States, addressing key issues in the debate on how immigration should be handled by the government and society.
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c2007., Greenhaven Press Call No: 363.47 BER Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: Opposing viewpoints seriesSummary Note: Provides opposing viewpoints on issues concerning online pornography, addressing its harm to society, whether or not it is a form of speech, protecting children from it, and placing limits on it. Includes a bibliography, discussion questions, and a list of related organizations.
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c2000., Free Spirit Pub. Call No: 346.7301 Jac Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Examines legal cases about privacy, visitation and divorce, search and seizure, dress code, drug testing, free speech in school newspapers and yearbooks, sexual harassment at work, transfer to adult court, and the death penalty.
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-- TeachingBooks original author programs2004., Adult, Teachingbooks.net Click here to watch Summary Note: Page includes two brief movies narrated by Toni Morrison about her book Remember: The Journey to School Integration, a movie transcript, and a comprehensive bibliography of Morrison's books. Also includes a collection of off-site links to resources about the Brown v. Board of Education decision and a book guide for Remember.
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-- TeachingBooks original author programs2004., Adult, Teachingbooks.net Click here to watch Summary Note: Page includes two brief movies narrated by Toni Morrison about her book Remember: The Journey to School Integration, a movie transcript, and a comprehensive bibliography of Morrison's books. Also includes a collection of off-site links to resources about the Brown v. Board of Education decision and a book guide for Remember.
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-- TeachingBooks original author programs2004., Adult, Teachingbooks.net Click here to watch Summary Note: Page includes two brief movies narrated by Toni Morrison about her book Remember: The Journey to School Integration, a movie transcript, and a comprehensive bibliography of Morrison's books. Also includes a collection of off-site links to resources about the Brown v. Board of Education decision and a book guide for Remember.
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-- TeachingBooks original author programs2004., Adult, Teachingbooks.net Click here to watch Summary Note: Page includes two brief movies narrated by Toni Morrison about her book Remember: The Journey to School Integration, a movie transcript, and a comprehensive bibliography of Morrison's books. Also includes a collection of off-site links to resources about the Brown v. Board of Education decision and a book guide for Remember.
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2019., Candlewick Press Call No: 305.8 KUK Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Meet nine courageous young adults who have lived in the United States with a secret for much of their lives: they are not U.S. citizens. They came from Colombia, Mexico, Ghana, Independent Samoa, and Korea. They came seeking education, fleeing violence, and escaping poverty. All have heartbreaking and hopeful stories about leaving their homelands and starting a new life in America. And all are weary of living in the shadows.
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2019., Candlewick Press Call No: 364.13 Kuk Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Profiles nine individuals who came to America as undocumented children and now as young adults, reflect on what being an America means, and the struggles they've endured to survive a harsh environment that is significantly better than the one they left.
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2021., Primary, Albert Whitman & Company Call No: 344.73 07911 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "There was a time in the United States when children with disabilities weren't allowed to go to public school. But in 1971, seven kids and their families wanted to do something about it. They knew that every child had a right to an equal education, so they went to court to fight for that right. The case Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia led to laws ensuring children with disabilities would receive a free public education. Janine Leffler, one of the millions of kids who attended school as a result of these laws, tells the true story of this landmark case"--Provided by the publisher.
