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  • Teens & Sex

    de Hal Marcovitz ...
    Series series Gallup Youth Survey: Major Issues and Tr
    The teenage pregnancy rate has dropped in recent years, yet each year more than 320,000 teen girls in the United States give birth. This volume examines the changing attitudes of teenagers toward contraception, abstinence, sexually transmitted diseases, media influences, and other issues involving young people and sex. ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • Islam in Africa

    de Hal Marcovitz ...
    Series series Africa: Progress and Problems
    Islam is considered the worlds fastest-growing religion, and today more than 420 million Africans follow the Islamic faith. Since Islam was introduced to the continent during the seventh century a.d., it has had a profound political and cultural influence on Africa. This book traces the historical spread of Islam throughout Africa. It also examines current issues and controversies surrounding the ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • Washington Monument

    Memorial to a Founding Father

    de Hal Marcovitz ...
    George Washington played a vital role in the founding of the United States. He was commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution, presided over the convention that drafted the U.S. Constitution, and served as the first president. To honor Washington for his contributions, in the 1840s construction began on a monument in his honor—a stone obelisk that rises more than 550 feet in ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • Yemen

    de Hal Marcovitz ...
    Like its neighbors on the Arabian Peninsula, the Republic of Yemen has a long and rich history. The southern Arabian region, which present-day Yemen shares, was once the home of the Sabaean kingdom. Led by the queen of Sheba, the kingdom formed an alliance with King Solomon, as recorded in the Old Testament. In the era of the burgeoning spice trade, the people of the Yemen region, which was ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • The U.S. Constitution

    Government by the People

    de Hal Marcovitz ...
    In 1787, the young United States was suffering from a governmental crisis. The original form of government created to unite the 13 states did not work well, and it was clear that something new was needed. In Philadelphia, representatives of the states met to create a new system of government. The document they produced, the U.S. Constitution, remains the framework for our government more than 225 ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • Teens & LGBT Issues

    de Hal Marcovitz ...
    Series series Gallup Youth Survey: Major Issues and Tr
    Over the past few decades, landmark legal cases, medical discoveries, and movies and television shows have helped increase acceptance of homosexuality in American culture. Young peoples opinions have played an important part in this growing tolerance. Studies show that more than 60 percent of young adults consider homosexuality acceptable. This volume will examine teen attitudes toward ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • Teens & Race

    de Hal Marcovitz ...
    Series series Gallup Youth Survey: Major Issues and Tr
    No issue seems to divide Americans as much as race. Nearly five decades after the adoption of federal civil rights laws, Americans are still wrestling with such issues as interracial marriage and affirmative action. Statistics show that teenagers are just as unsure of where they stand on such issues as adults. The role of race in the lives of young people is explored in this book. ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • Teens & Volunteerism

    de Hal Marcovitz ...
    Series series Gallup Youth Survey: Major Issues and Tr
    Most young people in the United States today are willing to give something back to their communities. A recent report showed that each year an estimated 13 million teenagers donate more than 2.4 billion hours of their time to charitable causes, and the Gallup Youth Survey has found that roughly one-third of all teens participate in volunteer work. This volume examines the opportunities young ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • Teens & Cheating

    de Hal Marcovitz ...
    Series series Gallup Youth Survey: Major Issues and Tr
    Experts say that in recent years there has been an epidemic of cheating among young people in the United States. Cheating is more than just students sneaking the answers to school tests; broadly defined, it is breaking the rules to get ahead. Examples of cheating today range from illegally downloading music from the internet, which cheats the artists out of royalties, to using performance ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • The Declaration of Independence

    Forming a New Nation

    de Hal Marcovitz ...
    The issue of slavery had divided the nation for decades, but problems came to a head after the election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860. Fearing that Lincoln would attempt to abolish slavery, the legislatures of 11 southern states voted to withdraw from the United States and create a new nation, the Confederate States of America. This would result in four bloody years of Civil War in which ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • Bald Eagle

    Story of Our National Bird

    de Hal Marcovitz ...
    In the early days of American independence, government leaders tried to identify an animal that would represent the new nation. They settled on the bald eagle, a proud raptor that fiercely defends its nest and its family. The eagle has been used to represent government power since the time of the Roman Empire. In 1787 the bald eagle was officially adopted as the emblem of the United States. The ... Leer más

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  • Liberty Bell

    Let Freedom Ring

    de Hal Marcovitz ...
    On July 8, 1776, the bell in the steeple of the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia began to ring, letting the citizens know that an important announcement was about to take place. It was the reading of the Declaration of Independence, a statement by representatives of the 13 American colonies that they would no longer be subject to the rule of the British king. Since then, the Liberty Bell, ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD