Economics and You, Grades 5 - 8

Economics and You, Grades 5 - 8

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  • Author: Kristen Girard Golomb
  • Publisher: Mark Twain Media
  • ISBN: 1580376649
  • Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 64

Make economics easy for students in grades 5 and up using Economics and You! This 64-page book features an in-depth, real-world simulation activity that reinforces economic and math concepts while introducing students to the consumer world. Students learn how to balance a checkbook, calculate interest, develop a budget, buy a car, and file taxes.


Basic Economics, Grades 5 - 8

Basic Economics, Grades 5 - 8

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  • Author: Karl Biedenweg, Ph.D.
  • Publisher: Mark Twain Media
  • ISBN: 158037090X
  • Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 83

Make money talk with Basic Economics for grades 5 and up! This 80-page book helps students develop economic awareness and an awareness of resources and trade. It includes 12 sections, each with worksheets and Internet activities. These sections introduce students to supply and demand, the government's effects on economic behavior, the economic cycle, and global trade. The book also includes an answer key, reproducibles, and review pages.


Your Body and How it Works, Grades 5 - 8

Your Body and How it Works, Grades 5 - 8

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  • Author: Pat Ward
  • Publisher: Mark Twain Media
  • ISBN: 1580378129
  • Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 128

Give students in grades 5 and up tons of information to digest with Your Body and How It Works! This fascinating 128-page resource teaches students about body systems through quizzes, vocabulary reviews, and engaging activities. It covers topics such as body organization, the skeletal system, the muscular system, the circulatory system, the digestive system, the respiratory system, the excretory system, the nervous system, and the endocrine system. The book includes complete answer keys and reproducibles.


Writing, Grades 5 - 8

Writing, Grades 5 - 8

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  • Author: Cindy Barden
  • Publisher: Mark Twain Media
  • ISBN: 1580379796
  • Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 128

Write on! Write with students in grades 5 and up using Writing: Fundamentals for the Middle-School Classroom. This 128-page book helps students learn how to express themselves through writing. It provides open-ended lessons of personal writing, descriptive writing, short stories, poetry, and reports. This excellent classroom supplement also includes chapters arranged in order of increasing difficulty and activities that allow students to choose their own writing topics. It supports NCTE and IRA standards.


Renaissance, Grades 5 - 8

Renaissance, Grades 5 - 8

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  • Author: Patrick Hotle
  • Publisher: Mark Twain Media
  • ISBN: 1580376541
  • Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 96

Bring history to life for students in grades 5 and up using Renaissance! This 96-page book features reading selections and assessments that utilize a variety of questioning strategies, such as matching, true or false, critical thinking, and constructed response. Hands-on activities, research opportunities, and mapping exercises engage students in learning about the Renaissance. For struggling readers, the book includes a downloadable version of the reading selections at a fourth- to fifth-grade reading level. This book aligns with state, national, and Canadian provincial standards.


Life Skills, Grades 5 - 8

Life Skills, Grades 5 - 8

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  • Publisher: Mark Twain Media
  • ISBN: 1580378676
  • Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 128

Guide students in grades 5 and up toward a healthy lifestyle, both physically and financially, using Life Skills: Preparing Students for the Future. This 128-page book covers topics such as work ethic, nutrition, exercise, sexually transmitted diseases, drugs, and preparing financially for the future. Graphic organizers, self inventories, puzzles, real-life situations, and cloze activities provide creative opportunities for students to assess their own lifestyles and make good choices for the future.


American Popular Music, Grades 5 - 8

American Popular Music, Grades 5 - 8

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  • Author: Mark Ammons
  • Publisher: Mark Twain Media
  • ISBN: 1580375553
  • Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 99

Make music come alive for students in grades 5 and up with American Popular Music! This 96-page book explores how the roots of American music began and developed. From European musical traditions in the seventeenth century to African American music today, this book uncovers a foundation and appreciation of Americaƕs music. It features genres such as ragtime, blues, Dixieland, swing, big band, musical theater, folk, country western, rock and roll, disco, funk, punk, rap, alternative, and contemporary Christian.


Meteorology, Grades 5 - 8

Meteorology, Grades 5 - 8

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  • Author: Pat Ward
  • Publisher: Mark Twain Media
  • ISBN: 1580379729
  • Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 64

Connect students in grades 5 and up with science using Meteorology. This 62-page book covers topics such as air pressure, measuring temperature, air movement, types of clouds, making a hygrometer, and weather forecasting. Students develop scientific knowledge and methods and critical-thinking skills with meteorologically themed projects, experiments, questions, and activities.


Elections, Grades 5 - 8

Elections, Grades 5 - 8

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  • Author: George R. Lee
  • Publisher: Mark Twain Media
  • ISBN: 1580379362
  • Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 80

Bring U.S. politics to life for students in grades 5 and up with Elections! In this comprehensive text, students learn the basics of democracy, what makes up the electoral college, how to compare election systems, and how political parties work. They also explore who votes and how voting systems and elections are run. This 80-page book includes a complete glossary of political terms, creative ideas for class campaigns, and answer keys.


U.S. History Maps, Grades 5 - 8

U.S. History Maps, Grades 5 - 8

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  • Author: Don Blattner
  • Publisher: Mark Twain Media
  • ISBN: 1580378137
  • Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 96

Bring the action and adventure of U.S. history into the classroom with U.S. History Maps for grades 5 and up! From the ice age to the admission of the 50th state, this fascinating 96-page book enhances the study of any era in U.S. history! The maps can be easily reproduced, projected, and scanned, and each map includes classroom activities and brief explanations of historical events. This book covers topics such as the discovery of America, Spanish conquistadors, the New England colonies, wars and conflicts, westward expansion, slavery, and transportation. The book includes answer keys.