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SEPTEMBER 1, 2008 VOL. 111, NO. 1 ISSN 0022-6688 ION WRI Kathy Wilmore • ION EDI bryan brown • W Lisa arve • ION PRODUC ION Kathleen Fallon ORIAL ADDRESS: Junior Scholastic , 557 broadway, new York, nY 10012-3••• or juniorUsvholastiv.vom • IC (1-800-724-6527) or www.scholastic.com/custsupport HIS ISSUE N D ................ 4, 7 S ace Is .. A After Katrina ... S ........... India ................... M ................... istory Play De Soto’s ........................ Titanic ............. o You Know? ........... EDI C ............. ther Features ............... A nswer Key ................... uiz Wiz ...................... S ...... T Teacher to Teacher .............. -8 Junior Scholastic dPress Winner 2007 A supplement to Junior Scholastic IN OUR NEX ISSUE EMBER 15, 2008 S he Constitution and You istory Play he rial of Anne Hutchinson M EDI 1 Sept 15 Sept 29 13 ct 27 Nov 3 2 16 30 Apr 13 Apr 27 11 NEW IN Check out these exciting features: John McCain Barack Vote for President! Results will be posted online and in a future issue. Your students can vote for President in the Scholastic Student Vote 2008 LASS BALL T TALLY ELE TI N ALL OT BoysGirls QQ BoysGirls BoysGirls GradeState 2. OR you can mail this class ballot. Tally your students’ votes, and enter the total for each presidential candidate on this ballot. Paper 1. Students can vote online until October 10. Go to www.scholastic.com/vote ballots must be postmarked by October 3. Mail to: Election 2008 c/o Scholastic Inc. P.O. Box 829 New York, NY 10013-0829 (write in) WORD WISE: 102 WORDS TO KNOW This year in , your students will find the meaning and context for 102 social studies terms. Look for the “Words to Know” boxes in each issue. After students have read the issue, they can try our “Words to Know” quiz (see p. . Soon, they’ll be wowing friends and family with their dazzling vocabulary! THE FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY Introduce your students to the five themes of geography. In our new series, will highlight location, place, movement, regions, and human-environment interaction. See pp. 22-23 to learn more about the first theme: location. Students will also discover REPRODUCIBLES ONLINE! Go to www.scholastic.com/juniorscholastic for a bonus skills reproducible—plus the reproducibles from this eacher’s dition. Answers are posted at scholastic.com/juniorscholastic/bank September 1, 2008 • dition • JU S The young sisters on this issue’s cover are members of a generation growing up in an India that is experiencing rapid change. Long stuck with a “poor nation” label, India has a dynamically expanding economy made possible by an educated, technologically savvy workforce that is willing to take lower wages than those in the U.S. and other developed countries. As in China, India’s the title—usually the largest text in an article. a blurb, immediately following the head, that the name of the writer of the article. It may appear at the beginning or end of the piece. a line of text, boldface or larger than the body text, that divides an article into topic sections. caption: text that explains what is shown in a photograph or an illustration. Vocabulary see p.12; also, the root for grant , one who arrives in a foreign country to stay; and one leaving a homeland to live in a foreign country. improper or unsafe; from the Tongan word 1. or saris. Is there such a thing as a tradi tional American outfit? Explain. 2. Do you agree with the girls’ mother on how middle-class kids in India differ from those in the U.S.? Support your answer with examples. GEOGRAPHY 1. What do the MapSearch Fast Facts (p. 17) tell you about life in India? Which facts are most likely to affect Akshaya and Aishvarya Radhakrishna? 2. Which of the cities shown on the map is closest to the equator? (Madurai) LANGUAGE ARTS 1. How might you use each term in the Words to Know box in a sentence? (Each sentence should be different from the one in the article.) 2. wood . Can you think of other words formed this way? (Mexicali, from co + fornia; Brangelina from ad Pitt + Jolie; many others) MATH 1. “Half the population in India survives on less than a dollar a day.” What could you buy with that little? 2. “Trillion-dollar economy”—A is a 1 followed by how many zeros? (12) How would you write 1 trillion in powers of 10? (10 COVER STORY: India: Between Past and Present (pp. 12-17) NCSS STAN THE WORD! THE WORD! Magazines are packed with skill-building activities and timely articles that connect to your curriculum. Plus, our special Election 2008 coverage brings real-life issues to your classroom. If your colleague orders 20 or more subscriptions, you’ll both receive a FREE Tote Bag. See enclosed yer for a list of Classroom Magazines. Yours Free! JUnior SchoLaStic • te • Sep 1, 2008 In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina ripped across the Florida Pan- handle, then along Louisiana’s and sippi’s Gulf Coast. More than 1,800 people died. New Orleans (which lies below sea level) was devastated when levees protecting the city gave way, flooding about 80 percent of the city. Three years later, how is the area faring? We checked in with teens living in and around New Orleans. The Story in Stats There were 1,833 official fatali ties in five states: Louisiana, 1,577; Mississippi, 238; Florida, 14; showing events in the order in which they occurred. comes from the Greek word , meaning time. is also the basis of News Analysis: After Katrina (pp. 8-9) American History Play: De Soto’s Dream (pp. 18-21) NCSS A NCSS A •h Forhhvnoe,erhhx,olvseixhvreixlehonh ForhUgasheohlewhsieeshonhHurrixvneh Kverinvhvndhieshvfeermve,t WEB LINKS Forhvxeivieieshvwouehe,ehA:ehofh •h ForhUgasheohlewhsieeshonhdehhoeohvndh e,ehhpvnis,hxonqueseshinhAmerixvt WEB LINKS Crossword, p. 2 Antibullying Quiz, p. 11 will accomplish nothing and will enables the bully to know he or she has gotten to you.) is not the answer because a bully is much more likely to bother your friend if he is alone. will draw other people’s attention to the bully, and bullies love an audience.) allows your friends to continue destroying your classmate’s reputation. forces you to lie. Lying is never right.) puts you in a potentially dangerous allows the bully to keep bullying.) & will only encourage kids to keep bullying you. Nothing will encourage them more than knowing MapSearch, p. 17 Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal New Delhi 3. Himalayas Hindu (80.5 percent) 5. Kashmir 3 million 900 miles 8. northeast Bay of Bengal India was a British colony for many years. GeoSkills, p. 22-23 1. equator Greenwich, England 3. east Southampton, England St. John’s, Canada North Atlantic Ocean 42° N, 50° W at least 1,881 years (back to Ptolemy’s time; 2008–127=1,881) 9. Yes. The crew would have been able to pinpoint where any reported icebergs were located within 30 feet of their position, which would have reduced their margin of error from miles to feet. Possible answers include: The ship builders wanted to save money by a tight deadline; they thought that they neglected to prepare for a worst- immediately available. (FYI: The ship builder was also under pressure to fin ish two other ships at the same time.) What Do You Know? p. 24 102 Words to Know A; 2. B; 3. C; 4. B; 5. A; 6. C acceptable answers: homeless, hun gry, out of work food (The polar bear’s sign is a takeoff on the WILL WORK FOR FOOD placard used by panhandlers.) The polar bear has been listed as a threatened species because global warming is destroying its natural habitat, forcing it to seek other ways to survive. A weakening U.S. economy is causing many people to lose their jobs and homes. In real life, he would be shocked or surprised (and probably run away) had read in the newspaper. Answers will vary. Quiz Wiz, p. T-5 false (It was the Gulf Coast.) 2. opinion false (President George W. Bush) 4. true 5. opinion 6. salwar kameez 7. cow 8. mangoes low wages 10. taboo 11. 3rd 12. 2nd 13. 4th 14. 5th 15. 1st 16. B 17. C 18. B 19. A 20. C Skills Reproducible, p. T-6 the strong winds, which caused trees to snap and ram through houses Answers may include damaged or destroyed houses; homeless people; a new structure built to take the place of a lost one. blue tarps covering damaged roofs Mother Nature. Other answers will vary. Proofs of resilience: restored houses and rebuilt lives; not moving away; reopened schools. Answers to the other two questions will vary. Skills Reproducible, p. T-7 Section A: 1, 3, 7, 9 Section B: 2, 4, 5, 8 Section C: 6, 10 (6: can find using lati tude and longitude (absolute), or by finding Asia, then border of India and can give relative information—miles, lute—latitude and longitude.) 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Scholastic Inc. grants teacher-subscribers to Junior Scholastic permission to reproduce this Quiz Wiz for use in their classrooms. Copyright © 2008 by Scholastic Inc. All rights reserved. QUIZ WIZ AMERICAN HISTORY: DE SO O’S DREAM, 18-21 Put the following events in de oto’s life into correct chronological order by writing the appropriate number (1st–5th) in front of each. 11. becomes Governor of Cuba 12. helps conquer the Inca 13. disvovers the ississippi river 14. 15. gets rivh in T ’S WA 22-23 before each question. 16. Where did the go down? A Indian Ocean avifiv ovean B. North Atlantic Ocean South Atlantic Ocean Lines of latitude measure distance in A east and west of the equator the equator B. east and west of north and south of the prime meridian the prime meridian 18. Lines of longitude measure distance in A east and west of north and south of the equator the equator B. east and west of north and south of the prime meridian the prime meridian 19. Used together, degrees of latitude and longitude are called what? A coordinates meridians B. degrees parallels 20. The North and South poles are connected by which imaginary lines? A equator longitude B. latitude Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn How much do you know about what’s in this issue 10-15 right makes you a Wizard’s Apprentice. WS ANALYSIS: AF ER KA RINA, P 8-9 rite your answer on the blank line provided. 1. in august 2005, hurrivane Katrina devastated the U.S. Atlantic Coast. 2. the federal government’s slow reav tion to help victims of Hurricane Katrina was a national disgrave. 3. the largest reconstruction efforts the world has ever seen.” 4. New Orleans faces a critical shortage of housing. 5. p eople should not le allowed to luild in flood-prone areas. AND 12-17 Use a word or phrase from this list to correctly lananas, vommon, vomputers, vow, dog, elephant, envouraged, high wages, ignored, karma, land-vlaim disputes, low wages, mangoes, peanuts, respevt, salwar kameez , taloo 6. _____________________________________________________________ 7. Followers of Hinduism consider two animals _______________________________ 8. india is the world’s leading produver of _______________________________________________________________________________ 9. m ultinational vompanies are attravted to india’s skilled professionals and ____________________________________ 10. in many indian families, dating is _______________________________________________________________________________ as a P at September 1, 2008 • dition • JU S SKILLS REPRODUCIBLE __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Uses: copying machine, opaque projector, or transparency master for overhead projector. Scholastic Inc. grants teacher-subscribers to Junior Scholastic permission to reproduce this Skills Reproducible for use in their classrooms. Copyright © 2008 by Scholastic Inc. All rights reserved. “THE R HE P (see Eyewitness, p. 24) lives in the town of ovington, Louisiana, alout 45 miles north of (See “After Katrina,” pp. 8-9.) ere are more of her impressions alout how urrivane Katrina affevted her area and its people. the text lox, then answer the questions that follow. 1. t his essay desvriles a way, other than flooding, in whivh urrivane Katrina was destruvtive. What was it? 2. i n this avvount, the “remains of trees” are remind ers of Katrina. What other signs of destruvtion might the hurrivane have left lehind? 3. physival thing does the author use to indivate a “svar” on a nonhuman form? 4. What vommon desvriptive phrase used here is a form of (the giving of human quali ties to an animal or a thing)? n what other ways have you heard it used? o you think the figure of speevh is fair? 5. a nnalise uses the word —the alility to revover—to mark a quality of the people in her town. What proofs does she offer of resilienve? om same word to praise his fellow ew rleanians. What is it alout a disaster that lrings out this quality—or reveals the lavk of it—in people? ow have you or someone you know shown resilienve? as a PDF at Annalise Torcson F SKILLS REPRODUCIBLE V DI THE 5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY This issue’s kills feature, “The ’s Watery (pp. 22-23) , covers location, one of the five themes of geography. n future issues, you will read about the other four. The five themes of geography are: Location can be split into two types: absolute and bsolute location is the kind that you read about in the article. t is precise, pinpointed by the use of latitude and longitude. elative location is less specific. t is useful for everyday navigation, such as finding the bread aisle house. You may use landmarks, compass direction, and distance as general guides. S e S Uses: copying machine, opaque projector, or transparency master for overhead projector. Scholastic Inc. grants teacher-subscribers to Junior Scholastic permission to reproduce this Skills Reproducible for use in their classrooms. Copyright © 2008 by Scholastic Inc. All rights reserved. Write the number of each example of absolute location S . Write the number of each example of relative location in I S , write the number of each situation in which you use both types of location. 1. requesting a Coast uard rescue when your boat’s engine conks out at sea 2. 3. bringing the space shuttle in for a landing at the pace Center 4. 5. running the bases in a softball game 6. finding Mount Everest on a map of the world 7. 8. taking a left at the third traffic light 9. p D as a PDF at T T Understand basic concepts about conquistadors by discussing desired qualities and reading the play Demonstrate mastery of research and PowerPoint Evaluate Hernando de Soto’s achievements and Exhibit public-speaking skills and knowledge of historical content by presenting a slideshow. DUCING T E T Distribute the play. Ask a student to read the definition aloud (see “Words to Know,” p. 19) Then have the class brainstorm words and/or phrases that describe characteristics that a conquistador would have. ( Chalk Talk: Allow students five minutes to write words, questions, and ideas related to the topic you place on the board. No talking, only writing.) 1. Discuss students’ ideas about conquistadors. 2. Have students read the play aloud. 3. 4. Review instructions for creating a PowerPoint 5. Have students create a slideshow using our outline at right. (You may want to have them describe events from a Native American perspective to teach empathy and the ability to look at complex issues multiple perspectives.) 6. R To get started, see the “Web Links” box on p. T-3. 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