Science educator Bill Nye details the history of developments in exploration, discussing clocks, the compass, submarines, telescopes, X-rays and MRIs, and rockets and the space shuttle. Includes an introduction to a student inventor.
Explores the interaction between the human body and viruses by looking at how the immune system works and at what scientists are doing to fight cold and flu viruses.
Contains two dramatized vignettes that provide examples of how students should deal with conflicts with adults, the first involving a classroom argument between a student and a teacher, and the second in which a store owner believes students have stolen from him.
Explores effective ways of dealing with teasing and other forms of harassment through two vignettes: one about a teenage girl harassed by others for her appearance and another in which a softball player is shunned by her team.
Offers advice to students on how to recognize and deal with potential crises, featuring vignettes that show a girl who is feeling suicidal after being dumped by her boyfriend, and a victim of bullying who is threatening revenge.
A butler tells the story of a White House who serves eight presidents over three decades. During his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man's life, family, and American society.
Looks at the contributions of the Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry during the American Civil War, and includes profiles of such figures as Lewis and Charles Douglass, Luis Emilio, and James Gooding.
Compares and contrasts the lives and ideas of seven of the founders of the United States of America--Washington, Hamilton, Franklin, Jefferson, Madison, Burr, and John Adams.
