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Offers advice to teachers on how to make reading meaningful to students through active engagement and socially interactive projects, featuring over fifty project ideas in the categories of entertainment, active participation, control and choice, and technology.

A collection of twenty controversial essays that debate issues pertaining to the Sixth Amendment rights for accused persons including the presumption of innocence, the right to counsel and trial by jury, and the right of the accused to confront his or her accuser.

A collection of twenty-one essays associated with four Supreme Court cases involving property rights.

Contains nineteen articles that provide a variety of opinions and perspectives on issues related to religious liberty, discussing religious freedom as it pertains to school attendance laws, public attitudes, prison management, and hallucinogenic drug use.

Examines the debate surrounding racial discrimination in the United States, with arguments from both sides of the issue and an overview of legal policies related to the problem.

CNN anchor and special correspondent Soledad O'Brien reflects on her career, focusing on significant reporting moments, and offers her opinions about the state of America during the early twenty-first century.

Presents a narrative history of McCarthyism and the threat of Communism, describing early American fears and the impact of McCarthyism on American culture, and including biographies of Ray Cohn, Martin Dies, Alger Hiss, J. Edgar Hoover, Joseph McCarthy, Arthur Miller, Edward R. Murrow, and Joseph Welch, along with primary source materials, a chronology, and other resources.

Contains twenty essays that present differing viewpoints on several topics related to marriage and marriage law, including the constitutionality of polygamy, interracial marriage, and same-sex marriage.

Examines four court cases related to the environment, and reprints primary and secondary source documents that analyze the significance and impact of each case.

Describes the Opposing Viewpoints format for writing the narrative essay, providing four viewpoints on the topic of drunk driving, with model essays and exercises, and supporting research material.