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Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Profiles individuals involved in such issues as representative government, equal rights, worker's rights, and freedom of information, including activists in Hong Kong, Black Lives Matter leaders, and Edward Snowden. --Publisher
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Changing The World volume 5
Language
English
Description
This film documents instances all over the country where individuals and groups are coming together to advocate for the environment and spread awareness about the issues that are facing communities today because of the current environmental crisis. From joining the thousands of individuals in the People's Climate March to offering classes on how to make houses of worship more energy-efficient, activists are working hard to preserve the environment...
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Changing The World volume 3
Language
English
Description
Homelessness is a rampant issue in the United States of America. From Chicago to New York City to sunny California, individuals and families of all ages suffer from homelessness. This episode highlights the individuals and programs that are struggling to help the high population of homeless people in the country. From the Night Ministry, a local service organization who supports Chicago's homeless to Midnight Run, an initiative of the Islamic Educational...
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Changing The World volume 4
Language
English
Description
Follow the stories of three different families as they attempt to survive in Reading, Pennsylvania, a city that was recently named the poorest in America. According to recent census figures, over forty-one percent of the city's residents live below the poverty line. With disadvantages around every corner, the residents of this city are in a never-ending cycle of hardship. How do they survive? What kind of help is offered to these individuals and families?...
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Changing The World volume 9
Language
English
Description
Each society has its own unique set of problems and individuals who want these issues solved in the way that they best see fit. But when individuals and groups within societies begin to disagree, little can get done without a set system. This episode highlights individuals and groups who advocate to end major issues that are rampant in our current society. From gun rights and school shootings to hate crimes, people everywhere fight for what they are...
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Changing The World volume 2
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English
Description
Meet the individuals who are working hard every day to ensure that the criminal justice system is fair, efficient, and is benefiting each and every community within this country. This segment introduces viewers to activists like Rev. Dr. Harold Dean Trulear, the National Director of Healing Communities; Sister Margaret McCabe, a prison chaplain who advises young male inmates; and Bryan Stevenson, the Executive Director of the Equal Justice Institute....
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Changing The World volume 8
Language
English
Description
Millions of people all over the world participate in religion. Whether they practice devoutly or practice on their own time, religion ties together thousands of communities and offers a home for everyone. In this documentary, viewers will be introduced to individuals who belong to numerous religions and what those religions mean to them. Religion has always been integral to the history of the world, and it continues to influence those who make major...
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Changing The World volume 7
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English
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All around the world there are people who experience life in completely different ways. This episode explores the experiences of those thousands of miles away from us-their every day lives, the issues they deal with, and the traumas they have been through. Viewers will hear from families who have lost loved ones to political unrest, those who fight for peace in war-torn countries, and individuals in the United States whose only crime was crossing...
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Changing The World volume 1
Language
English
Description
Learn more about civil rights in this episode that illustrates the many individuals and movements that work together to advocate for entire communities. Hear from people who represent all walks of life in this educational segment that features speeches and testimonies from spoken-word artists, reverends, and activists.The fight for civil rights is never-ending, but these brave individuals dedicate their lives to obtaining what is right. Embark on...
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Changing The World volume 6
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English
Description
How a community deals with grief, violence, health emergencies, and the healing of its citizens is extremely important and helps mold future generations into hardworking, healthy individuals. From school shootings to chemotherapy recovery, this episode takes a look into the lives of those struggling with health-related trauma, and how others in the community have stepped up to ensure that these individuals are able to heal properly. Some search for...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Each picture book in this series is a biography of a significant historical figure, told in a simple, conversational, vivacious way, and always focusing on a character trait that makes the person a role model for kids. The heroes are depicted as children throughout, telling their life stories in first-person present tense, which keeps the books playful and accessible to young children. And each book ends with a line of encouragement, a direct quote,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Harriet Tubman's heroic and pivotal role in the fight against slavery is the subject of the fourteenth picture book in this New York Times bestselling biography series. (Cover may vary) This friendly, fun biography series focuses on the traits that made our heroes great--the traits that kids can aspire to in order to live heroically themselves. Each book tells the story of one of America's icons in a lively, conversational way that works well for...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Even when he was a kid, Albert Einstein did things his own way. He thought in pictures instead of words, and his special way of thinking helped him understand big ideas like the structure of music and why a compass always points north. Those ideas made him want to keep figuring out the secrets of the universe. Other people thought he was just a dreamer, but because of his curiosity, Einstein grew up to be one of the greatest scientists the world...
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English
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As the single work at the heart of Christianity, the world's largest organized religion, the Bible is the spiritual guide for one out of every three people in the world. It is also the world's most widely distributed book and its bestselling, with an estimated six billion copies sold in the last two hundred years. But the Bible is a complex work with a complicated and obscure history. Its contents have changed over the centuries, it has been transformed...