Junior Scholastic[R]: 2003-2004 planning guide.

Junior Scholastic[R]

2003-2004 Planning Guide

* ELECTION SKILLS PAGES

* ELECTION WORD
POWER BOX

* SUMMER CONVENTIONS
PREVIEW
PLUS

* KID REPORTERS GIVE
ONGOING COVERAGE
OF THE CANDIDATES
AND THE ISSUES

Here are some of the features you will find in JS this year. Each issue
will also include articles on people and issues in the news, a political
cartoon, and our popular GeoSkills series.

ISSUE DATE     WORLD             USA                 AMERICAN HISTORY

Sept. 1        Iraq              Making Friends      Ponce de Leon
                                                       (play)
Sept. 15       Mexico            September 11-       Salem Witchcraft
                                 Two Years Later       Trials
Sept. 29       United Kingdom    Stepfamilies        Revolutionary War
                                                       Spies
Oct. 13 & 20   SPECIAL ISSUE (40 pages): 2003-2004 WORLD AFFAIRS ATLAS
               & ALMANAC
               * How to Use This Issue * World Atlas * Facts on Each
               Independent Country in the World * Who's Who Among World
               Leaders * Snapshots From Around the World: Reading
               Graphs and Charts BONUS: TEACHER'S SKILLS BOOK filled
               with reproducible quizzes and activities.
Oct. 27                          Heads Up About      The Bill of Rights
                                   Drugs
Nov. 10        SPECIAL ISSUE: Annual Geography Awareness Week (November
               16-22)
               AIDS in Africa    The Nez Perce       Lewis and Clark
                                   Indians Today     Extra: Poster
Nov. 24        The Middle East   Teens in            Lowell Mills Girls
                                   Sweatshops
Dec. 8         TBA               U.S. Role in        The Alamo
                                   World Affairs
Jan. 5         China             SPECIAL REPORT      Civil War
                                   Primaries 2004
Jan. 19        SPECIAL ISSUE: U.S. AFFAIRS ATLAS AND ALMANAC
               * Atlas: Maps of the U.S. * Almanac: The U.S. in Focus *
               Skills: The State of the Union
               * American History: Women's Suffrage
Feb. 9         Russia            The Homeless        Louis Armstrong
Feb. 23        Germany           TBA                 World War I
Mar. 8         South Africa      Citizenship         Women's Suffrage
Mar. 22        Japan                                 World War II &
                                                     Japanese-Americans
Apr. 5         Cuba              Earth Day           The Cuban
                                   Special Report      Missile Crisis
Apr. 26        Greece            Discrimination      Brown v. Board of
                                                       Education
                                                       Decision
May 10         Vietnam           Honesty             The 1960s

ISSUE DATE     WORLD HISTORY       PRIMARIES TOOL KIT

Sept. 1        Mesopotamia
Sept. 15
Sept. 29       The Roman Empire
                 (play)
Oct. 13 & 20
Oct. 27                            How We Elect a President:
                                     Special Report
Nov. 10                            The Role and History
                                     of Political Parties
Nov. 24        Islamic
                 Civilization
Dec. 8
Jan. 5         Feudal Europe       Primary Election Special Issue
                                     PLUS: Primaries Poster
Jan. 19                            A Day in the Life of
                                     the President
Feb. 9
Feb. 23                            Cartoonists' Views
                                     of the Candidates
Mar. 8         The Industrial
                 Revolution
Mar. 22
Apr. 5                             Summer Conventions
                                     Preview
Apr. 26        The Olympic Games
May 10

Note: Topics are subject to change pending developments in the news.