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Books in Introducing Issues With Opposing Viewpoints series

  • Sports and Athletes

    Noël Merino

    Hardcover (Greenhaven Press, Aug. 23, 2010)
    This series is inspired by the highly acclaimed Opposing Viewpoints series, which explores important issues, placing expert opinions from a wide range of sources in a unique pro/con format. Like its predecessor, Introducing Issues with Opposing Viewpoints promotes issue awareness as well as critical thinking. Even more user-friendly and accessible than its parent series, it offers a wealth of information at a lower reading level, in a bright, engaging package. This appealing combination helps more students grasp the controversies of our increasingly complex world. Each anthology features useful charts, graphs and cartoons, engaging fact boxes that provide at-a-glance information and questions that focus on vocabulary and reading comprehension. Further research is encouraged through annotated bibliographies, web sites and organizations to contact.
  • Terrorism

    Lauri S. Friedman

    Hardcover (Greenhaven Press, Nov. 5, 2010)
    This series is inspired by the highly acclaimed Opposing Viewpoints series, which explores important issues, placing expert opinions from a wide range of sources in a unique pro/con format. Like its predecessor, Introducing Issues with Opposing Viewpoints promotes issue awareness as well as critical thinking. Even more user-friendly and accessible than its parent series, it offers a wealth of information at a lower reading level, in a bright, engaging package. This appealing combination helps more students grasp the controversies of our increasingly complex world. Each anthology features useful charts, graphs and cartoons, engaging fact boxes that provide at-a-glance information and questions that focus on vocabulary and reading comprehension. Further research is encouraged through annotated bibliographies, web sites and organizations to contact.
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  • Rap Music

    Noel Merino

    Hardcover (Greenhaven, May 30, 2008)
    Each title explores a specific issue by placing fourteen to sixteen carefully edited, accessible articles from a wide range of sources in a unique pro/con format, while useful charts, graphs, color photos, and cartoons illustrate each article.
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  • Homelessness

    Ida Walker

    Library Binding (Greenhaven Press, Sept. 17, 2013)
    Inspired by the acclaimed Opposing Viewpoints series, this series helps readers gain an awareness of current issues and develop critical thinking skills by presenting a wealth of information on contemporary issues in a colorful, easy-to-read format.; This volume of the Introducing Issues with Opposing Viewpoints series explores many aspects of homelessness. The book explores the causes of homelessness; the effectiveness of government programs that target homelessness; and how new legislation will impa; In addition to pro/con articles, each Introducing Issues with Opposing Viewpoints volume includes appealing features designed to help students understand the complexities of current issues: Full-color photographs, charts, graphs, and cartoons supplement t
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  • Women's Rights

    Lauri S. Friedman

    Library Binding (Greenhaven Press, Oct. 30, 2009)
    Presents essays that cover varying opinions on women's rights, discussing such topics as the status of women's rights, whether or not Islam respects women's rights, and what reproductive rights women should have.
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  • Stem Cell Research

    Lauri S. Friedman

    Hardcover (Greenhaven, Jan. 16, 2009)
    Offering instructive guidance in lively text, Writing the Critical Essay: An Opposing Viewpoints Guide directly supports student achievement. This exciting series is specifically designed to help students write effective, persuasive, narrative and other types of essays. Providing easy access to multiple sides of current yet timeless debates, this series covers ideal subjects for essay writing. Each volume has all that students need to complete an essay on a chosen controversial topic, with features like step-by-step exercises to help students outline arguments, write introductions and conclusions and construct their own essays. Plus, supplemental materials offer topic ideas, and suggest electronic resources that allow for further research.
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  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases

    David M. Haugen

    Library Binding (Greenhaven Press, June 6, 2014)
    Inspired by the acclaimed Opposing Viewpoints series, this series helps readers gain an awareness of current issues and develop critical thinking skills by presenting a wealth of information on contemporary issues in a colorful, easy-to-read format.; This title explores many aspects of sexually transmitted diseases, including what contributes to the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, what education programs address the spread of STDs, and whether government regulation would reduce STD infection ; In addition to pro/con articles, each Introducing Issues with Opposing Viewpoints volume includes appealing features designed to help students understand the complexities of current issues: Full-color photographs, charts, graphs, and cartoons supplement t
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  • Capitalism and Moral Responsibility

    Lisa Idzikowski

    Paperback (Greenhaven Publishing, July 15, 2019)
    Capitalism has been touted as the superior political and economic system, as evidenced by the success of the United States and many other countries around the globe. Is capitalism immoral by nature of its requirements, which include inequality, consumption, and greed, or are those simply unfortunate byproducts? Can capitalism fit in with religion? The divergent viewpoints in this resource explore the tenets of capitalism and whether or not it is at odds with the development of a just and moral society.
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  • Alternative Medicine

    Jacqueline Langwith

    Hardcover (Greenhaven Press, April 10, 2009)
    Langwith, Jacqueline (EDT)
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  • Torture

    Lauri S. Friedman

    Library Binding (Greenhaven Press, June 13, 2011)
    Inspired by the acclaimed Opposing Viewpoints series, this series helps readers gain an awareness of current issues and develop critical thinking skills by presenting a wealth of information on contemporary issues in a colorful, easy-to-read format.; ; In addition to pro/con articles, each Introducing Issues with Opposing Viewpoints volume includes appealing features designed to help students understand the complexities of current issues: Full-color photographs, charts, graphs, and cartoons supplement t
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  • Student Drug Testing

    Lauri S. Friedman

    Library Binding (Greenhaven Press, Nov. 8, 2011)
    Inspired by the acclaimed Opposing Viewpoints series, this series helps readers gain an awareness of current issues and develop critical thinking skills by presenting a wealth of information on contemporary issues in a colorful, easy-to-read format.; ; In addition to pro/con articles, each Introducing Issues with Opposing Viewpoints volume includes appealing features designed to help students understand the complexities of current issues: Full-color photographs, charts, graphs, and cartoons supplement t
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  • Genetic Engineering

    Scott Barbour

    Hardcover (Greenhaven Press, Sept. 16, 2005)
    Presents a collection of essays that debate issues on the subject of genetic engineering, including the use of genetic engineering on humans and the benefits and drawbacks of genetically engineering plants and animals.
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