Kaplan SAT Vocab Velocity, Second Edition; Learn 623 Frequently Tested Words through Music, Movies, TV, Sports, History, and the News

• ISBN13: 9780743249935
• ISBN10: 0743249933
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2003-09-23
• Publisher: Kaplan

Summary

Complete with short, skill-building exercises and activities, this book--while solidly educational--is filled with fun popculture references that keep teens engaged as they learn.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
How-To Manual	p. 3
Exercises
Gap-Toothed and Proud of It	p. 4
Billie Jean King: One Giant Leap	p. 5
Jimmy Hoffa Never Made it Home to Grill His Meat	p. 6
Impeaching a President: What Happened	p. 7
Guess Who I Am?	p. 8
Woodstock '69: The Original	p. 9
Christina Applegate: Making It in Hollywood	p. 10
Junior Johnson: Stock Car Hero	p. 11
Carol Burnett: Ear-Tugging Comedienne	p. 12
Guess Who I Am?	p. 13
William Randolph Hearst: Big Man Media	p. 14
Soccer Boogie	p. 16
Herbert Hoover Wasn't Such a Bad Guy Really	p. 18
Guess Who I Am?	p. 19
Wisconsin: Got Milk?	p. 20
1968: Riots in Chicago	p. 21
Tom Hanks: He Used to Wear a Dress	p. 22
Jesse Ventura: From Wrassler to Governor	p. 23
The Hives: Perfect Punks	p. 24
Guess Who I Am?	p. 25
Brad Pitt: His Love Life	p. 26
Jackie Chan: Star in Asia, Cult Hero in America	p. 28
Guess Who I Am?	p. 30
Lost Generation is Found	p. 31
Guess Who I Am?	p. 32
Apollo 11: Eagle's Tricky Landing	p. 33
Friends: No One Told You Life Would Be This Way	p. 34
The Guggenheim Museum	p. 36
The Great Communicator	p. 38
Buckaroo Bonzai: A Cowboy's Gotta Live	p. 39
Watergate: More Than Just a Presidential Scandal	p. 40
Guess Who I Am?	p. 41
Hot Dog Jungle	p. 42
Andy Warhol: Soup Cans ... and So Much More	p. 44
Reverend Jesse Jackson: A Life of Service	p. 46
Mae West Was the Best	p. 47
Lockdown USA: Prison Overcrowding	p. 48
Guess Who I Am?	p. 49
The Pentagon Papers	p. 50
Siegfried and Roy Toy with Death By Tiger	p. 51
Niagara Falls in a Barrel? You've Gotta Be Kidding	p. 52
Before Michael Jackson Was Weird, He Was Young	p. 53
Pac-Man: More Popular Than Flared Trousers	p. 54
Senator Barry Goldwater: Conservative Republican Legend	p. 55
Invention of Television	p. 56
Reality Television Rules	p. 57
Saving American Farms: Farm Aid Does Its Part	p. 58
Babe Ruth: Tough Beginnings	p. 59
Testing Your Simpsons IQ	p. 60
Guess Who I Am?	p. 62
The Legend of Bigfoot	p. 63
Hunter S. Thompson: Gonzo Journalist	p. 64
Sonny and Cher: The Golden Years	p. 65
The Gulf War	p. 66
The 1950s: Conformity is Good	p. 67
The 1960s: Lots of Newfangled Changes	p. 68
The 1970s: The Scary and Addled Decade	p. 69
The 1980s: The Greed Decade	p. 70
The 1990s: The Boom Decade	p. 71
Ben Franklin: Kind and Gentle Inventor	p. 72
Guess Who I Am?	p. 73
Answer Key	p. 74
Glossary of SAT Words	p. 79
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Excerpts

TOC, Chapter 1