Topics for Today with Infotrac

by Smith, Lorraine C.; Mare, Nancy Nici

• ISBN13: 9781413008111
• ISBN10: 1413008119
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-29
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

These best-selling, academic skills texts systematically develop students' reading and vocabulary skills through engaging themes and intensive practice. Students learn successful reading strategies and are further prompted to build proficiency in their writing, listening, and speaking skills.

Table of Contents

Skills Chart	viii
Preface	xii
Introduction	xv
Acknowledgments	xix
UNIT 1: Society: School and Family	1	(74)
Chapter 1	2	(21)
Hop, Skip . . . and Software?	3	(13)
Victoria Irwin
Program to Bring Laptop Computers to Rural Schools	16	(7)
Melissa Nelson
Chapter 2	23	(26)
My Husband the Outsider	25	(13)
Marian Hyun
Unwelcome in Chinatown	38	(11)
Amy Wu
Chapter 3	49	(26)
Beyond Rivalry	50	(14)
Elizabeth Stark
Middle Children and Their Position in the Family	64	(11)
Dr. Kevin Leman
UNIT 2: Influences on Our Lives: Nature Versus Nurture	75	(70)
Chapter 4	76	(21)
Who Lives Longer?	77	(11)
Patricia Skalka
More Senior Citizens, Fewer Kids	88	(9)
Jessie Cheng
Chapter 5	97	(21)
The Mindset of Health	99	(12)
Ellen J. Langer
How to Behave in a Hospital	111	(7)
Gloria Emerson
Chapter 6	118	(27)
Small Wonders	120	(13)
Andrew Marshall
Reading at 8 Months? That Was Just the Start	133	(12)
Michael Winerip
UNIT 3: Technology and Ethical Issues	145	(70)
Chapter 7	146	(21)
Assisted Suicide: Multiple Perspectives	146	(2)
Amy Bernstein
Matters of Life and Death	148	(12)
Dr. Francis Moore
Should Doctors Be Allowed to Help Terminally III Patients Commit Suicide?	160	(7)
Derek Humphry
Daniel Callahan
Chapter 8	167	(21)
Trading Flesh around the Globe	167	(2)
Sales of Kidneys Prompt New Laws and Debate	169	(19)
Terry Trucco
Chapter 9	188	(27)
The Gift of Life: When One Body Can Save Another	190	(13)
Lance Morrow
Two Parents Offer Their Daughter the Breath of Life---to No Avail	203	(12)
UNIT 4: The Environment	215	(76)
Chapter 10	216	(23)
Playing with Fire	217	(13)
Laura Lopen
Taking Two Steps Back	230	(1)
Mac Margolis
Taking Two Steps Back	230	(9)
Mac Margolis
Chapter 11	239	(22)
Wilder Places for Wild Things	240	(12)
Sharon Begley
Predators on the Prowl	252	(9)
Marc Peyser
Daniel Glick
Chapter 12	261	(30)
A Nuclear Graveyard	261	(17)
Betsy Carpenter
A Nuclear Graveyard (excerpt)	278	(13)
Index of Key Words and Phrases	291	(6)
Skills Index	297