April 12, 2010
Reproducibles for the April 12, 2010 issue!
PowerPoint Slide Show
JS introduces you to some of Australia's most unusual animals. Click here to view the slide show.
JS Interviews
Celebrate Earth Day's 40th anniversary! Print and share this interview with Denis Hayes, organizer of the first Earth Day.- ONLINE-ONLY SKILLS REPRODUCIBLE
"Rail Talk"
SKILL: Understanding jargon - ONLINE-ONLY GOVERNMENTS IN ACTION SKILLS MANUAL
- ONLINE-ONLY EARTHQUAKE FAQs
PLUS: Tectonic plates map - TEACHER TO TEACHER
"Extreme Australia"
SKILL: Figurative language - KNOWLEDGE BOWL
- PUZZLES REPRODUCIBLE
You can download this issue's Teacher's Edition here. (Please note that the answer key has been removed from the Teacher's Edition available online.)
Online Resources
- Useful URLs
Find online support for every feature in this issue! - JS Index 2009-2010
Search through this online index of JS topics from the current school year! - Lesson Plans
Get lesson plans for this issue.
April 12, 2010: Table of Contents
PAGE 2: News Shorts
PAGE 4: News Special
No Way Out
Plus: Kids & Crime
PAGE 6: News Debate
Should Orcas Be Kept in Captivity?
PAGE 8: HOT TOPIC: World
Extreme Australia
Australians have had a decade of wild weather. As we observe Earth Day on April 22, think about this: Could it happen to us?
Plus: 21st Century Governments in Action
PAGE 12: MapSearch
Australia
PAGE 14: History
American History Play
Riding the Rails
During the Great Depression, a teenage "boxcar boy" saw firsthand the faces of a nation in need.
PAGE 18: Making Connections
Hard Times
PAGE 20: Geography
MapMan's Corner
The "Greenest" Country
PAGE 22: GeoSkills
Take the Train to the Game
PAGE 24: What Do You Know?
JS's 102 Words to Know; Cartoon; Eyewitness
