Protests

by Emma Kaiser

Overview

This book explores how people use boycotts, strikes, and other forms of collective action to call for change, highlighting examples from historic protests and the movements they helped fuel as well as the systems and policies people continue to challenge today. The book also includes a table of contents, two infographics, informative sidebars, two Case Study special features, quiz questions, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. This Focus Readers title is at the Voyager level, aligned to reading levels of grades 5-6 and interest levels of grades 5-9.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781637391334
Publisher:	North Star Editions
Publication date:	01/01/2022
Series:	Focus on Current Events
Pages:	48
Sales rank:	1,081,415
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	10 - 12 Years

About the Author

Emma Kaiser is a writer and educator based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She has an MFA (Master of Fine Arts) in Creative Writing from the University of Minnesota, and her writing has been published in a number of magazines and publications. She is the author of two other nonfiction books for students.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Start of a Movement 5

Chapter 2 The Power of Protests 11

Chapter 3 Protesting for Representation 17

Chapter 4 Protesting for Civil Rights 23

Case Study The Montgomery Bus Boycott 28

Chapter 5 Protesting for Workers' Rights 31

Chapter 6 Challenging Power 35

Case Study The Dakota Access Pipeline 40

Chapter 7 Young People and Protesting 43

Focus on Protests 46

Glossary 47

To Learn More 48

Index 48

Editorial Reviews

"[E]ach topic is presented to make it more accessible....Good overviews of trending topics and current events." —School Library Journal

From the Publisher

04/01/2022

Gr 6–8—This series zeros in on current events from cryptocurrency to protests to electric vehicles. Each title has approximately seven chapters, the format of which is a full page of text then a smaller photo accompanied with a smaller paragraph. Pictures are captioned with detail and vocabulary words are in bold, helping with the focus questions. Infographics help breakdown more detailed information, such as a timeline of U.S. Citizenship (Protests) or the different parts of various electric vehicles (Electric Vehicles). The series attempts to give a well-rounded overview of each topic, starting with why it is a current event, and then moving into the history, advantages, challenges, what needs improvement, and what the future holds. Although not every topic may appeal to every reader, each topic is presented to make it more accessible. Back matter includes a glossary, where to learn more, and an index. VERDICT Good overviews of trending topics and current events.

School Library Journal