Focus on Current Events

This book explores how vaccines work and are developed, highlighting examples of historic vaccines and the diseases they help prevent as well as the debates and challenges related to vaccination that remain 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.

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. Grades 5-9.

This book explores the crisis of climate change, highlighting its causes, effects, and solutions, as well as the debates and challenges related to climate change that remain 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.

This book explores the topic of minimum wage, highlighting the legislative history, the debates surrounding that legislation, and the effects minimum wage has on workers and employers. Grades 5-9.

This book explores how electric vehicles work and are developed, highlighting their history, potential role in slowing climate change, as well as the debates and challenges related to electric vehicles that remain today.

This book explores the topic of digital money, highlighting cryptocurrency's history, how it works, and its benefits and drawbacks. Grades 5-9.