Hot Topics in Media

Banned Books provides a balanced look at a hot-button topic. Explore the history and future of book banning and censorship, from Ancient Greece to the Comstock Law to the modern US Supreme Court. Discover why books are challenged and banned, as well as which titles have been challenged most often. Full-color photos, a glossary, an index, sidebars, primary source documents, and other creative content enhance the book. It also includes prompts and activities that directly engage students in developing the reading, writing, and critical thinking skills required by the Common Core standards. This well-researched title has a credentialed content consultant and aligns with Common Core and state standards. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO. Reviewed Hot Topics in Media provides a balanced look at hot-button issues. Explore banned books, body image and the media, graphic novels, parental guidance ratings, reality television, and violence in video games. Become an expert on the controversies surrounding each issue. People feel strongly about these topics. Learn why they stand on one side or the other. Full-color photos, a glossary, an index, sidebars, primary source documents, and other creative content enhance the books. The books also include prompts and activities that directly engage students in developing the reading, writing, and critical thinking skills required by the Common Core standards. These well-researched titles have credentialed content consultants. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Parental Guidance Ratings provides a balanced look at a hot-button topic. Discover why ratings are used, what they mean, what their benefits and drawbacks are, what the MPAA is, and what the newer issues of rating not only movies and television shows but also video games and apps are. Full-color photos, a glossary, an index, sidebars, primary source documents, and other creative content enhance the book. It also includes prompts and activities that directly engage students in developing the reading, writing, and critical thinking skills required by the Common Core standards. This well-researched title has a credentialed content consultant and aligns with Common Core and state standards. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO. Reviewed Hot Topics in Media provides a balanced look at hot-button issues. Explore banned books, body image and the media, graphic novels, parental guidance ratings, reality television, and violence in video games. Become an expert on the controversies surrounding each issue. People feel strongly about these topics. Learn why they stand on one side or the other. Full-color photos, a glossary, an index, sidebars, primary source documents, and other creative content enhance the books. The books also include prompts and activities that directly engage students in developing the reading, writing, and critical thinking skills required by the Common Core standards. These well-researched titles have credentialed content consultants. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Reality Television provides a balanced look at a hot-button topic. Discover what reality television is, its popularity, and its history, from Candid Camera to The Real World and Survivor. Learn what makes it controversial, including contestant behavior and show themes. Full-color photos, a glossary, an index, sidebars, primary source documents, and other creative content enhance the book. It also includes prompts and activities that directly engage students in developing the reading, writing, and critical thinking skills required by the Common Core standards. This well-researched title has a credentialed content consultant and aligns with Common Core and state standards. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO. Reviewed Hot Topics in Media provides a balanced look at hot-button issues. Explore banned books, body image and the media, graphic novels, parental guidance ratings, reality television, and violence in video games. Become an expert on the controversies surrounding each issue. People feel strongly about these topics. Learn why they stand on one side or the other. Full-color photos, a glossary, an index, sidebars, primary source documents, and other creative content enhance the books. The books also include prompts and activities that directly engage students in developing the reading, writing, and critical thinking skills required by the Common Core standards. These well-researched titles have credentialed content consultants. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Violence in Video Games provides a balanced look at a hot-button topic. Discover the controversy over whether video game violence affects players and crime statistics, as well as the history of video games, ratings systems, and the First Amendment. Full-color photos, a glossary, an index, sidebars, primary source documents, and other creative content enhance the book. It also includes prompts and activities that directly engage students in developing the reading, writing, and critical thinking skills required by the Common Core standards. This well-researched title has a credentialed content consultant and aligns with Common Core and state standards. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO. Reviewed Hot Topics in Media provides a balanced look at hot-button issues. Explore banned books, body image and the media, graphic novels, parental guidance ratings, reality television, and violence in video games. Become an expert on the controversies surrounding each issue. People feel strongly about these topics. Learn why they stand on one side or the other. Full-color photos, a glossary, an index, sidebars, primary source documents, and other creative content enhance the books. The books also include prompts and activities that directly engage students in developing the reading, writing, and critical thinking skills required by the Common Core standards. These well-researched titles have credentialed content consultants. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Body Image and the Media provides a balanced look at a hot-button topic. Explore the pros and cons of the idealized portrayal of people in different types of media, what effects this has on a boy's or girl's body image, the dangers of a negative body image, and what people do to change their bodies (including eating disorders and cosmetic surgery), as well as the influence of parents and peers on a person's body image. Full-color photos, a glossary, an index, sidebars, primary source documents, and other creative content enhance the book. It also includes prompts and activities that directly engage students in developing the reading, writing, and critical thinking skills required by the Common Core standards. This well-researched title has a credentialed content consultant and aligns with Common Core and state standards. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO. Reviewed Hot Topics in Media provides a balanced look at hot-button issues. Explore banned books, body image and the media, graphic novels, parental guidance ratings, reality television, and violence in video games. Become an expert on the controversies surrounding each issue. People feel strongly about these topics. Learn why they stand on one side or the other. Full-color photos, a glossary, an index, sidebars, primary source documents, and other creative content enhance the books. The books also include prompts and activities that directly engage students in developing the reading, writing, and critical thinking skills required by the Common Core standards. These well-researched titles have credentialed content consultants. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Body Image and the Media provides a balanced look at a hot-button topic. Explore the pros and cons of the idealized portrayal of people in different types of media, what effects this has on a boy's or girl's body image, the dangers of a negative body image, and what people do to change their bodies (including eating disorders and cosmetic surgery), as well as the influence of parents and peers on a person's body image. Full-color photos, a glossary, an index, sidebars, primary source documents, and other creative content enhance the book. It also includes prompts and activities that directly engage students in developing the reading, writing, and critical thinking skills required by the Common Core standards. This well-researched title has a credentialed content consultant and aligns with Common Core and state standards. Core Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

Violence in Video Games provides a balanced look at a hot-button topic. Discover the controversy over whether video game violence affects players and crime statistics, as well as the history of video games, ratings systems, and the First Amendment. Full-color photos, a glossary, an index, sidebars, primary source documents, and other creative content enhance the book. It also includes prompts and activities that directly engage students in developing the reading, writing, and critical thinking skills required by the Common Core standards. This well-researched title has a credentialed content consultant and aligns with Common Core and state standards. Core Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

Graphic Novels provides a balanced look at a hot-button topic. Explore the history of graphic novels through such works as Art Spiegelman's Maus, Alan Moore's Watchmen, and Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns. Learn about the importance of comic books politically and socially throughout the 20th century, as well as the introduction of manga and the changing role of these artistic works in the classroom. Full-color photos, a glossary, an index, sidebars, primary source documents, and other creative content enhance the book. It also includes prompts and activities that directly engage students in developing the reading, writing, and critical thinking skills required by the Common Core standards. This well-researched title has a credentialed content consultant and aligns with Common Core and state standards. Core Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

Reality Television provides a balanced look at a hot-button topic. Discover what reality television is, its popularity, and its history, from Candid Camera to The Real World and Survivor. Learn what makes it controversial, including contestant behavior and show themes. Full-color photos, a glossary, an index, sidebars, primary source documents, and other creative content enhance the book. It also includes prompts and activities that directly engage students in developing the reading, writing, and critical thinking skills required by the Common Core standards. This well-researched title has a credentialed content consultant and aligns with Common Core and state standards. Core Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

Banned Books provides a balanced look at a hot-button topic. Explore the history and future of book banning and censorship, from Ancient Greece to the Comstock Law to the modern US Supreme Court. Discover why books are challenged and banned, as well as which titles have been challenged most often. Full-color photos, a glossary, an index, sidebars, primary source documents, and other creative content enhance the book. It also includes prompts and activities that directly engage students in developing the reading, writing, and critical thinking skills required by the Common Core standards. This well-researched title has a credentialed content consultant and aligns with Common Core and state standards. Core Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

Parental Guidance Ratings provides a balanced look at a hot-button topic. Discover why ratings are used, what they mean, what their benefits and drawbacks are, what the MPAA is, and what the newer issues of rating not only movies and television shows but also video games and apps are. Full-color photos, a glossary, an index, sidebars, primary source documents, and other creative content enhance the book. It also includes prompts and activities that directly engage students in developing the reading, writing, and critical thinking skills required by the Common Core standards. This well-researched title has a credentialed content consultant and aligns with Common Core and state standards. Core Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.