This title focuses on bank heists and details the most daring ones through history, the crews that pulled them off, and the impact they had on the victims and world. This hi-lo title is complete with vibrant photographs, simple text, glossary, and an index.
Take a deep dive into the rhetorical appeals that are part of the media we consume and learn how to utilize this knowledge in your own creation of media. This series gives readers a crash course in basic media literacy skills: understanding audience, perspective, persuasive appeals, author's purpose, tracing sources, and creating media content.
Examine the author's purpose that is always present in media - how to spot it, and how to use it intentionally to inform, persuade, and entertain. This series gives readers a crash course in basic media literacy skills: understanding audience, perspective, persuasive appeals, author's purpose, tracing sources, and creating media content.
Examine point-of-view and perspective. This book takes a deep look at how varying perspectives are influenced by values, and how these values can create both conscious and unconscious bias. This series gives readers a crash course in basic media literacy skills: understanding audience, perspective, persuasive appeals, author's purpose, tracing sources, and creating media content.
Learn to look critically at media to understand its audience, and how to tailor your own media creations to specific audiences. This series gives readers a crash course in basic media literacy skills: understanding audience, perspective, persuasive appeals, author's purpose, tracing sources, and creating media content.
Part of our Take a Look! Modern Media Literacy series, Identifying the Source takes readers through the process of analyzing media in order to tell fact from fiction. Includes explanation of how misinformation, disinformation, biases, and stereotypes play into the credibility of a source. Gives readers the information they need to start practicing looking critically at the media they consume. This series gives readers a crash course in basic media literacy skills: understanding audience, perspective, persuasive appeals, author's purpose, tracing sources, and creating media content.
Creating Content takes readers through the process of creating and sharing content in a responsible, inclusive way. This series gives readers a crash course in basic media literacy skills: understanding audience, perspective, persuasive appeals, author's purpose, tracing sources, and creating media content.
In AI in the Workplace, readers will learn about job automation, data collection in the workplace, and what an AI-influenced workplace may look like in the future. Engaging text allows readers to connect new technology concepts to what they already know.
In The Trouble with Deepfakes, readers will learn about what deepfakes are, how they can spread misinformation, and what is being done to manage them. Engaging text allows readers to connect new technology concepts to what they already know.
What Is the Electoral College? will help readers explore the history of the Electoral College, how the Electoral College works, the difference between electoral vote and popular vote, and the Electoral College's impact on campaigns in the U.S. elections process. Engaging text and fascinating election facts will draw readers in to this timely civics topic.
What Is a Primary? will help readers explore how primaries began, types of primaries, the primary election process, and the political party conventions that determine candidates in the U.S. elections process. Engaging text and fascinating election facts will draw readers in to this timely civics topic.
In Uses of AI, readers will learn about everyday AI encounters, high-tech healthcare, how AI is being incorporated into big business, and how AI aids artists and other creatives. Engaging text allows readers to connect new technology concepts to what they already know.
Voting Day will help readers explore how polling places work, the process of voting, how votes are counted, and how winners are declared in the U.S. elections process. Engaging text and fascinating election facts will draw readers in to this timely civics topic.
In Training AI, readers will learn about the origins of AI, machine learning, and how AI uses data. Engaging text allows readers to connect new technology concepts to what they already know.
In The Downside of AI, readers will learn about the controversy currently surrounding AI, AI's impact on human creativity, AI's impact on human jobs, and fears surrounding the growing power of AI in the future. Engaging text allows readers to connect new technology concepts to what they already know.
Scandals and Blunders that Killed Campaigns touches on the mistakes and missteps that ended candidates' campaigns: from the very-real to the not-so-founded in fact. Struggling readers will be drawn into this series by considerate text, engaging photos, and high-interest content.
Putting the Party in Political Party covers some lesser-known political parties in our nation's history: from the Surprise Party to the Pirate Party. Struggling readers will be drawn into this series by considerate text, engaging photos, and high-interest content.
Political Parties will help readers explore types of political parties, party platforms, choosing to align voting with a party, and how parties gather support in the U.S. elections process. Engaging text and fascinating election facts will draw readers in to this timely civics topic.
Presidential Debates will help readers explore the purpose of presidential debates, debate formats, media's involvement in the debates, and the impact of presidential debates in the U.S. elections process. Engaging text and fascinating election facts will draw readers in to this timely civics topic.
History's Most Vicious Campaigns explores some of the most cutting campaigns in our nation's history, from Jefferson and Adams to Trump and Clinton. Struggling readers will be drawn into this series by considerate text, engaging photos, and high-interest content.
History's Most Interesting Candidates explores the stories of some mind-boggling candidates: from mules to Mr. Potato Head. Struggling readers will be drawn into this series by considerate text, engaging photos, and high-interest content.
Celebrity Campaigns touches on the campaigns of famous stars like Shirley Temple, Clint Eastwood, Kid Rock, and more. Struggling readers will be drawn into this series by considerate text, engaging photos, and high-interest content.
Campaign Strategy will help readers explore building a campaign team, campaign signs and slogans, campaign ads, the campaign trail, and campaigning with technology in the U.S. elections process. Engaging text and fascinating election facts will draw readers into this timely civics topic.
Bizarre Campaigning covers everything from candidates kissing babies to the iconic "Nobody for President" campaign. Struggling readers will learn about the interesting strategies politicians and their teams chose to use in various U.S. elections. They will be drawn into this series by considerate text, engaging photos, and high-interest content.
In AI: Alive or Not?, readers will learn about AI in fiction, the history of real-life AI, and what may be considered "alive" and how this may affect the future of AI. Engaging text allows readers to connect new technology concepts to what they already know.
