Many governments around the world are encouraging the use of conservation agriculture. Simple techniques, such as reducing plowing, hedging fields with grass, and planting trees, can cut erosion by 50 percent. Learn more in Land Use, part of the WorldViews series.

Land Use (Worldviews)

Business & Money

Weber, Valerie

Economics

Lightbox

Presents the life of a young child in Egypt, describing the family life, home, food, school, religion, customs, amusements, and traditions of the country

Egypt (Children of the World)

Brown, Robert

Brown, Julie

Rateliff, John D.

Children's Books

Gareth Stevens Pub.

Recalls helping in the family grocery store and shopping in Milwaukee during the 1940s

Shopping in Grandma's Day

Crawford, Beverly

History

CarolRhoda Books

An account, focusing on the leisure time activities, of the life of Valerie McNamara who grew up in the Midwest during the 1940s.

Having Fun in Grandma's Day

McNamara, Valerie Jane

Recalls what it was like to travel from Alaska to Texas as part of a military family in the 1940s and some of the differences in how people got around then and now.

Traveling in Grandma's Day

Baker, Patricia

Recalls what it was like to go to both a public and a Catholic school in Illinois in the 1940s.

School in Grandma's Day

Jenkins, Gloria

While focusing on home life, this account presents the story of Geneva Lewis, an African American who grew up in segregated DeQuincy, Louisiana, during the 1940s.

Home Life in Grandma's Day

Lewis, Geneva

Biographies

Land Use (Global Issues)

Students will expore thought-provoking questions in the compelling Global Issues series. This series encourages students to examine social, political, and environmental issues using practical examples from around the world. The historical context of each subject is covered, along with possible future developments. Global Issues is a series of AV2 media enhanced books. A unique book code printed on page 2 unlocks multimedia content. These books come alive with video, audio, weblinks, slide shows, activities, hands-on experiments, and much more.

Redlin, Janice

Av2 by Weigl

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Books by Weber, Valerie

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Land Use (Worldviews)

Egypt (Children of the World)

Shopping in Grandma's Day

Having Fun in Grandma's Day

Traveling in Grandma's Day

School in Grandma's Day

Home Life in Grandma's Day

Land Use (Global Issues)

Land Use (Global Issues)