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English
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Some maps only show us where different locations are, but others also deal with the population in these locations. In this resourceful guide to mapping people, readers learn how to decipher and create these kinds of maps. Helpful diagrams, informational fact boxes, a detailed glossary, useful graphic organizers, and vivid, full-color examples of maps further expand readers' understanding of this essential social studies curriculum topic. The focus...
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Lexile measure
990L
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English
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Learn about population in countries around the world, and how changes in the number, age, and gender of people living in a place affect life there. Explore different settlements, from ancient towns to sprawling, modern cities. Find out why and where people migrate, and discover how we can protect our planet from the risks of overpopulation.
5) People
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English
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Around the world, people practice different religions. They live in different kinds of houses, and in cities, villages, and rural areas. Some places have millions of people living right on top of one another. Other people live very far from their neighbors. In this book, readers are encouraged to consider the differences and similarities between the people who live on Earth. Achievable content and language are complemented by cute, colorful illustrations,...
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Lexile measure
1250L
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English
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Author has found clever devices to scale down everything from time lines (the history of Earth compressed into one year), to quantities (all the wealth in the world divided into one hundred coins), to size differences (the planets shown as different types of balls).
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Lexile measure
AD 830L
Language
English
Description
"With almost 7.8 billion people sharing the earth, it can be a little hard to picture what the human race looks like all together. But if we could shrink the world down to just 100 people, what could we learn about the human race? What would we look like? Where and how would we all be living? This book answers all of these questions and more! Reliably sourced and deftly illustrated, If the World Were 100 People is the perfect starting point to understanding...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
Comparing the world population to a village of 100 persons, the author reveals such facts as the languages of the village, how much each earns, if the person is literate, has a television and has enough to eat.
15) America's people
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Series
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses how the various ethnic groups that settled in the United States throughout its history contributed to the evolution of a distinctly American character.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Population growth is placing a huge strain on the world's resources and on the environment as a whole. Find out how people are exploring solutions by managing the population explosion, improving health care, empowering women, limiting pollution, and distributing resources.
17) Overpopulation
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Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The worlds population is growing at a faster rate than at any other time in human history. This rapid growth presents new challenges and strains on resources. The insightful text shows readers, through statistics and cases studies, how the Earths growing population affects people around the globe.
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