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Junior Scholastic for Grades 6-8 integrates national and international events into your social studies curriculum through timely, kid-friendly articles. Plus, JS has a fresh new look, with more photos and graphics to engage your students!

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Newly redesigned for a cleaner, more modern look that makes the magazine easier to navigate, Junior Scholastic is packed with high-interest, in-depth news stories from around the world. Our nonfiction content covers key areas of history, geography, government, civics, and world cultures, as well as language arts.

Your subscription includes:
  • 15 biweekly issues featuring national and international news stories.
  • Twenty-first CenturyGovernments in Action Program, our exclusive program that teaches students about civic awareness, how nations are governed, and America's role in international affairs.
  • Kid-Friendly News Briefs in each issue, chosen to appeal to a range of reading levels and interests.
  • Quiz pages which reinforce reading comprehension and improves test-taking skills.
  • 20-page Online Map Skills Manual featuring continents and major regions
  • GeoSkills: The Five Themes of Geography expanded series that highlights location, place, movement, regions,and human-environment interaction. Plus, you’ll find more than 80 maps, map-skills reproducibles, and articles on geography in the news throughout the school year.
  • Countries in the news, engaging articles that introduce readers to foreign lands through the eyes of young people who live there. These on-the-spot reports are written especially for JS by internationally recognized journalists.
  • Political cartoons, debates, and 10 read-aloud classroom plays covering historical events.
  • 102 Words to Know, a new JS feature that will, throughout the year, guide students to the meaning and context of 102 social studies terms. Includes a quiz in each issue.
  • 4 special issues throughout the year, which will focus on the 21st-Century Governments, the Constitution, the economy, and the environment.
  • Teacher’s Edition packed with lesson plans, reproducible activities, and quizzes
  • NEW Online resources, including videos, Lexile®-leveled articles, interactive maps, Web links, and more

You’ll also get dozens of reproducible skills sheets in your Teacher’s Edition and online to reinforce learning and improve reading comprehension.

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