Children’s Literacy and Reading News Roundup: 3 August
Welcome to the weekly children’s literacy and reading news round-up , brought to you by Jen Robinson’s Book Page and Scrub-a-Dub-Tub , a Reading Tub blog. Jen and I collected plenty of content for you about literacy and reading-related events; raising readers; literacy and reading programs and research; 21st Century literacies; grants, sponsorships and donations; and other new resources. We hope you find new and useful information. Before we get into the meat of our program I’d lik
Development of a measure for state economic dependence on tobacco
Tobacco has played an important role in the economy of the United States since the colonial era. American Indians presented Christopher Columbus with gifts of tobacco upon his arrival in 1492, and he introduced tobacco to Europe upon his return there. As demand rose in Europe, tobacco became the most important American agricultural export of the late eighteenth century. High tobacco tariffs in England helped lead to the American Revolutionary War. Subsequently, the tobacco industry contributed
What’s a good thesis statement for adoption?
AYitsG asked:
I’m writing a research paper on adoption. I’m planning to make it about adoption records and the parents who adopted the child & parents who put the child for adoption. I have to come up with a good thesis statement that will include all that. Can you please help me out? If not, [...]