Children’s / Teenage: Social issues / topics

Pollution from nuclear power plants can have extremely harmful effects on people, animals, and the environment.

Factories create large amounts of pollution when making their products.

Americans throw away millions of tons of waste at home every year.

Fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and gas create many types of pollution.

Everyone needs to eat, yet farming is a major cause of pollution around the world.

Have you ever wished you could stop the spread of diseases?

Do you ever worry about the environment?

Do you ever think about the kids who don't have school supplies?

Do you ever worry about people being treated unfairly?

How did Susan B.

How did Frederick Douglas escape from slavery?

Do you want to experience what it's like to chart new territory and survive the unexpected?

Are you fascinated by wide open spaces and like NOT knowing where a path might lead?

Do you want to be your own naturalist and watch animals out there where they belong?

What happens when you find yourself stranded in the big outdoors, without a phone or computer in sight?

For most of Lucy's life, it's just been her and her mom, and Lucy's been okay with that.

For most of Lucy's life, it's just been her and her mom, and Lucy's been okay with that.

Raised in a workhouse for orphans, Oliver Twist never knew his mother, who died just after he was born, and he has no idea who his father could be.

Two boys are born on the same day in sixteenth-century England; one is a beggar, and the other is the Prince of Wales.

What is a citizen?

How did Helen Keller become blind and deaf?

Why did Cesar Chavez want to help farm workers?

How did Harriet Tubman escape from slavery?

Find out what a Galapagos tortoise has in common with a shingleback lizard.

Raised in a workhouse for orphans, Oliver Twist never knew his mother, who died just after he was born, and he has no idea who his father could be.

Two boys are born on the same day in sixteenth-century England; one is a beggar, and the other is the Prince of Wales.

Discover the inspiring true story of Isatou Ceesay, an African woman who started a recycling movement to combat the pollution caused by plastic bags in her community.

When David's friend invites him to a service at a Jewish synagogue, David feels nervous.

When the Little Prince and Fox arrive, the ocean is nothing but a vast carpet of garbage.

There's something fishy going on in the lake at Camp Dakota .

Do you want to be your own naturalist and watch animals out there where they belong?

What happens when you find yourself stranded in the big outdoors, without a phone or computer in sight?

Do you want to experience what it's like to chart new territory and survive the unexpected?

Are you fascinated by wide open spaces and like NOT knowing where a path might lead?

Discover the inspiring true story of Isatou Ceesay, an African woman who started a recycling movement to combat the pollution caused by plastic bags in her community.

When David's friend invites him to a service at a Jewish synagogue, David feels nervous.

On December 5, 2013, former South African President Nelson Mandela passed away at the age of 95.

Plastic: it's used to make everything from drink bottles and bags to toys and toothbrushes.

On October 9, 2012, Malala Yousafzai was on her way home from school in Swat Valley, Pakistan, when she was shot in the head by members of the Taliban.

When the Little Prince and Fox arrive, the ocean is nothing but a vast carpet of garbage.

Did you know that the same wind that messes up your hair can be used to create energy?

Did you know that the sunlight that warms your skin on a sunny day can be used to produce energy?

Did you know that tiny atoms that make up all matter hold huge amounts of energy?

Did you know people can turn the energy in rushing water into electricity?

Did you know people can dig underground and use Earth's heat to make energy?

Did you know that most of the energy we use comes from coal, oil, and natural gas?

Myles McReary is trying to save up enough money to bring his family over from Ireland.

Will's father is running for mayor.

"e;I remember the day I lost my spirit.

This story reveals the remarkable life of a Native American boy named Wassaja, or "e;Beckoning,"e; who was kidnapped from his Yavapai tribe and sold as a slave.