Scholastic Update articles from October 1997

Scholastic Update archives from October 1997

World atlas. (maps of world regions with instructions on usage)(World Affairs Annual: 1997-1998)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
October 6, 1997... If someone had asked you a few years ago to locate Bosnia on a map, could you have found it? You might have said, "Who cares?" Today, the United States is deeply involved in efforts to bring peace and democracy there. The world is now such a...

World almanac. (tabular presentation of vital statistics on countries, arranged by continent)(World Affairs Annual: 1997-1998)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
October 6, 1997... You may never watch MTV, but people in Ghana do. You may not listen to No Doubt's latest CD, but people in Norway do. You may never drink Coke, but people in vietnam do. Through global communication and trade, far-flung parts of the world are...

Reading between the lines. (breakdown of statistical information on India, with suggested interpretations)(World Affairs Annual: 1997-1998)
October 6, 1997... Area and population: Taken together, area and population measure the number of people living in a given space. The two figures enable you to calculate a nation's population density (total population divided by total area), an important...

AIDS: the new generation. (AIDS among teens)(includes a chronology of major events in the fight against AIDS)(Cover Story)
October 20, 1997... FOCUS: How AIDS Spread Worldwide and Is On the Rise Among Teenagers Teaching Objectives To help students understand how people contract AIDS and why AIDS is on the rise among teenagers. After reading this article, students should be...

Living with AIDS. (teenager Joey DiPaolo)(Cover Story)
October 20, 1997... Joey DiPaolo is a normal, suburban, teenage guy. Except for one thing: He has AIDS. Joey DiPaolo stuffs a french fry dripping with ketchup and melted mozzarella cheese into his mouth. Sitting in his favorite diner not far from his home in...

Life, death, sex. (issues of who should receive AIDS medications, prevention, and confidentiality in HIV testing)
October 20, 1997... AIDS policy ties in a host of emotional issues. Here are three critical questions for you to decide. A mysterious plague. A gay disease. A death sentence. AIDS has always been viewed as more than a medical condition. Because it has been...

The global epidemic. (reports and statistics about the worldwide spread of AIDS)(Brief Article)
October 20, 1997... Jeanne Kouame, the leader of an advocacy group for HIV-positive people in the West African nation of Cote d'Ivoire (coat deev-whar) gazes at the cover of an American news magazine. Above a photo of a new AIDS-fighting drug a bold headline asks...

Veto power! (presidential line-item veto)
October 20, 1997... After a century of debate, Bill Clinton has become the first President to wield the powerful line-item veto. But does the President now have too much power? Harold Simmons, a 65-year-old multimillionaire from Dallas, Texas, is the owner of...

Women on the lone prairie: recollections of women settlers tell what it took to conquer the American frontier.
October 20, 1997... Recollections of women settlers tell what it took to conquer the American frontier. Mother has always been the gamest one of us," Esther Clark remembered about her mother, Allena, a Kansas pioneer in the mid-1800s. "I can remember her...