Weekly Reader, Senior Edition (including Science Spin) articles from November 2004

Weekly Reader, Senior Edition (including Science Spin) archives from November 2004

Atlantis: has the lost city been found?
November 19, 2004... According to legend, Atlantis was one of the richest cities in the ancient world. Its royal palace glittered with ivory, gold, and silver. The city's skyline was framed by ornate bridges, canals, and beautiful temples. Its massive armies...

Massive monument.(Cover Story)
November 19, 2004... In 1939, a Sioux Indian chief named Henry Standing Bear invited a renowned sculptor to the tribe's home in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The chief asked the sculptor, Korczak Ziolkowski (jool-CUFF-skee), to undertake a new carving,...

History Buffy.
November 19, 2004... As Buffy visits this president's Virginia home. called Monticello, she thinks that he was not only a great statesman but also a great inventor and architect. One of the founders of our country, he designed and built Monticello when he...

Celebrating tradition.(THE BUZZ)
November 19, 2004... The Quabbin Lake Singers are in tune with their culture. The group sings at powwows, or gatherings, to celebrate their Native American traditions. Weekly Reader was invited to a powwow in Connecticut where the singers recently performed. ...

Saga of the Guerrero.
November 19, 2004... At first there was a tremendous crash. Then agonizing screams. Death came quickly for some. The Spanish slave ship Guerrero had struck a shallow reef off Florida's coast with such deadly force that at least 41 enslaved Africans were...

Read the map.
November 19, 2004... The map shows major cultural regions of Native Americans in North America and the location of some well-known tribes. Look at the map, and fill in the circle for the best answer to each question or statement. 1. Which of the following...

Know the news.
November 19, 2004... Fill in the circle in front of the correct answer. 1. In which year did the slave ship Guerrero sink? (A) 1809 (B) 1827 (C) 1867 2. Which U.S. Army commander did Crazy Horse defeat in battle? (A) George Custer ...

A well-kept secret: a canyon in Utah reveals an ancient Indian site.
November 12, 2004... In the 1940s, a young cowboy named Waldo Wilcox stumbled upon an ancient treasure in a remote area in Utah called Range Creek Canyon. He found an elegant woven basket of grass and willow in an old stone-walled house. When he looked around...

Night rider.(Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "Paul Revere's Ride")(Cover Story)
November 12, 2004... Listen, my children, and you shall hear. Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere. On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five: Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow never imagined when he...

History Buffy.(quiz)
November 12, 2004... "He was a strong president, even if he was in a wheelchair," Buffy says after learning how this former governor of New York became president even though he was paralyzed. Twelve years before he entered the White House, this president...

Monkey art.(Asuka, the chimpanzee painter)(Brief Article)
November 12, 2004... Many great painters are known by a single name: Picasso, Dali, Rembrandt, and Chagall, to name a few. Now there is Asuka, a female painter in Japan who is making a name for herself. Asuka uses a palette to mix brilliant colors to put on...

Marathon kids.(Brief Article)
November 12, 2004... In Texas, schoolchildren are on the run. They won't stop until they have covered 26.2 miles. That is the distance of a running race called the marathon. The students are not running the distance all at once. Instead, they are running a...

Read the map.
November 12, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Fill in the circle in front of the correct answer. 1. At what time did Paul Revere leave Boston? A 9 p.m. B 10 p.m. C midnight 2. In which general direction did the British march toward...

Know the news.
November 12, 2004... Fill in the circle in front of the correct answer. 1. Paul Revere was ordered to warn Samuel Adams and--that the British were going to arrest them. A John Hancock B Joseph Warren C William Dawes 2. In which year did...

Long live the Vikings: an ancient burial site is found in England.
November 5, 2004... Peter Adams wasn't searching for anything in particular earlier this year when his metal detector went off in a farmer's field in northwestern England. He knelt and began sifting through the dirt for a piece of scrap metal or perhaps a coin....

Fight for the Kalahari.(Cover Story)
November 5, 2004... Chief Moeti Gaoberekwe is an elderly man. Frail and withered, Gaoberekwe is one of the last Bushmen to live in the central Kalahari Desert in the African nation of Botswana. For thousands of years, the Bushmen have called the Kalahari...

History Buffy.(NEWS SHORTS)
November 5, 2004... "When he became president, this politician really had his eye on the ball," Buffy says after learning about the extraordinary circumstances in which this former college football player and golfer became president. This president served...

Brain teaser.(NEWS SHORTS)
November 5, 2004... What number should the middle horse be carrying to complete this sequence? Hint: Multiply, and then subtract.

Compute whiz.(Jacob Komar rebuilds crashed computers to donate them to the needy ones)(Brief Article)
November 5, 2004... Jacob Komar is a computer fanatic. When the Connecticut 9 year old learned that his sister's school had a lot of computers that were going to be tossed in the trash, Jacob had an idea. He decided to rebuild the computers and give the machines...

All aboard The Polar Express.
November 5, 2004... Are you ready to take a on The Polar Express? This new movie is about a boy who boards a magical train to the North Pole on Christmas Eve. On his journey, the boy shares a wonderful adventure with other children and even meets Santa...

Read the map.
November 5, 2004... Fill in the oval in front of the correct answer. 1. Which body of water borders Denmark to the west? A Baltic Sea B North Sea C Norwegian Sea 2. Oslo is located in--Norway. A northern B southern C western...

Fact or opinion?
November 5, 2004... Read the following statements. If the statement is a fact, write F on the blank line; if the statement is an opinion, write O on the blank line. 1. The government has been slowly moving the Bushmen from their desert home.-- 2. "They...

Know the news.
November 5, 2004... Fill in the oval in front of the correct answer. 1. In which of these African countries is part of the Kalahari Desert located? A Botswana B Egypt C Libya 2. About how many Bushmen are left in the Kalahari? A 100...