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Opposing Viewpoints In Context

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For middle school students through adults

Database of contemporary social issues with content structured to promote critical-thinking skills and information literacy

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  • More than 14,000 pro and con viewpoint essays
  • More than 300 primary source documents
  • Periodicals, podcasts, reviewed Web links, images, statistical tables, charts and graphs
  • Content levels may be selected for retrieving appropriate results
  • Includes Lexile reading levels for periodical content
  • Content correlated to social studies and science curriculum standards for middle and high school

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