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IMPROVING READING SKILLS/4e
WORLD WIDE WEB LINKS
Despite my best efforts to verify all of the Web sites listed at the end of many readings before the new edition of Improving Reading Skills was published, unfortunately--and to my great chagrin--I have discovered that some sites are already defunct. The following list represents an updated selection of sites that are current as of mid-September 1999. I apologize for any inconvenience or annoyance this has caused.
Selection 1 Dave Barry, 'Tips for Women: How to Have Relationships with a Guy'
Selection 2 Rose del Castillo Guilbault, 'The Conveyor-Belt Ladies'
Untranslatable Words: "Macho" by Rose del Castillo Guilbault
A Web site devoted to Steinbeck
The Center for Steinbeck Studies, San Jose State University
Selection 3 Bobbie Ann Mason, 'The Burden of the Feast'
Selection 4 Eddy L. Harris, 'Mississippi Solo'
Four sites for paddle sports (canoeing and kayaking):
Selection 5 Debra Dickerson, 'Who Shot Johnny?'
Another article by Debra Dickerson about her younger brother's decision to forge a new life off the street, can be found at this site:
Salon (Type her name in the search box.), Dickerson's writing for Salon.com
Selection 6 Luis J. Rodriguez, 'La Vida Loca: Two Generations of Gang Members'
Curbstone Press, A site devoted to Rodriguez's works and those of other Latino poets
Selection 7 Mark Fritz, 'Being Paid to Snitch: Rewards Becoming the 4th R'
Selection 8 Sheldon Campbell, 'Games Elephants Play'
Photos of African wildlife including links to other sites
Elephanteria: A Smorgasbord of Elephantine Delights, has everything you ever wanted to know about elephants
Selection 9 Richard P. Feynman, 'The Amateur Scientist'
Selection 10 Charles Finney, 'The Life and Death of a Western Gladiator'
The Living Planet, information about diamondback rattlers and other desert snakes:
Selection 12 Richard Wolkomir, 'Making Up for Lost Time: The Rewards of Reading at Last'
National Adult Literacy Survey, A summary of the U.S. Department of Education report
Facts on literacy in the United States
Information about various literacy programs in the United States:
Selection 13 Terry Williams, 'Voices from the Tunnel'
Harlem Diary, Terry Williams' Offical Home Page
Selection 15 Pamela Burdman, 'Twenty Years Out of Saigon'
Selection 18 Ellen Alderman and Caroline Kennedy, 'New Jersey v. T. L. O.: The School Search Cases'
A summary of other cases involving illegal search and seizure
A Web site devoted to Supreme Court decisions with many links
Selection 19 Roger Swardson, 'Hard Labor'
Roger Swardson's other articles are available in the Archives section of this site:
Web Sites for Job Seekers:
Selection 20 Marilyn Johnson, 'Oprah's Books'
Updated lists of the books on Oprah's Book Club:
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library
NetNoir, a site devoted to black content and black e-commerce:
Selection 21 David Ferrell, 'Badwater: The Ultra-Marathon'
LA Times, David Ferrell's other articles in the extreme sports series are available in the LA Times archives. (There is a small fee for downloading.)
A virtual tour of Death Valley
Two sites on extreme sports:
Selection 22 Rachel Noerdlinger, 'Home Was Not Where My Racial Identity Was'
Black Families, part of a grassroots national electronic community for African-Americans
Selection 23 Gordon Livingston, 'What I Did for Love: Being Michael's Dad'
Selection 24 Carol Kaufman, 'Is Adoption the Answer to Abortion?'
Three news groups pertaining to issues discussed in Kaufman's article:
Selection 25 John J. Miller, 'Bilingual Ed's Abolitionists' and
Selection 26 Adela de la Torre, 'Perspective on Bilingual Education'
English First, a group that opposes bilingual education and endorses English as the official language of the United States
A neutral policy analysis of bilingual education
The Center for Applied Linguistics discusses many issues pertaining to bilingual education
Latino Link, debate over bilingual education in Massachusetts
Selection 27 Malcolm Gladwell, 'Chip Thrills'
Parental Guide, FAQ's about the V-chip
The American Civil Liberties Union, position on the V-chip
Selection 28 Mark Derr, 'The Perilous Iditarod'
Iditarod Trail Committee, the official sponsor of the race
Working Dog Web, a site with many links pertaining to dog sled racing
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, The history of the Iditarod and its importance for the state of Alaska
Selection 30 James Villas, 'A Night of Ice and Death'
Selection 31 Arthur Zich, 'Japanese Americans: Home at Last'
Selection 32 Jared Diamond, 'Easter's End'
Selection 33 Jeffrey Kluger, 'Love by the Line'
Selection 36 William Booth, 'Diversity and Division: America's New Wave of Immigration'
The Case for Shutting the Door, a 1995 Los Angeles Times editorial advocating a moratorium on immigration
The information in the above article was from a study commissioned by the National Immigration Forum, a leading pro-immigration group in Washington, D.C. The data can be analyzed at their home page:
The findings from the National Immigration Forum were challenged by the Center for Immigration Studies, a non-partisan think tank that studies the economic, social, demographic, and fiscal impact of immigration on the United States. Their Web address:
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