Challenges for the 21st Century

Teacher's Reference Material

• Video: "Talking Peace With Jimmy Carter" Carter answers questions from a diverse high school audience. To accompany the book mentioned in "Student Resources." VHS 0-14-088359 (Puffin)
• Brennan, Richard P. LEVITATING TRAINS & KAMIKAZE GENES: TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY FOR THE 1990s. John Wiley & Sons, 1990. Brennan provides clear and interesting explanations for many of the issues we will have to face.
• Chancellor, John. PERIL AND PROMISE: A COMMENTARY ON AMERICA. Harper and Row, 1990. The late TV commentator discusses America's social, political, and economic decline, providing an interesting analysis of our present predicament and how we can work to improve the future.
• Corson, Walter H. THE GLOBAL ECOLOGY HANDBOOK: WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS. Beacon, 1990.
• Flanagan, Dennis. FLANAGAN'S VERSION: A SPECTATOR'S GUIDE TO SCIENCE ON THE EVE OF THE 21st CENTURY. Borzoi Books, 1988. Explains exciting innovations in the areas of physics, astronomy, geology, biology, and technology.
• Gale, Robert Peter, and Thomas Hauser. FINAL WARNING: THE LEGACY OF CHERNOBYL. Warner Books, 1988. Discusses the profound social, political, and scientific consequences of nuclear technology, and what we can all do to prevent nuclear accidents.
• Hyde, Margaret O., and Elizabeth H. Forsyth. MEDICAL DILEMMAS. Putnam's, 1990. Thought-provoking look at many ethical issues.
• Lutz, William. DOUBLESPEAK: FROM "REVENUE ENHANCEMENT" TO "TERMINAL LIVING." Harper & Row, 1989. How government, businesses, and advertisers routinely use deceptive language to confuse the public.
• Mason, Robert J. and Mark T. Mattson. ATLAS OF UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. Macmillan, 1990.
• Meltzer, Milton, editor. THE AMERICAN PROMISE: VOICES OF A CHANGING NATION, 1945 - PRESENT. Bantam/Starfire Books, 1990. Well documented and very readable history, told through the eyes of those who lived it.
• Pringle, Laurence. THE ANIMAL RIGHTS CONTROVERSY. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989. Historical and philosophical backgrounds of the animal rights movement, including an extensive bibliography.
• Terkel, Susan Neiburg. SHOULD DRUGS BE LEGALIZED? Franklin Watts, 1990. Clarifies much of the history, current status, and possible future of drug use, distribution, and law enforcement patterns.