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Webster's Dictionary & Thesaurus for Students With Full-Color World Atlas
This bestselling title has been fully revised and expanded. The concise, clearly written definitions offered in the dictionary reflect the curricula for grades 3 through 6. The thesaurus provides synonyms, antonyms, and related words that enrich vocabulary. The world atlas, created by the editors of Encyclopdia Britannica, is an invaluable aid to students in their studies of world events.
825 pages, Paperback
Published May 1, 2011
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January 13, 2024
Guess what, gentler readers? Some in the Republican Party have banned dictionaries from many schools! Dictionaries! Yikes.
” Dictionaries were removed from library shelves in a Florida school district last year as part of an investigation of more than 1,600 titles for mentions of “sexual conduct” that could violate a 2023 state law.
Webster’s Dictionary and Thesaurus for Students, Merriam-Webster’s Elementary Dictionary, the American Heritage Children’s Dictionary and other titles were pulled from schools in Escambia County, Fla., where officials are reviewing books for compliance with the law’s prohibition on materials with “sexual” content.
Also investigated were the World Book Encyclopedia of People and Places, the World Almanac and Book of Facts, and other reference books on topics including science, mythology and the Bible, according to a list published by the school district and circulated this week by PEN America, a free speech group that has sued the school board over the removals.
The review of the dictionaries is a small piece of the larger book ban uproar in Escambia. The district, home to more than 50 schools in the panhandle, began pulling books for review after Florida in May passed H.B. 1069, which also prohibits instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity for 8th grade and below.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and his allies hailed the law as expanding “parental rights in education,” and have claimed that “pornographic and inappropriate” materials were being placed in schools. -Washington Post
The Republican Party officially wants American children to grow up without knowing or how to spell proper English and maybe, how to read.
” Dictionaries were removed from library shelves in a Florida school district last year as part of an investigation of more than 1,600 titles for mentions of “sexual conduct” that could violate a 2023 state law.
Webster’s Dictionary and Thesaurus for Students, Merriam-Webster’s Elementary Dictionary, the American Heritage Children’s Dictionary and other titles were pulled from schools in Escambia County, Fla., where officials are reviewing books for compliance with the law’s prohibition on materials with “sexual” content.
Also investigated were the World Book Encyclopedia of People and Places, the World Almanac and Book of Facts, and other reference books on topics including science, mythology and the Bible, according to a list published by the school district and circulated this week by PEN America, a free speech group that has sued the school board over the removals.
The review of the dictionaries is a small piece of the larger book ban uproar in Escambia. The district, home to more than 50 schools in the panhandle, began pulling books for review after Florida in May passed H.B. 1069, which also prohibits instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity for 8th grade and below.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and his allies hailed the law as expanding “parental rights in education,” and have claimed that “pornographic and inappropriate” materials were being placed in schools. -Washington Post
The Republican Party officially wants American children to grow up without knowing or how to spell proper English and maybe, how to read.
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