TY - BOOK AU - White, Nancy. AU - Weinberg, Francine. TI - Get ready! for social studies: essays, book reports, and research papers. / SN - 007137759x AV - YA372.83Whi PY - 2002/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill N1 - Includes index; Contents: Paragraphs and essays: What your child needs to know -- Implications -- Skills practice -- Top of the class -- Book reports: What your child needs to know -- Implications -- Skills practice -- Top of the class -- Research reports: What your child needs to know -- Implications -- Skills practice -- Top of the class -- Writer's handbook: A sample social studies essay test -- Spelling rules and tips -- Avoiding sexist language -- How to read a dictionary entry -- How to read a thesaurus entry -- Using the library -- Tables of weights and measures -- States of the Union -- Countries of the world -- Presidents of the United States -- Useful web sites -- Preamble to the Constitution of the United States -- Bill of rights -- Declaration of independence -- Project-scheduling forms -- Self-evaluation of student writing. ER -