UNIT 1 EDUCATION REPORT 1 Chapter 1 ㆍ Another Look at Massive Online Open Courses - 10 Chapter 2 ㆍ Need Help with Your Writing? Try This Web Site - 16 Chapter 3 ㆍ The Problem with Plagiarism in South Korea - 22 UNIT 2 EDUCATION REPORT 2 Chapter 1 ㆍ Choose Your Degree at an American College or University - 30 Chapter 2 ㆍ Coming to Terms with Academic Titles at US Colleges - 36 Chapter 3 ㆍ Some (Adults) Call for Shorter Summer Break for US Kids - 42 UNIT 3 HEALTH REPORT 1 Chapter 1 ㆍ New Malaria Drug Coming to Africa Is Low Cost, Easy to Take - 50 Chapter 2 ㆍ Metastasis: How Cancers Can Spread Their Reach - 56 Chapter 3 ㆍ Epilepsy: Mysterious and Sometimes Misunderstood - 62 UNIT 4 HEALTH REPORT 2 Chapter 1 ㆍ What Is the Relationship Between Age and Happiness? - 70 Chapter 2 ㆍ In Rural India, Medical Myths Spread - 76 Chapter 3 ㆍ Why Getting Dirty Can Be Healthy for Children - 82 UNIT 5 AGRICULTURE REPORT 1 Chapter 1 ㆍ Trying to Understand Food Labels - 90 Chapter 2 ㆍ Don’t Know Much about Mulch? - 96 Chapter 3 ㆍ The Fight over Farm Subsidies - 102 UNIT 6 AGRICULTURE REPORT 2 Chapter 1 ㆍ From Ancient Farmers, Lessons for Today’s Amazon - 110 Chapter 2 ㆍ New Findings about Loss of Bees - 116 Chapter 3 ㆍ UN Says Food Production Must Rise; How Fertilizer Trees Could Help? - 122 UNIT 7 ECONOMICS REPORT 1 Chapter 1 ㆍ Meeting the Demand for Ethanol - 130 Chapter 2 ㆍ Economics Not Such a Dismal Science for US High School Students - 136 Chapter 3 ㆍ Recalls Add to Pressure on Toy Industry - 142 UNIT 8 ECONOMICS REPORT 2 Chapter 1 ㆍ Saving Money for College - 150 Chapter 2 ㆍ How Gold Became the Gold Standard for Trade - 156 Chapter 3 ㆍ British Bank Pays $340 Million Fine for Iran Dealings - 162 UNIT 9 TECHNOLOGY REPORT Chapter 1 ㆍ India Defends Moves against Social Media - 170 Chapter 2 ㆍ Getting News from around the World with Today’s Front Pages - 176 Chapter 3 ㆍ Turning Industrial Waste-Heat into Electricity - 182 UNIT 10 DEVELOPMENT REPORT Chapter 1 ㆍ Mobile Phones as a Public Health Tool in Developing Nations - 190 Chapter 2 ㆍ ‘Phones for Health’ Campaign Targets AIDS in Africa - 196 Chapter 3 ㆍ Judging African Leaders by Good Governance - 202 Unit 11 HISTORY AND CULTURE Chapter 1 ㆍ Learning History at Birmingham’s Civil Rights Institute - 210 Chapter 2 ㆍ Telling Stories through Totem Poles - 216 Chapter 3 ㆍ A New Education Center at Theater Where Lincoln Was Shot - 222 Unit 12 MUSIC Chapter 1 ㆍ A Youth Orchestra for Chinese-Americans Widens Its Reach - 230 Chapter 2 ㆍ Vinyl Records Go for a New Spin - 236 Chapter 3 ㆍ Hot Chelle Rae, the Band Named for a Fan Who Wasn’t Real - 244 Unit 13 SPORTS Chapter 1 ㆍ How the Paralympics Were Born - 254 Chapter 2 ㆍ For Woman Jockeys, Part of Racing Is Proving‘You’re Just as Good as Any Other’ - 260 Chapter 3 ㆍ Jai Alai Fans Are Betting on a Better Future for Their Fast Sport - 268 ASSIGNMENTS - 275