This study aimed to explore the magazines and topics that female college students like to read, and the topics that senior and junior high school reading textbooks contain. Findings of questionnaire-surveys with female college students at King Saud University revealed that 77% of the students read women's magazines; 77% like to read about fashion…

Argues that teachers and librarians can have a positive influence on the lives of young girls by complimenting their reading choices and search strategies rather than just their shoes and hairdos. Discusses books dealing with beauty, clothes, media stereotypes, women in sports, sexuality, and recommended reading for girls. (PEN)

This high interest, low vocabulary text is one of a series of readers in consumer education useful in English as a Second Language (ESL) classes. Each page of text is illustrated with black-and-white photographs. (AMH)

This is one of a series of workbooks in consumer education which would also be useful in English as a Second Language (ESL) classes. In addition to textual material, each lesson is illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings and contains various types of short exercises to check comprehension and vocabulary. (AMH)

The study unit on American Indians in Oklahoma for grades K-6 provides suggested multi-curriculum activities and resources for educators to use as an introduction for all students, Indian and non-Indian. Goals of the multi-curriculum based study unit include: (1) developing an awareness of the origin of Native American culture; (2) making the…