Reddit mentions: The best teen & young adult social science books

Glad to hear it! Here's some ideas for self-education for basic civcs:

1. Pretend you're an immigrant and you need to pass the citizenship test for the US. This should help educate you on the basic structure of government. This is the right starting point: http://tinyurl.com/24wqrle Then, take and pass the test.
   
   
2. Never, ever take at face value the claims the claims of TV or radio hosts or guests discussing politics or government, particularly on popular commercial programs. These programs are not for education. They are there to make money by creating spectacle and conflict, then selling ads to companies who want to sell products to the crowd attracted by the spectacle. Never, ever watch these shows without a deeply critical eye and ear. Always research the things you hear claimed on these shows before believing or repeating anything you hear.
   
   
3. Never, ever, take at face value the claims of politicians running for office. Their statements are not intended to educate. Their statements are there for one reason: to gather your political support - your vote, your money contribution, your volunteer time. Always research the things you hear claimed by politicians before you decide on the validity of any statement.
   
   
4. Head to the library and read:
   
   http://www.amazon.com/American-Civics-Grades-9-12/dp/0030377781/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1324590820&sr=8-1
   
   http://www.amazon.com/American-Government-Robert-Heineman/dp/0070282153/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1324590820&sr=8-4
   
   When you've got these under your belt, move up to College level educational writing on US civics and government. Try:
   
   http://www.amazon.com/American-Government-College-Examination-Program/dp/0837353513/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1324591013&sr=1-2
   
   
5. Always, always read more than you watch TV or listen to radio. The only exception to this is watching C-SPAN, which is non-commercial and very educational because most of what it does is point a camera onto the government itself and on the people in it. Your order of importance/reliability in sources about this subject should be:
   
   

1. textbooks
   
2. c-span
   
3. newspapers/news web sites
   
4. public affairs blogs
   
5. political blogs
   
6. talk radio/TV
   
   Note that every one of these sources is subject to distortions of the truth, but the lower ranked sources are by far the most prone to distortions.
   
   This isn't especially difficult stuff when you're interested in how government works - but it does take more time and effort than you are led to think it does. One great rule of thumb: becoming educated on a complicated topic in civics/government always takes longer than commercial TV or talk radio has time for.
   
   Good luck and thanks for asking. I hope I helped.
   
   EDIT: bad grammar

I have always enjoyed Isaac Asimov's non-fiction. He wrote numerous history books, including the excellent
Asimov's Chronology of the World: The History of the World From the Big Bang to Modern Times.

The Near East: 10,000 Years of History

The Land of Canaan

The Egyptians

The Greeks: A Great Adventure

The Roman Republic

The Roman Empire

Constantinople: The Forgotten Empire

The Shaping of England

The Shaping of France

The Dark Ages

Christopher Columbus: Navigator to the New World

Ferdinand Magellan: Opening the Door to World Exploration

The Shaping of North America

The Birth of the United States

Asimov also wrote excellent histories of science and mathematics:

Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology

Asimov's Chronology of Science and Discovery

A Short History of Biology

A Short History of Chemistry

Most of Asimov's non-fiction was aimed at the masses (as was Sagan's Cosmos), so they tend not to go into great depth. However he was excellent at showing how an event or discovery would have direct or indirect impact on a future event or discovery (standing on the shoulders of giants and all that). Most of these were written in the 1960's and 1970's

Some good resources:
http://www.rome.mrdonn.org/ (the site looks clunky but there's a TON of good information, kid's level, activities and games and free cute illustrations)

Also: http://www.amazon.com/Usborne-Encyclopedia-History-Internet-Linked/dp/1409519074/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1345802116&sr=8-3&keywords=usborne+internet+linked+encyclopedia+of+world+history This book is a constant favorite.

http://www.amazon.com/Classical-Kids-Activity-Ancient-Greece/dp/1556522908/ref=pd_sim_b_19 (check the library for this one)

Another activity book http://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Rome-Exploring-Powerful-Kaleidoscope/dp/1885593600/ref=pd_sim_b_8

http://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Rome-DK-Eyewitness-Books/dp/075663766X/ref=pd_sim_b_2 (library will also have this one, and the clip art CD included is pretty cool)

Some kids will dig this level of detail http://www.amazon.com/City-Story-Roman-Planning-Construction/dp/0395349222/ref=pd_sim_b_18

Okay I don't know why these are kind of hard to find, but they ROCK. Just gross enough to fascinate kids! http://www.amazon.com/You-Wouldnt-Want-Roman-Gladiator/dp/0531162044/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1345802331&sr=1-1&keywords=you+wouldn%27t+want+to+be+a+roman+gladiator

http://www.amazon.com/You-Wouldnt-Want-Roman-Soldier/dp/0531124487/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1345802331&sr=1-2&keywords=you+wouldn%27t+want+to+be+a+roman+gladiator

2 days late, but I actually have a couple book that do exactly this with fictional settlements in different parts of the world. Lebek, Barmi, Umm El Madayan, and San Rafael. They have incredible illustrations and thorough details about what developments have happened since the last snapshot and why. They're wonderful books. Great for inspiration when developing your own cities.

Yes to this. I am not a teacher because I know I don't have the patience / constitution for being a good teacher.

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For a fun example of teacher's seeking to inspire, check out Lessons from the Bad Kids: The Realities of Challenge and Inspiration. The authors work / have worked with the "impossible" kids who everyone was ready to give up on and who wouldn't be able to graduate even on an accelerated schedule. Those kids go on to overcome when presented with their own choice of what they are going to do with their lives. Sometimes you just need a different approach.

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To quote Manly P Hall, "So when we start to work with the problem of teaching—to try to find a teacher—we know that all a teacher can do is to tell the individual to do certain things. He cannot make anyone DO these things, and he can only say: if you wish a certain result, you must be setting in motion the causes to result in that effect. If you are not willing to cause it, you cannot have it. No-one else can have it for you. ... This is all any teacher can do: it's to inspire an individual to do his own job."

My school had a full set of IB books they borrowed out and they had the Cambridge text by Richard van de Lagemaat. (Link below). I also had access to the Oxford one which I borrowed from a friend and I felt like I had more use of the information on the Cambridge on and it really helped me for the essays and presentations. I got the highest score on the presentation and essay :)

https://www.amazon.com/Theory-Knowledge-Diploma-Richard-Lagemaat/dp/110761211X

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I'm in the same position as you, as unfortunately there are nowhere near as many revision sources for sociology as other subjects. You should have the textbook which has all the keywords in, so I would make flashcards out of them and then test yourself on them. Also doing past papers is a good idea too, which you can find on the AQA website.

This is the revision guide http://www.amazon.co.uk/GCSE-Sociology-AQA-Revision-Practice/dp/0007350597/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1458069835&sr=8-1&keywords=Sociology+gcse+aqa

Which a few people have said has been useful.

This is the textbook you should have in class
http://www.amazon.co.uk/AQA-GCSE-Sociology-Grahame-Coates-y/dp/1408502704/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1458069835&sr=8-3&keywords=Sociology+gcse+aqa

Some helpful revision links:

http://hollylodge.liverpool.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Sociology-Revision_guide.pdf

http://www.themanor.notts.sch.uk/assets/Revision/B671RevisionSheet-sociology-basics-JFR.pdf

Bernie is a member of something called the "Senate." When in session, only people called "Senators" are allowed to speak.

Currently, Hillary is not a member of the senate. I know this can be a confusing distinction, but Hillary actually is not allowed to speak in the Senate.

I know this can be tough. I would recommend reading the following book. I read it in middle school and found it enlightening.

https://www.amazon.com/Civics-Citizenship-Economics-Student-CIVICS/dp/0078609704/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1466100600&sr=8-3&keywords=civics+textbook

That's not it, but through your links I have found it!

The Kids Whole Future Catalog

http://www.amazon.com/Whole-Future-Catalog-Paula-Taylor/dp/0394850904/

Thanks!

We use a textbook: "Theory of Knowledge for the IB Diploma" by Richard van de Lagemaat. With it being your year 2, I understand that you are probably stressed out beyond belief... So, I hope this helps!

I avoid all the political party affiliation or etc. This should get you an idea about structure, and what each political party aims to achieve.

I read a textbook about American Politics.

http://www.amazon.com/Government-America-People-Politics-Policy/dp/0321292367/ref=pd_sim_b_2

I went to college then read ALL of this textbook

http://college.cqpress.com/sites/logic/Home.aspx

The inspriation

http://www.constitution.org/jl/2ndtreat.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Social_Contract

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_l%27esprit_des_lois

If I'm thinking of the right ones, the author was Aylesworth. Amazon has a listing for Vampires and Other Ghosts by Thomas Aylesworth, but there's not a cover image. https://www.amazon.com/Vampires-Other-Ghosts-Thomas-Aylesworth/dp/0201001578. There is a cover image on the listing for Werewolves and Other Monsters https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000N8N8J4/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1.

John is a professor at Namseoul University in South Korea, and the author of the book Culturism: A Word, A Value, Our Future. John also runs the website Culturism and writes for Alternative Right.

All public information on the web and his blog. His email is on the site below.

http://www.pressjohn.com/

He also manages this racist website - http://www.culturism.us/

Here's him doing an insane "grab 'em by the pssy" song on Youtube.

The University: Namseoul

https://www.nsu-mit.com/

https://www.nsu-mit.com/gei-professors . - I don't see him on their list of professors.

However this is an official academic site saying he works at the university:

http://culturism.academia.edu/JohnPress

It may make sense to reach out to Namseoul, and ask to confirm if he works there; send them some of these links explaining this association may tarnish the reputation of their university.

Other notes

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His resume says:

2013 – Present Professor, Namseoul University , Cheonan, Korea

• I teach Global English for the General Education Department

• I also teach a course on Culturism for the Global Education Center

Back in the late 70s/early 80s when I was a kid, I had some books about "The Future" and they attempted to do exactly what you're saying: gets kids adjusted to the idea.

Of course, the books also told me I'd be living in a Standford Torus space station by now, so I guess it was wrong all around.

EDIT: Here's the specific book I'm thinking of: http://www.amazon.com/Whole-Future-Catalog-Paula-Taylor/dp/0394850904 -- but there were more. I remember books about how to cook with insects and worms, etc, in my elementary school library.

>Hey I see military supremacy is a tenet of fascism. So I guess that means the US has been a fascist regime since WW2.

You are grasping so desperately at straws now that it's sort of sad to watch. You're attempting to save face because you can't possibly admit you're wrong to someone like myself who has been so aggressively shutting you down. Now, while a fascist system does not have to adhere to every single tenet of fascism to be considered fascist, you cannot take a SINGULAR tenet and then label all those who adhere as fascist. End of story. The nazis I'm referring to exhibit every single tenet of fascism that I listed in my previous comment. If it walks like a fascist, talks like a fascist, it's probably a scumfucking ethno-nationalist neo-nazi fascist.

 

Secondly, these "nazis" I'm referring to are people who have self-labelled as nazis and neo-nazis; there is no need for your "quotes" around nazis. They are nazis, and these nazis wear that label proudly. Thirdly, how exactly might you expect a government to enforce the policy of "fuck all non-whites, expel them from the country, or submit them to second-class citizenship?" Please tell me how a government might go about that democratically without the help of a dictatorial or authoritarian government. Furthermore, your insistence that a fascists "have to desire a dictator" actually applies to nazis, but more importantly, even if it didn't, their desire for authoritarianship is equally as damning as an indicator of fascism.

 

Fourthly, you have completely ignored every other argument I have made and just moved on as they are obviously intractable. So you've lost the argument and are now wading around in a pool of shit up to your shoulders hoping you can find some sort of grip and come out of this mess with a semblance of dignity. FYI, not going to happen. You are wrong. You are an idiot. You are uneducated. You are a time-wasting albeit incompetent fucking pedant.

 

>Oh and btw the US is not a democracy, it's a republic. Read a book.

At this point I have to wonder if you are actually this retarded, or just pretending to be for your own enjoyment. This statement is an actual meme. In fact, this is a false dichotomy. It's like a little child walking up to a red firetruck and furiously yelling "It's not red, it's a firetruck!" It's fucking both and it sounds like you're the one who needs to read a fucking book. Might I recommend PoliSci for Kids, 6th Grade Edition as that seems to be about your reading level.