At Issue Series - Creationism versus Evolution (hardcover edition) (At Issue Series)

Features

• Reading level: Young Adult
  
• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 91 pages
• Published by: Greenhaven Press
• Edition: 1st Edition April 22, 2005
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0737727039
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0737727036
• Book Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 0.5 inches
• Weighs: 10.4 ounces

Product Review
"The topic is intriguing, and the generally vehement tome of the selections provides much for students to ponder and debate."
-- Booklist (Febraury 2003) (Booklist 20020701)

"This book is great for debate material or as a writing prompt for persuasive essays. This collection is for mature readers with the critical-thinking skills needed to understand and evaluate the materials."
-- School Library Journal (August 2002) (School Library Journal 20020615)

"The book should prove useful for research papers or debates. This is a reasoned and relatively neutral treatment."
-- School Library Journal (July 2002) (School Library Journal 20020601)

"Contributors include doctors, psychiatrists, and members of activist groupsArguments, which are accompanied by references are well presented and occasionally quite riveting. Lots of opinion and information worth further examination."
-- Booklist (June 2002) (Booklist 20020515)

"A wealth of diagrams and illustrations helps clarify the procedures and principles essential to understanding the discussions."
-- School Library Journal (June 2002) (School Library Journal 20020401)

"Throughout this text keeps arguments even-tempered, information straightforward, and details unsensationalized."
-- Booklist (May 2002) (Booklist 20010401)

"Greenhaven's anthologies provide pertinent, original source material for researchers who are interested in varied perpectives on controversial topics. Most middle and high school libraries have books in their collections that deal with these issues, but few do so in such a clearly differentiatied, balanced manner. These slim volumescomplement and balance books that purport to deal with the topics in general or that present only one viewpoint. Recommended."
-- The Book Report (March-April 2002) (Book Report 20010401)

"Among the books many strengths is its inclusion of diverse, opinionated essayists who come from many professions and have varying expertise."
-- Booklist (April 2001) (Booklist 20010315)

"For readers who prefer to know both sides of a perspective, Greenhaven Press presents a new series - At Issue. Experts offer their opinions on controversial subjects facing our society today. The At Issue series is for the discerning reader. If you want to be well versed and understanding on a specific topic, this series will open your mind on the many sides of an issue."
-- Eclectic Book Reviews (January-April 2001) (UNKNOWN 20010101)

"Collection of starkly personal essaysFirst human being accounts then take readers on some startling and intimate journeys. A few essays are more analyticalSome are impassioned viewsIn all cases, the writers include vivid details and some eye-opening viewpoints."
-- Booklist (March 2001) (Booklist 20000601)

"This series on current issues provides full-length articles that offer a range of opinions of various controversial topics. The variety of opinions presented, along with the references provided, will help students get a sense of the various aspects of the issue and encourage critical thinking. Helpful for social studies classes and high school and public libraries, for students preparing term papers."
-- Kliatt (January 2001) (KLIATT )

"This debate in a book give a broad overiew of the subject by leading advocates on all sides. The writing tens toward the technical style of the journals represented, making this most appealing as a research source."
-- School Library Journal (June 2000) (School Library Journal )

Product Description
Where did humans come from and how do we teach our children about it? The battle over this element of classroom curricula has been a particularly contentious debate. Today, a faction of creationism known as Intelligent Design has raised the stakes even further, claiming to have scientific proof that life was created by an intelligent designer. Creationism versus Evolution looks at the debate as it has unfolded in recent years. (20020801)

Reader Reviews
This review is from: At Issue Series - Creationism versus Evolution (paperback edition) (At Issue Series) (Paperback) Creationism Versus Evolution (At Issue Series) is a set of readings by the leading Intelligent Design (ID) advocates and their critics including Michael Behe and Ben Walker. It is an excellent book to use in both public and private schools. Instead of using stickers, or similar, to try to explain the controversy, teachers should use this text in public school classrooms. I plan to. It has seven excellent readings and is published by a mainline textbook publisher. I am anxious to get the reaction of my students, especially in my advanced college level biology classes. It covers all of the common arguments, pro and con, related to ID and has an excellent concluding chapter by Michael Ruse. All of the readings are easy to follow and, as such, the book serves as an excellent introduction to this growing controversy. Must reading.