ISSUES 21: Corruption

Issues 21 offers teachers the resources they need to meet content and literacy needs while making learning provocative and meaningful. Each book features an essential question that provokes an examination of an issue from different perspectives. Students will have opportunities to discover innovative ways of understanding, confronting, and addressing issues they really care about; and to develop 21st century competencies: critical thinking, creativity, communication, collaboration, character, and ethical citizenship. There are four categories: Health, Environment, Human Rights, and Culture & Media, allowing the resource to be used in multiple curriculum areas. All of the 24 titles offer engaging, thought-provoking texts and visuals such as mind maps, graphics, and photographs. 69% of countries worldwide scored less than 50 out of 100 on Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index in 2013-indicating a serious corruption problem. On average, 27% of people worldwide reported having paid a bride in the previous 12-month period, according to Transparency International's 2013 Global Corruption Barometer survey of 107 countries.