Lesson 1 1
Text The Merits of Measurement-Driven Instruction 1
Comprehension 15
Exercises 17
Fast reading Dangerous Practice 21
Lesson 2 27
Text Ralph's Story 27
Comprehension 36
Exercises 37
Fast reading The Key to Strengthening Family Ties 41
Lesson 3 45
Text Enabling the Disabled 45
Comprehension 54
Exercises 55
Fast reading Darkness at Noon 59
Lesson 4 63
Text The Culture of the Businessman 63
Comprehension 75
Exercises 76
Fast reading The Paradox of Happiness 80
Lesson 5 84
Text Who's Holding the Moral High Ground? 84
Comprehension 93
Exercises 96
Fast reading Three Indispensable Characteristics of Science 100
Lesson 6 104
Text What Is Poverty? 104
Comprehension 112
Exercises 114
Fast reading State Prisons:Punishment or Rehabilitation? 118
Lesson 7 123
Text Why I Bought A Gun 123
Comprehension 134
Exercises 135
Fast reading It's Time to Ban Handguns 139
Lesson 8 144
Text Wall Streets King Quant 144
Comprehension 158
Exercises 160
Fast reading The Risks of Investment 164
Lesson 9 169
Text Social Ecology 169
Comprehension 179
Exercises 181
Fast reading Ecological Undermining of the Food Economy 186
Lesson 10 191
Text The Problem That Has No Name 191
Comprehension 202
Exercises 203
Fast reading Should a Woman Work Outside the Home? 207
Lesson 11 212
Text The Press and the President 212
Comprehension 220
Exercises 221
Fast reading The Federal System of Government 225
Lesson 12 230
Text The Decline and Fall 230
Comprehension 242
Exercises 243
Fast reading Eulogy for Former President Richard Nixon 247
Keys 252