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Product Identifiers

PublisherScholastic Library Publishing

ISBN-10053112066X

ISBN-139780531120668

eBay Product ID (ePID)3038434782

Product Key Features

Book TitleDo You Read Me? : Famous Cases Solved by Handwriting Analysis!

Number of Pages64 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicLanguage Arts / General, Language Arts / Handwriting, General

Publication Year2007

IllustratorYes

GenreJuvenile Nonfiction

AuthorDiane Webber

Book Series24/7: Science Behind the Scenes Ser.: Forensics

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight8.8 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceYoung Adult Audience

LCCN2006-006797

Dewey Edition22

Grade FromNinth Grade

Dewey Decimal363.25/65

Grade ToTwelfth Grade

SynopsisSome criminals create evidence with the stroke of a pen. Kidnappers leave notes. Forgers sign phony checks. That's where a forensic document examiner's job begins. These experts can tell real documents from fake ones. With a document expert on the case, criminals need to watch how they cross their t's and dot their i's. Want to know more? All the information is right here, in black and white. Read about: how you can tell a real letter by Abraham Lincoln from a fake o how handwriting experts helped solve the most famous kidnapping case in U.S. history; how one scam artist fooled the whole world with 40 notebooks supposedly written by one of history's cruelest leaders; and whether you could read between the lines and pursue a career in forensic document examination. Book jacket., - Background information to build content-area knowledge including: Scientific timelines, words to know, job descriptions, and seminal cases - Chapter Summaries and questions that recap the evidence: You're The Medical Examiner - Reading Cues and Clues: Prompts, call-outs, highlighted words, diagrams, and primary sources - Field Guides and Tools: Bone Guides, Parasite Guides, Ghost-Hunter Technology, Spy gadgets - Cool, bold, graphic design: CSI-like real-time graphic organizers - Critical thinking and analysis: the Science behind identifying who, what, when, where, why Curriculum Standards: Grades 5-8 and 9-12 Science Standards Science as Inquiry - Identify questions and concepts that guide scientific investigations. - Recognize and analyze alternative explanations and models. - Communicate and defend a scientific argument. - Results of scientific inquiry emerge from different types of investigations and public communication among scientists. Science and Technology - Communicate the problem, process, and solution - Scientists use different methods of investigation, and accept different types of evidence to support their explanations.

LC Classification NumberHV8074.W43 2007