Faces®

World Cultures for grades 5-9

Your world, your voice, your FACES. FACES takes readers where no other publication goes. Around the world and back, young readers get an honest and unbiased view of how people in other countries and world regions live. From the clothes they wear to the foods they eat, readers get a glimpse into the way their peers live. Each issue takes readers to a different country or region, or explores a topic of global importance. Be a citizen of the world. Be a FACES reader.

In addition to robust nonfiction articles, here is a sampling of the regular features you’ll find in each issue of FACES magazine for grades 5-9:

• High 5: Relates the magazine’s theme to the 5 themes of geography
• Growing Up In: First person accounts of kids' daily lives around the world
• Critter Corner: Introduces readers to an animal related to the culture being studied
• Dear Tommy: A real cultural email exchange between kids
• Folktale: Exposes students to different genre while teaching about a culture
• Art Connection: Makes connections between art and culture
• Say What? Ask FACES! Face Facts: Activities, games, and contests

"FACES^® gives young readers engaging and fun stories to read to learn about their world." - Sarah Witham Bednarz, Department of Geography, Texas A & M University

GLOBALIZATION: SMALL WORLD (Oct, 2006)

Your may have heard the word globalization. But what does is mean, exactly? In this issue you'll see just how small our world has become. Can you guess who are probably the world's longest serving world ambassadors? Do you know where your groceries, your family's car, or even some of the words you use come from? This issue covers how entertainment, communications, and commerce have all gone global.

About the Cover

Thanks in large part to the technological advances, the world is becoming a smaller and more connected place.

Consulting Editor

Deborah Hutton is outreach director of the Center for the Study of Global Change at Indiana University. The mission of the center is to encourage, facilitate, and create opportunities for learning about international systems and issues for educators and students, business officials, media representatives, and the general public.