Swat: Special Weapons and Tactics (Emergency Response) - Softcover

Greve, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1627177760 ISBN 13: 9781627177764

Publisher: Rourke Pub Group, 2014

Synopsis

SWAT: Special Weapons and Tactics will introduce readers to challenging content related to the job duties required of our elite police and military forces. This 32-page title helps build reading comprehension skills with engaging visual aids, interesting informational sidebars, before- and after-reading activities, and more.

With vivid photos and engaging text, the titles in the Emergency Response series offer high-interest topics for students in grades 4-8. Readers will understand the dedication, expertise, and risks undertaken by the brave individuals who protect our U.S. citizens at home. Readers will discover the historical aspects of each job through timelines and gain reading comprehension skills with before- and after-reading activities, and more.

About this title

Product Description:

A SWAT team is called in when criminal emergencies become too dangerous for regular police officers. Although most SWAT team members are police officers, they are trained in the use of powerful firearms and military tactics, and only used in very high-risk situations. The skills, equipment, training, and courage of these individuals are all discussed in this book, as well as how SWAT teams originated and have become one of our biggest defenses against terrorist attacks. This book will allow students to determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.

Review:

Readers will find loads of interesting facts and information, as well as experience the thrills and chills of these jobs. The books will appeal to readers of all ages, with their action-packed, glossy photographs that give up-close and personal insight in

About this edition

• Publisher: Rourke Pub Group
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1627177760
• ISBN 13: 9781627177764
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32