This is Geography 3
Tercera edicion.A2
By John Widdowson
Hodder Education
Distributed By Trans-Atlantic Publications
September 2009
ISBN: 9780340907436
142 pages, Illustrated
$39.50 Paper Original
Summary: This is Geography is a major new course for Key Stage 3 Geography aiming to raise standards of teaching and learning. It offers:
- Less content, more learning – a streamlined scheme of work which focuses on the essentials and which therefore allows teachers to do in-depth work on real world topics that really matter to pupils - Worthwhile and significant tasks – every unit builds, step by step, towards an engaging and significant final task. These tasks use the full range of learning styles to provide something for all pupils.
- Integrated ICT – embedded ICT tasks plus a separate CD-ROM with interactive eLearning activities to support every lesson with starters, plenaries, games and presentations. All the key visuals from the pupils book are clickable and usable as you wish. The associated Teachers Resource Book, available in print and as a CD, supports this Pupil`s Book with lesson plans and differentiated worksheets – for homework and class work. The lesson plans and worksheets are also provided on CD for you to edit and customise.
- Less content, more learning!
- A streamlined scheme of work taking advantage of the new flexibility of the revised National Curriculum for Geography
- Every unit builds from a key enquiry question, step by step towards an engaging and significant final task
- e-Learning activities provided for each lesson
- Customisable lesson plans and worksheets in Word or as PDFs
- Award winning author
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For each unit this contents list shows: Unit title/Key concept covered/Key
enquiry question/Main pupil task 1
Shock wave! Physical
and human processes Why
don’t earthquakes happen everywhere? Write
a newspaper report about the Asian tsunami 2
Save the rainforest Environmental
interaction & sustainable development Why
is the tropical rainforest so important to me? Produce
a guide for the Eden Project – explaining why the rainforest is
so important 3
River risk Physical
and human processes How
safe would a river field trip be? You
will consider the risks at different sites along a river and do your
own fieldwork investigation. Finally, you will carry out a risk assessment
to help you to decide if a river walk would be safe. 4
The Olympics come to town Space What
is the secret of a successful Olympic bid? Be
inspired by London 2012. Plan an Olympic bid for your own town. 5
India – a case study in development Place
and Cultural understanding and diversity Which
is the best way for India to develop? Write
a letter from India explaining how it differs from your expectations 6
The world on your plate Interdependence What
difference does it make what I eat? Plan
a poster campaign to change eating habits in your school 7
Terrorism has no borders Space Does
Geography have a solution to terrorism? Compare
Israeli and Palestinian grievances to see how issues could be resolved
in one area of conflict 8
Antarctica - the last great wilderness Place Why
should we worry about Antarctica? Role-play
government leaders meeting to decide who Antarctica should belong to