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World Geography: Building a Global Perspective, Student Edition
World Building a Global Perspective 2007 Student Edition (High School) Keeping geography relevant and up-to date through country-by-country coverage and online updates, this standards-based program helps students understand how geography affects their lives. The text's strong maps and visuals present key concepts in human and physical geography, while step-by-step skills instruction prepares students for success on assessment. An award-winning video collection helps students develop mental maps of their world through maps, animation, live footage and case studies.
Features and Benefits Standards-based approach Multi-layered approach to teaching the National Geography Standards combines fascinating case studies with in-depth exploration.Do-it-yourself skills Take students beyond simple tasks, such as reading a graph, to teach the skills needed to organize information like real geographers.World-class visuals Regional atlases provide a dramatic visual overview of each region and encourage active learning.
Research and Validity A Social Studies Program Backed by Research NCLB Research NCLB Implications for Social Studies The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation was a landmark in educational reform designed to improve student achievement and create a fundamental shift in American education.
Features and Benefits Standards-based approach Multi-layered approach to teaching the National Geography Standards combines fascinating case studies with in-depth exploration.Do-it-yourself skills Take students beyond simple tasks, such as reading a graph, to teach the skills needed to organize information like real geographers.World-class visuals Regional atlases provide a dramatic visual overview of each region and encourage active learning.
Research and Validity A Social Studies Program Backed by Research NCLB Research NCLB Implications for Social Studies The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation was a landmark in educational reform designed to improve student achievement and create a fundamental shift in American education.
800 pages, Hardcover
First published August 23, 1995
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Thomas J. Baerwald
38 booksTom Baerwald is a Senior Science Advisor to the Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences at the National Science Foundation
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March 23, 2011
This is what I teach out of for my freshman world geography class. I have some issues with it, but overall it's not a bad book to teach from.
May 4, 2016
Read this book for school. We seriously need to update new textbooks for the curriculum in order to catch up with nowadays world events.
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