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Where are we in the World?
Globe and Mapping Activities for Primary Students
People today are aware of the importance of events in the world and their impact on all our lives, in a way that is different from other generations. We are instant global communicators as technology has shrunk the world, making regions increasingly interdependent.
To understand their local and world environment, children need to understand and use maps. And increasingly, state school curriculums indicate these skills are important, and encourage teachers to find the best way to stimulate those skills.
This guide provides many activities to help teachers stimulate interest in maps and map reading in junior primary and primary classrooms, so that reading and understanding maps becomes part of the students' currency of communication, along with literacy, numeracy and social skills.
Teachers and students will find it not only fun but a very easy way to gain interest and develop skills, using globes, atlases and the many activities, many of which have been developed and tested in Australian schools.
Produced by the Global Education Centre, the guide also lists many children's stories found in school libraries that can be used for further activities, along with other mapping resources such as web sites and games.
210 x 295 mm, paperback, 36 pages, with many b&w illustrations, photos, maps and charts.
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