Through examples and activities, teachers can find ways to stimulate student thinking and motivate their learning. The resource helps students make the connections between subject areas and apply their newly constructed understandings in other contexts. The authors provide planning models for constructing interdisciplinary units and addressing assessment and evaluation. The resource includes a table of contents, an index, and sample unit starters. This resource looks at Elementary to Middle Level students' acquisition and reporting of information in both oral and written formats.
Chapters focus on interviews, narratives, letters, formal research, and reporting.
The resource also includes a table of contents and an index. Andrew, Wayne, et al. Focussing on several countries around the world, this resource explores patterns in communities, population, food production, goods and services. Sections of the book study people in transition, migration and mobility of people, tourism, and the global village. Extensive, easily understood text provides background contexts for teachers or research information for students who are investigating ways in which geography influences human interaction.