A World of Communities is designed to meet the most common curriculum standards for elementary students in world history, geography, and economics. The text and activity book integrate numerous skill-building elements in the areas of mapreading and geographical literacy, interpretation of visual information, understanding and appreciating literature, multicultural and tolerance studies, history, and reading strategies.
Key themes and concepts include:
- Understanding the physical world around usUnderstanding the relationship between topography and how people live and work
- Understanding what a community is and how it functions
- Understanding and appreciating different communities
- Understanding and appreciating different cultures
- Understanding and appreciating individuals as part of a larger culture
- Comparing other cultures and communities to one's own
- Understanding how cooperation and conflict affect people
- Chapter 1: INDIA (Bombay)
- Chapter 2: CHINA (Guangzhou)
- Chapter 3: RUSSIA (Moscow)
- Chapter 4: SOUTH AFRICA (Johannesburg)
- Chapter 5: ISRAEL (Jerusalem)
- Chapter 6: ENGLAND (London)
- Chapter 7: PUERTO RICO (San Juan)
- Chapter 8: ST. VINCENT and the Grenadines
World of Communities - Student Text (paperback edition) (World of Communities),Marcia S. Gresko,Blackbirch Press,1567112978,Children's Books/Ages 9-12 People & Places,Children: Grades 3-4,Community life,Geography,History - General,Juvenile Nonfiction,Juvenile literature,People & Places - General,Social Science - Sociology,Social Sciences
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