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Geography for Common Entrance: Teacher's Resource Book
Geography for Common Entrance Teacher's Resource Book Author:John Widdowson This text is for all schools preparing pupils for Common Entrance Geography. Prepared in collaboration with Paul Baker, Chief Examiner for ISEB's Common Entrance Geography, this book comprehensively covers the thematic content of the Common Entrance Geography Syllabus, through an enquiry-based approach. It uses stimulating activities and real-li... more »fe cases as a way into geographical enquiry. It provides in-depth investigations and purposeful tasks which aim to challenge pupils and deepen their understanding. The material is adapted from John Widdowson's best-selling series of Key Stage 3 textbooks "Earthworks", with extra material written specifically for this edition. Each unit in the Pupil's Book includes material at four levels: Groundwork - which introduces the unit based on pupils' experience of geography; Framework - which covers all the key geographical ideas and syllabus content necessary for understanding the unit; Building Blocks - which provides two or three geographical enquiries based on the Framework ideas, using real places and case studies at a range of scales; and Digging Deeper - which provides an in-depth look at a topical issue related to the unit to extend the more able pupils. This Teacher's Resource Book provides: teaching notes and worksheets to support all the main enquiries in the Pupil's Book; extensive advice on differentiation and assessment; and, additional support for teaching map-reading skills and locational knowledge.« less