An English Village

This comprehensive teaching kit provides a variety of resources for teaching a wide range of geographical skills as well as introducing children to a specific English locality as specified in AT2 of the National Curriculum. The pack comprises: a 32 page full-colour children's storybook that tells the story of Seth, a nine-year-old boy who lives in Eyam and becomes involved in tracking down the thieves responsible for a series of burglaries in the village. The story, illustrations and photographs introduce the reader to the physical and human geography of the area. A structured teaching programme contains geographical background information, step-by-step lesson plans, photocopiable activities, homework and assessment sheets plus valuable record, pupil and curriculum development sheets. The pack will be divided into specific lesson plan sections, including landscape, weather, settlement, population, water supply, farming, transport, industry and environment. A collection of full-colour posters features maps and aerial photographs and ground level photographs of the area.