The World Today
Description
This exciting student textbook presents a contemporary global look at human geography. The World Today: Its People and Places connects your students to different cultures and geographical areas and helps them develop a sense of global awareness and responsible citizenship.
This engaging textbook includes unique and interesting features designed to help your students become geographically literate. Explore the world with your students using:
- hundreds of illustrations and stunning photographs of people and places
- detailed maps, charts, and graphs
- quotations from contemporary international and Canadian public figures
- hundreds of glossary terms conveniently highlighted in the text
- guiding questions; concluding and summary comments
Special-interest icons that appear throughout the textbook guide your students to further learning adventures, discussion topics, media investigations, opportunities for developing social studies skills, informative Internet sites, and much more. Recommended by Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth as a Manitoba grade 7 social studies learning resource.
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Contents
Introduction: Thinking Geographically
Section I: Describing this Planet
1 Where in the World
2 Our Physical World
3 Our Human World
Section II: Well-Being around the World
4 Quality of Life
5 Universal Human Rights
6 Democratic Values and Principles
7 Power and Wealth in Today's World
8 Working Together around the Globe
Section III: Societies and Ways of Life
9 Society and Culture
10 Adapting to the Natural Environment
11 Indigenous Peoples of the World
12 Comparing Cultural Expressions
13 Changing Peoples and Places
14 Health and Well-Being across the World
Section IV: Ecological Effects of Modern Societies
15 Peoples and Places of Europe
16 Peoples and Places of the Americas
17 Influences of the Past
18 Moving to the Cities
19 Toward a Sustainable World
20 Sharing the Planet
Conclusion: Making Sense of the World Today
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