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School Price: $38.95

Format:
Paperback
64 pp.
full colour photographs & illustrations, 9" x 11"

ISBN-13:
9780195416848

Publication date:
October 2003

Imprint: OUP Canada

Discovering Communities

Series Editor: J. Bradley Cruxton

Series : Discovery Series

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Discovering Communities examines and compares Canada's urban and rural communities, with a focus on human and environmental interactions. Students will compare the communities' cultural backgrounds, as well as their use of space and services within the community. This book also investigates and describes the interaction between people and the environment, such as their dependence on nature for food, water, and energy.

Through the use of Discovering Communities, students will develop geographic skills, including general map and globe skills.

French version Je decouvre les communautes available. Please contact Chenelière Éducation (www.cheneliere.ca) for details.

Readership : G3 Social Studies students nationwide

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J. Bradley Cruxton is with the Durham Board of Education.

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Special Features

Designed to meet the expectations for the Geography strand of the Ontario curriculum guidelines for grade 3
Students learn about the comparisons between urban and rural communities. They compare the communities' cultural backgrounds as well as their use of space and services
Written in a two-page spread format for easy reading, the text is richly illustrated in full colour, with maps, illustrations, and photographs