This book encourages a genuine progression of ideas and skills. It contains imaginative learning activities, including games, investigations, simulations, and suggestions for fieldwork. This clearly written text features: colourful maps, diagrams, and photographs; historical sources that help to put themes in context; excellent preparation for Geography that further up the school.

 

This book is part of a book series called Oxford Geography Program .

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published 1995 by Oxford University Press .

Simon Chapman is a British children's writer. His books include the Explorers Wanted! series, of which Explorers Wanted! At the North Pole won a Blue Peter Book Award inn 2005. Simon teaches physics at Morecambe Community High School in Lancashire.

This book has the following chapters: Inside towns and cities; Living in the city; Industrial Europe; Industrial Japan; Farming Europe; Italy; Country of contrasts; Water systems; Use and abuse of water; Coastlines