This exciting new teacher resource provides a Studies of Asia context that links together the key learning areas of Studies of Society and Environment, and Numeracy.
Asia Counts - Secondary comprises an imaginative collection of activities that have students developing and applying:
- a sense of number
- a spatial sense
- the ability to handle data and interpret situations involving change
- knowledge and use of measurement
- the ability to recognise and describe patterns and trends leading to conjecture and decision-making.
Numeracy notes are included for all activities and exercises, encouraging the use of computer-based skills in generating spreadsheets, drawing and mapping, and accessing the Internet to obtain the latest data on topics covered. This book provides opportunities for students to enrich their understanding of other countries and cultures while applying practical numeracy skills to the study of current issues. Also available in primary version.
Review
This book is an excellent teacher resource which could be used in a number of different learning areas, being useful to those who wish to teach particular skills though a focus study might wish to be able to dip into a text and take a case study to develop skills currently being taught. Therefore this is useful form either a skills or subject focus.
The book is also quite versatile in that it could be used from years 7 to 10, with activities that are readily adaptable to different age levels. For example ‘International Travel Tasks’, ‘Urbanisation in Asia’, and ‘What is the Silk Road?’. In each unit of work there are a number of activities that support the information material, with explanations of how to incorporate these into each lesson. Also included are unit summaries and outcome outlines.
An extremely useful and user friendly resource.
*Reproduced with permission
Erica Brown, teacher, ACT
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