Changes to 3rd edition
start up the same way or should people
start to use as a reset and think
differently about how we we live on this
planet
can I ask a question we got it in the
chat Susan did you say how total pages
are in the new textbook no there's 488
pages so it's not necessarily shorter
it's just been reorganized
thank you the the the next way that
we've tried to update this resource is
to make it more accessible for students
we've looked at the reading level we've
looked at the colors that are used in
the book and so there's a design there's
a new color palette using colors that
are accessible to students we
reorganized it around sections so we've
used a section numbering system we've
looked at narrative passages and
condensed them in many ways to fun to
make them were nice and easier for
students to access information and
easier to understand the content that's
there we've also gone back and looked at
charts and graphs and tried to make them
less complicated and very much ease in
terms of trying to find the information
in those charts and graphs so it will be
more accessible to all students the
third area that we've used in
terminating the material is to add the
inclusion of the graphic thinking skills
now these are different the country and
I'm not quite sure which province all of
the attendees are from at this point
some of them use different terms in
Ontario that they might see in BC versus
Manitoba or whatever but the terms that
we use in the book are close enough to
what you have in your province that
you'll be able to see how we support
that information the geo thinking skills
look at significance or spatial
significance we look at cause and
consequence of events or actions we look
at change in continuity and in some
provinces they use patterns and trends
or interrelationships so we look at
having the students analyze what they're
seeing in terms of patterns and trends
and what can they predict might happen
or looking at the past what happened in
the past how to predict what's happening
in the future there's a thinking skill
related to judgment and a thinking skill
room into perspective evidence is
graphic skills as well but the students
are using evidence in it's not labeled
but they're using evidence from a
variety of maps being data from maps
charts graphs and
photos there's also cartoons and
websites and a book that can analyze the
animation based on the thinking concept
categories the fourth area that were the
mood and looked at carefully would be to
update questions and activities the end
of chapter activities have been updated
the cabinet courts that we had there in
the past the four categories now our
knowledge and understanding thinking
critically on connect and extend your
thinking and there's a range of
activities and questions within each of
these categories so the students can
build their thinking skills and their
understanding as they go through each
chapter we've also added inquiry and so
in the case studies and some of the
skill features and at the end of the end
of chapter questions we also have an
inquiry icon that will signal that this
is activity that the students can use
and use for further research and analyze
cases in that inquiry model we have also
updated our ArcGIS activities in this
case they link to the newest arcgis
program the web-based program and I
think it's version 10 that is an online
program we've worked with Jean Tong and
ESRI we created an ArcGIS quick guide so
that it helps you use ArcGIS and a
general nature you and your students
will have that quick guidance but
there's also activities that link to
chapters with them in the book the
ArcGIS activities in the book we're done
by Jonathan Fletcher he's an Ontario
teacher but has done a lot of work with
ESRI in this area his students compete
every year in ArcGIS competition and
he's got a good handle on gaius and has
created some activities for us and I
think you'll also enjoy working on with
your students the last area that we used
for updating would be the course themes
in the last the book was focused around
two course themes globalisation and
sustainability and these underlying
themes were woven throughout all the
trajectory
and the content was linked back to that
so that the students a way to to look at
some of the contents and and concepts
and data that they were working with in
this addition we'd added a third theme
for quality of life and we feel now with
everything else happening in the world
but also globalization sustainability
really impact quality of life so adding
this third aspect this third theme makes
a lot of sense can we get the next slide
UNIT 1 LOOKING AT THE WORLD
repre you see I just changed it okay I'm
not seeing that but that's okay oh I'm
still seeing the second I'm still seeing
the second one so it might be my
internet that's gone out so what I'd
like to do now is take a brief look at
the structure the five years in this new
edition a slide you're looking at
looking at the world is the name of the
first unit it really is a short
introduction to how we want to have how
we wanted to set up the book for the use
in the rest of the chapters it's a short
introduction to issue an issue analysis
and the second edition subtitle or the
third edition subtitle has been changed
to investigating world issues so this is
really the focus of the of the book this
short introduction includes material to
help students understand topics like
review and bias and the role of media
and what we what we read in here and by
using this information it will help
students unpack the other information
that they're going to read as they go
through the rest of the book but also as
they might do research online and read
other other content pieces around what
they're around the topic we also provide
a framework for issues analysis and this
uses the concepts of concepts of
geographic thinking and this is
supported by a case study as a model
enquiring so we walk the students
through this framework we give them
questions that they might want to to
think about or ask themselves as they're
working through this framework and then
we provide a modeled inquiry to help
cement that understanding it will also
help them employ
I apply this understanding as they look
at other cases in the book we also have
kept sorry this introduction also
includes a theat the three three themes
that are woven into the rest of the
topics and lastly the unit one provides
several models that can be used to
compare countries we kept some of the
country groupings that we had in the
last edition we've also added some new
ones so that there are things like the
Emmy DCs and the led seas and other ways
that students can group countries so
that they can use that as they analyze
and do the activities in the rest of the
book we think it's best to start with
unit 1 because this provides a solid
grounding for students with the tools
that they would need to use and apply in
activities in the rest of the units as
you move into the other units in the
book you can use them at any particular
order I know that teachers like to use
some topics first and some topics with a
certain sequence we have however
provided notes in the teacher's guide so
that if you are using the chapters out
of numeric sequence you'll know that if
there's something that the students need
to work on before they get to work into
that unit so that you can actually make
sure they have the prior knowledge that
they can use to work with those those
topics and concepts so unit one is the
introduction looking at the world unit 2
if we go on to unit 2 we're now looking
HUMAN POPULATION
at demographics and this is a population
unit Barbara did your sides change yeah
we're running it - ok it sounds good
so in this case we're looking at the
human impact on the environment we're
looking at changing populations
increasing population decreasing
copulate what that means for the country
we're looking at how quality of life is
impacted by population and then we're
also looking at all the obstacles that
stand in the way of improving quality of
life in all parts of the world
so unit three is economic issues and
ECONOMIC ISSUES
this unit has been refocused to look at
the economies of the country of various
countries we look at how those economies
are affected by globalization we look at
how governments are spending their money
and what they're spending it on we're
looking at economic disparity and we're
also looking economic stability this as
I said this has been revamped rather
than focusing on international debt and
Monetary Fund's and things like that
this is looking at more at the reality
of economic ountry and we'll get your
kids thinking about opportunity costs if
they spend money on military will they
have money for education those types of
things so we're really asking some hard
questions for the students to work with
in this this particular unit unit four
is still focused on the environment in
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
this case you know four has been
expanded we've moved for wouldn't it
agriculture into this unit we've also
looked at in terms of the the approach
that we've taken we've really taken a
hard approach and hard line looking at
climate change and and looking at this
as the 21st century issue in case you
think the polar bear looks familiar on
this particular unit cover we've kept
the polar bear because the polar bear is
a symbol of climate change around the
world but in this instance it's not so
much about focusing on the polar bears
habitat in the disappearing habitat it's
on the impact that climate change is
having around the world for all people
we're looking at energy we're looking at
land and forest issues we're looking at
water issues and air issues we're
looking at things like the government
policies and practices that protect the
environment or ones that perhaps do not
protect the environment as much as they
as they should or could we're looking at
the concept of
Commons and and who actually owns the
resources and and what resources are
essential for life and we're looking at
the distribution of natural resources
and is our sustainable practices emplace
or are we using our resources to quickly
throughout all these units we have
provided information and content example
but we also provide websites for the
students to to use for further research
so that will also help keep an unit like
this up to date because things are
changing rapidly in this area and then
unit five is political issues and again
POLITICAL ISSUES
this is one that we have revamped and
expanded we've taken a broader look at
that conflict and cooperation we've
we've really looked at things like
failed states we've added that
information we've looked at conflict and
terrorism in this particular unit we've
brought in human rights
this looks at global power structures
and also world response to conflicts in
this case we're looking at what are the
agents of change are there you know
positive ways of change are there
negative ways of change we've also
looked at the social aspect of change in
this particular unit
any other questions at this point
Barbara one question about the
curriculum that was used for this book
what is the base which provincial which
province is the base of the curriculum
the book will work with curriculums
across the country we've done
correlations to Ontario to Manitoba to
BC and to Newfoundland so it will work
and in those specific provinces with the
correlations at present there are no
courses for Saskatchewan that curriculum
is in development and as is Alberta but
the content is broad world issues
content so that it will it's not linked
so closely to a specific curriculum that
you can't move any of the provision and
we have a question just about what
grades is it for the courses that are in
place right now across the country are
great for the most part are great 12 you
said yes great 12 great thank you
so now I have a few pages that I'd like
to just show how the the book design and
some of the features that we that we've
talked about on the page that you're
seeing now this is an example of how
we've embedded the themes throughout the
book in a very overt way so at the top
you can see an arrow that says theme
example and it's going down to a spot on
the page it's a full up quote and this
one in particular is quality of life we
have these quotes throughout the book
there pull up quotes from the from the
narrative and they will be different
colors for the different themes so we
have this kind of orange equality of
life
there's one for that is in green font
for sustainability and there's one in
blue font for globalization we also use
these a little icon on the left that has
the Q or the S or the G and we also
Abell activities at the end of chapter
questions with these icon initials so
that you can know if there's a question
that's related to a specific theme as
well that you want the students to work
with we've updated the stats and used
accessible colors in many cases in some
cases students have difficulty with
colors if students are color blind
certain colors on charts and graphs and
maps will make data disappear and it's
quite a remarkable experiment if you
look at some of the charts and graphs
some lines will actually disappear so
students can't even access the
information that's on there so all of
our books that we produce in social
studies have have looked at those
accessible colors to make sure that the
colors and the tones and the shades that
we use will allow students who might
have this problem so that they can can
work with the materials in our resources
the page that you see on the Left where
it says where the consequences of
population growth that's a chapter
opener and the key terms are shown there
on the left hand side and these are key
course concepts these key course
concepts are are in bold on the page
they're identified as such in the
glossary the glossary is really made up
of those those key terms and if the
students can work with these key terms
they will get they will understand the
basics of the of the course and the
basics of what makes up world issues
around the world for other difficult
vocabulary that might might be part of
what the students are reading that
vocabulary is just some defined at point
of use so we're trying to make sure that
the students have access to the to the
vocabulary as well as the key concepts
in a couple of different ways
we also have chapter focus questions on
this page and these questions really are
the ones that the students and teachers
can use to to guide the thinking guide
the understanding as they're working
through each of the chapters thanks
Barbara will gone to the next one Hey
so this is an example of the case study
in this case we're using an example from
Kerala and Kerala was in the news
recently really to cope it in terms of
control of the virus and that sort of
things so the their real-world examples
related back to key concepts or the
topic in this instance on the right hand
side you'll see that we have a small
little privilege icon that says inquiry
so this would be an example of an
inquiry activity that you could use with
your students there are websites that we
link to this and students can conduct
further research on this as well case
studies typically are two pages in
length in some cases maybe a half a page
sometimes they're just jumping off
points for the students to do for the
research and they are interspersed
throughout all the chapters in the
resource next slide Barbara what we have
a question actually right now what are
the tasks associated with the case
studies sometimes they're questions that
that students have to use to unpack the
case study times they're more critical
thinking activities that the students
would work with in terms of looking at
comparing information from that case to
the examples in the book so it's the
range of things great thank you
the slides are seen now for the chapter
questions
this shows the breakdown of the
categories of questions for the
knowledge
thinking critically apply and connect
and the extend your thinking
the labels that you see they're linked
to the geographic thinking concepts so
we've labeled them so that you can see
that the students are working with a
range of those critical thinking
concepts or geographic thinking concepts
and we also have the small icons at the
back of each of the the questions that
show or link to the theme whether its
sustainability a quality of life or
globalization so it helps you get a
balance of what the students are working
with as well in terms of the extend your
thinking in many cases the students need
to do further research to answer these
questions so again these linked to that
inquiry focus research that sort of
thing in terms of what the students
would be working on in in those
activities the implant-- connect
categories really help the students
apply their thinking to another
situation or a related situation from
the content in that chapter
and the next find Barbara so this is an
example of the working it out features
this is a refocused skill feature that
was in the second edition it's been
reformed to to support the skills of
critical thinking so you've got more of
the analysis skills that are in here
that relate back to the the topic in the
chapter so these key skills features
support key concepts they develop those
critical thinking and analysis skills
and they also hope the kids apply the
geographic thinking so I just have a -
two examples here so we have one that
looks at the effects of colonization and
then this feature always has questions
that we asked the students to help
unpack their thinking in this particular
skill activity in some cases it's a
skill activity ask them to go to a
website like Gapminder and do some
analysis there as well so those are the
students both pages not sure if anybody
Teacher Guide Support 1. Chapter Overview and Prior knowledge
has any questions on the student book
otherwise we'll move on to the teacher
guide have no new questions we did have
a question about the teacher's guide
support so this is a great segue to this
slide so just watch know lastly what is
what is added for the teacher's guide
okay so the teacher guide is is a print
teachers kind it's set up so that every
chapter has a chapter overview and kind
of hits the highest point high points
for that chapter in terms of the key
concepts what you want to make sure the
students are coming away with in terms
of understanding and again this is that
prior knowledge piece so that if there's
something that is needed to work with
the concepts in that chapter we listed
at the beginning of the teachers support
so that you know what you have to work
on to review with the students before
you might use that chapter in case
you're using the chapters out of numeric
sequence
the chapter that the teacher guide each
chapter has answers to questions and
these are questions that might appear in
captions any of the features or the end
of chapter sections so the answers are
there suggested answers for you there
are line masters the line masters are
generic so there could be outline maps
there could be some some thinking skills
organizers those sorts of things in the
generic section in the specific line
master section there are ones that are
specifically needed to to work with the
content in the activities and then we
also have assessment masters as well
you'll find these are in PDF format that
we provide in the in the print student
book and in the print teachers guide but
we also have them as word format so then
if you want to make any modifications to
them you can we also have a question
Bank that's there and the questions are
multiple choice format true/false could
be fill in the blank or short answer
these are great for quizzes they're good
for a self-assessment they're not meant
be a formal test that is you know
statistically balanced in terms we have
a range of questions this is meant to be
your short check-ins for the for the
students the files are available in word
for teacher modification we also the
arcgis activities here as well again
we're talking about that arcgis guide
that how to guide the quick guide as
well as the activities and there are hot
links on the activity so they take you
right to the ESRI site you guys are -
you are is immediately with your
students there's also a companion
website and this companion website is
meant to provide space for using the
print book quick access to the web links
so rather than having to have you
provide the web sites for them if they
go to this companion web site they will
find the links for the student book and
the arcgis activities and links at this
site we update and check annually on
this site as well as where
as a teacher you'll find the links to
the line masters in word so that you can
modify those and the links of the
question banks in word so you can modify
those and there are three sites so when
you get the teacher's guide you will
have a URL at the front of the teacher's
guide that will be listed by province so
if you're in Ontario you have a separate
companion website if you're in BC you
have a companion website and then we
have a world issue site for the rest of
the country these companion websites are
portals for other books so in Ontario
you would also have our grade 9 and
grade 10 books on there if you're using
the world issue site it would just be
that you have access to the world issues
content
and lastly in terms of pub dates and
Pub Dates & Pricing
pricing the student book is at unpress
now and it will be in stock on June 3rd
if anybody's looking for a print copy
the teacher's guide is in development as
well and it will be available August 1st
we're producing a student etext for the
english resource and that will be
available for back-to-school for August
15th and this resource is also being
produced in French and the student book
and the teacher's guide will be
available at the end of August
anything else Barbara
no and no I don't know other questions
right now I think that oh that was it
okay so that's um that's it for our
presentation um we're happy to answer
any questions that you have I'm just
gonna let everyone that's on the call
now let you all talk oh I see one
question here Susan on how recent
current is the data stats and
information the data is as recent as
it's available from the source so in
some cases if you're using census data
it's only certain debt is released on
certain dates but it's it really varies
throughout the book we've tried to get
data so it's it's is you know 2018 2019
2020 if something is available but it
just depends on the source of that data
are there any other questions most of
you should be able to talk if you want
to now I'm just I'm muting everybody so
at this time
thank everybody for joining us today and
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oh I'm just reading a comment from
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she's very excited she has ordered sheep
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thank you very much for joining us today
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we'll stay on for a little bit longer if
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thank you so much and enjoy the rest of
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