New Edition!
- Updated content: case studies, chapter examples, statistics
- Quality of Life added as a new theme, in addition to the
- globalization and sustainability themes
- New focus on inquiry process and activities
- New focus on forms of analysis and geographic thinking
- New ARC GIS activities
- Re-organized table of contents - with link to Big Ideas
- from the curriculum
- Available in French
Updates and New Features to 3rd Edition
- Course themes- quality of life, globalization, and sustainability
- These course concepts will appear as:
- Narrative inserts, within the body of the paragraphs, to highlight the relevant theme and to pose
- a question to students based on their reading in that section
- Captions and questions found within captions
- Case Studies and Working it Out Features will include questions on these concepts as relevant
- End of Chapter questions related to a specific theme will be marked by an icon at the end of the question (Q, G, S)
- Images will be updated, engaging and relevant to the context of the chapter; captions will support critical thinking and will include a question.
- Maps, Chart, and Graphs updated and redesigned for accessibility as well as for easier reading on the page.
- New Reading Supports to help make this resource more accessible to all students: bolded words provide a definition at point of use on the page, all bolded words appear in a glossary at the end of the resource, section heads will be numbered, and additional sub-heads added to break up text blocks and to guide reading.
- Working it Out - skill development feature designed to help students apply critical thinking and analysis skills.
- Case Study - is an in-depth look at an example designed to support the content of the chapter section.
- Did You Know feature provides an interesting piece of information related to the content on the page.
- Weblinks - one or more links support content on that page; allows for content to be kept current in some cases; supports student research and inquiry; links are updated annually
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