Incorporating project and team work, this exciting new textbook by highly experienced Geography teachers – Dermot Lucey and Jimmy Condon– addresses the curriculum in a vibrant, dynamic and skills-based way. The new specification for Junior Cycle Geography promotes ‘structured inquiry’ and an interactive approach to learning.
Features of the Textbook include:
- Key geographical skills
- Learning outcomes (LOs) unpacked into units of work and aligned to the new specification
- Non-linear approach
- Geoliteracy
- New and up-to-date ‘Focus on’ feature
- Mind-map summaries for each chapter
- Dedicated chapters on classroom-based assessments
- Inclusive content for all students, with extension activities for more able students
- Well illustrated, with up-to-date images, maps, aerial photos, tables, graphs and infographicsFeatures of the Workbook include:
- Student checklist of topics covered to help them prepare for the finalexamination
- Variety of both summative and formative assessment strategies
- Sections focused on both classroom-based assessments
- Reflective learning log called Map My Learning Journey at the end of each topic to help with the reflective aspect of the assessment task
- Questions focused on geographical skills and geoliteracy(interactions, interconnections and implications)
- Lots of questions on visual sources in order to develop key geographical skills, such as data analysis
- Differentiated questions suitable for all students
Teachers’ Resource and Planning Book includes:
- Unit-of-work plan
- A scheme-of-work planning guide
- Digital resources section
- Active teaching methodologies and differentiation strategies
- Links to JC Key Skills and Statements of Learning
