Publisher's Synopsis
GCSE Geography in Focus is a major new one-volume course book for GCSE Geography. It provides clear and systematic coverage of all issues-based GCSE Geography specifications through a stimulating enquiry-led approach.
The Student's Book covers the core content of all the major Geography specifications through lucid explanation and carefully chosen in-depth and topical case studies.
Throughout the course, questions, activities and tasks are provided to:
- develop students' ability to think geographically - to see patterns, make connections and explain concepts
- deepen students' understanding of the content
- improve students' geographical skills, thinking skills and key skills
- encourage students to become more independent learners
- support exam preparation by focusing on ways to compile revision notes and suggesting how to use case study knowledge more strategically when answering examination questions.
The Student's Book won the GA Silver Award for outstanding secondary material and is an ideal companion to GCSE courses from all boards. It brings fresh teaching ideas to traditional content areas, as well as intriguing new case studies and topics and a range of tasks unparalleled in any other GCSE Geography textbook.
This Teacher's Resource Book provides fully photocopiable masters supporting the major tasks in the Student's Book, including resource sheets, writing frames, sorting frames, extension tasks, support tasks and homework sheets.
Additional teacher's notes to accompany the worksheets are available to download free of charge from www.hoddersamplepages.co.uk/geog.htm
