Geography

This series offers a thematic and coherent pathway through the geography attainment targets, developing the skills and knowledge demanded at this level. Locality studies involving real children in real situations are at the centre of the series. There is a progression in terms of location and scale - from local to regional to international communities. Throughout the series the relationship between people and the environment is constantly referred to. The effect each has on the other is used to link the themes covered and to promote a conscious understanding of the effects, uses and abuses that humanity has on the environment.;"Oliver & Boyd Geograpy" at Key Stage 2 combines all the aspects of geographical study within locality studies. This introduces pupils to the need for constant comparisons in geography, as well as encouraging cross-curricular links, especially with history and the changes that can occur to a place over time.;There are five pupils' books, teacher's guides and copymaster packs provided at Key Stage 2, one of each is supplied for each year at Key Stage 2. These take pupils right up to National Curriculum level 5, thus bridging the link between primary and secondary geography education.;The pupils' books are designed to be used as a starting point for discussions in the classroom. These topic-based books establish a context through which geographical themes and their cross-curricular links can be investigated. They are for group and individual reading and aim to promote discussion and so can act as a springboard into other topics and other subjects. The questions in the pupils' books are used to focus on key themes and to develop the skills of observation, recording and interpreting information. Question boxes are introduced in Key Stage 2 for further study and discussion and pupils are encouraged to examine the issues covered in greater detail than is expected at Key Stage 1.