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U.S. Department of Education
Office of Educational Research and Improvement
Helping Your Child Learn Geography
October 1996
CONTENTS
Title Page
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction
Location: Position on the Earth's Surface
Learning Direction
Get the Map Habit
Location Is Everything!
Place: Physical and Human Characteristics
There's No Place Like Home
Faraway Places
What's the Climate Like?
Relationships Within Places: Humans and Environments
Notice How You Control Your Surroundings
Notice How You Adapt to Your Surroundings
Movement: People Interacting on the Earth
Different Ways to Travel
Follow the Movement of People and Things
Follow the Movement of Ideas and Information
Regions: How They Form and Change
Examine Physical Regions
Examine Cultural Regions
Conclusion
3 Different Maps of Salt Lake City, Utah
References
What Does Your Fourth-Grader Know?
Glossary
Suggested Reading
Computer Software and CD-ROMS
Internet Resources
Free or Inexpensive Materials
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