Help students become more geographically literate and better prepared for the global communtity. A variety of high-interest activities and reading passages help students develop skills in understanding the spatial world, places and regions, human systems, environment and society, and the uses of geography. A Mac/Win CD gives teachers the options of printing maps and activities as transparencies or as student reproducible pages. Each book features 18 units that focus on 18 National Geography Standards, including:*How to use maps and other geographic representations*The physical and human characteristics of a place*The characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems on Earth"s surface*The process, patterns, and functions of human settlement*How human actions modify the physical environment*How to apply geography to interpret the past