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Migration, Unit 3

by (author) Jennette MacKenzie, Susan Green & Ruth Hay

Publisher
Portage & Main Press
Initial publish date
Aug 2009
Category
General
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    ISBN
    9781553792024
    Publish Date
    Aug 2009
    List Price
    $69.00

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Description

Based on the Ontario Social Studies Curriculum, 2004 Lessons in this unit: Why People Move Barriers to Migration Human Mobility and Technology What Is Culture? Culture and Migration Canada and Migration Reading Geography is written specifically for geography students who struggle with the high reading level and concept overload of textbooks. Each consumable unit in the series is concise, focused, and written below grade-level. Students are encouraged to jot notes in the margin, and underline or highlight important information within the text. Each lesson includes: a reading strategy to help students navigate the text a think-aloud that models the reading strategy a brief summary of the key concept charts, diagrams, and graphic organizers that help make complex geography concepts more accessible to students a real-world connection activity

About the authors

Jennette MacKenzie has been an educator for more than 30 years and has enjoyed many roles: classroom teacher, teacher-librarian, consultant, principal/co-ordinator of programs for elementary and secondary schools. Jennette has worked extensively for Brock University, teaching principals' training courses and additional qualifications courses. She has worked at the Faculty of Education and at the provincial Ministry of Education and Training. Jennette works extensively with teachers and administrators across the country providing in-service and workshops.

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Susan Green is a writer of children's fiction and instructional materials for educational resources. She has worked in educational publishing in a variety of subject areas for Grades K-8 for 25 years, as an editor, project developer, and publisher.

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