Poems for the Geography Classroom - Pack

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Poems for the Geography Classroom is a collection of around fifty poems, predominantly for use at Key Stages 2 and 3. They help to bring a diverse range of topics to life, stimulate debate and discussion, and enable students and teachers to be creative in lessons. The poems are complemented by a range of practical ideas and suggestions of how they can be used imaginatively in the classroom. Key points *The poems are highly flexible in that they can be used at face value or more imaginatively, with the aid of the twenty practical strategies suggested. *The clever rhyming techniques employed appeal to learners of all ages and abilities. *Excellent cross-curricular links between Geography and English are promoted. *Diverse topics are covered, from Physical and Human to Environmental Geography. *The resource includes text on CD for easy printing. *Practical, hands-on resources that are tried and tested. Mark Cowan is an experienced Geography teacher in a successful 11-18 school in Stockton-on-Tees in North East England. He is married with one daughter. His poems have also featured in other educational resources and their success has prompted a full book devoted to Geographical topics.