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American Law: Criminal Law: UNIT OVERVIEW
$3.50This is a unit overview and student worksheet for a semester-long Introduction to American Law class. This class is taught to students who have an interest in various facets of American Law, such as law enforcement and legal studies. McGraw Hill's...$3.50 -
American Law: Intro to Law: UNIT OVERVIEW
$3.50This is a unit overview and student worksheet for a semester-long Introduction to American Law class. This class is taught to students who have an interest in various facets of American Law, such as law enforcement and legal studies. McGraw Hill's...$3.50 -
Energy and Economic Development
$5.00Content: - The importance of Energy as a driver of economic development. - Global trends and patterns of energy use. - An overview of the sources of energy used by humans and their individual advantages and disadvantages. - Iceland's Energy Mix. -...$5.00 -
Water Scarcity
$5.50Content: - The importance of water for humans and economic development. - Water sources (aquifers, boreholes, reservoirs, desalination, infrastructure.) - How countries at different levels of development use water. - Global distribution of water...$5.50 -
Growth of Global Tourism
$6.00Content: - Description of the growth of tourism globally and regionally using graphs and charts. - Reasons for the growth of tourism. - An introduction to sustainable tourism. - Bonus Case Study: the growth of tourism and its impact in Langkawi,...$6.00 -
Secondary Industries- Locational Factors and Industrial Systems
$4.50Content: - Factors affecting the location of heavy industry and hi-tech industry. - Case study overviews of Burnaston, UK and Cambridge Science Park, UK - Industrial systems including inputs, processes and outputs. - The changing location of...$4.50 -
Food Shortages and Distribution
$5.00Content: - The distribution of food across the globe looking at areas of undernourishment and areas of high obesity. - The social, economic, environmental and political causes of food shortages. - Food shortages in Somalia. Looking at the Horn of...$5.00 -
Primary Industries- Agriculture (Farming)
$5.00Primary industries- Agriculture (Farming) Content: - An overview of primary industries. - The factors that influence farming and the type of farming. - A definition of the types of farming (arable, pastoral, mixed, extensive, intensive, subsistence,...$5.00 -
Transnational Corporations (Multinationals)- Toyota
$4.00Transnational Corporations (TNCs): The case study of Toyota Content: - A definition of transnational corporations with an introduction to 5 of the world's biggest companies. - A brief history of the rise of global companies from the days of empire. -...$4.00 -
FREE- Globalization
$0.00Globalization Content: - An activity to show how students are linked to their world. - A definition of globalization and its components. - Using the origin of Premier League Soccer players to demonstrate globalization over time. - A brief...$0.00 -
FREE- Sectors of Production (primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary)
$0.00Sectors of Production- Primary, Secondary, Tertiary and Quaternary sectors. Content: - Describes the characteristics of each sector and gives a range of examples. - A case study of Apple in the quaternary sector. - A description of changes to the...$0.00 -
Development Indicators
$5.50Content: - Definitions of a range of social and economic development indicators. - The relationship between indicators (GNI per Capita and literacy). This includes a scatter graph activity. - A detailed comparison of 2 countries to explain why they...$5.50