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Country & Locality Studies

AFRICA - ASIA - LATIN AMERICA - THE CARIBBEAN
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	Peru: The Aguilar Family One of 'The Big Families Packs', an innovative series offering pupils an exciting and accessible opportunity to study family life in a distant locality. Each pack contains laminated photoboards which illustrate a range of topics such as families, food, health, journeys and water; on the reverse is information about each topic and practical classroom activities. Also available in the series: · Ghana: The Mahama Family · Bangladesh: The Hawlader Family KS1 ActionAid £51.75 each
	Lima Lives: Children in a Latin American City Any study of a city in an economically developing country should not give purely negative images of hopeless poverty, and Lima Lives aims to give an idea of how people in Lima believe in a better future and are trying to realise it, despite environmental and economic difficulties. KS2 SCF £12.00
	Pampagrande: A Peruvian Village A study of a Peruvian mountain village and its links with the local market town. Focuses on the daily life of the Cubas Guevara family. KS2 ActionAid £17.25 See also the picture book, set in the village of Pampagrande, From beans to batteries'.
	Tocuaro: A Mexican Village Contains 8 A2 colour photoboards, teacher's handbook and A1 display poster. Photocopiable activities, lesson plans and background information are all included. The pack covers aspects of geography and is also linked across the curriculum to other subjects. KS1 Worldaware/GA £45.00
	Tocuaro: A Mexican Village A colourful 36-page pupils' book featuring the home, school and working lives of the Horta family (local mask-makers). Insights are also provided into the eruption of the Paricutin volcano, pollution in Lake Patzcuaro, religion, history and culture, and activities included. KS2 Worldaware £5.45 (Value pack with 10 pupil books: £49.50)