Phil Gersmehl
Foreword by Michael Solem

320 Pages Size: 7" x 10"
Paperback + CD-ROM August 2008 ISBN 978-1-59385-715-8 Cat. #5715 Price: $46.00 $39.10 order	Hardcover August 2008 ISBN 978-1-59385-749-3 Cat. #5749 Price: $77.00 $65.45 order

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Introduction: Before We Start

1. One Perspective: A Way of Looking at the World

2. Two Blades of a Scissors: Logical Cooperation

3. Three Strands of Meaning: Cognitive Psychology and Geography

4. Four Cornerstones: Foundation Ideas of Geography

5. Five Themes: Meeting the Standards

6. Spatial Thinking: Geographical Skills

7. Three Kinds of Tests for Three Kinds of Meaning

8. A Multiwheeled Cart: Understanding Resistance to Educational Change

9. Pairs of Tools, Working in Cooperation

10. Building a Palace

* Afterword

* Appendix. Some Facts Every Geography Student Should Know for Perspective

* Illustrations (Transparency Masters)

* Index of Geographic Locations

* Glossary and Index

* CD-ROM with Classroom Exercises, State Requirements, and Interactive Teaching Tools