Big Ideas Humanities 1

Description

This textbook is based on a philosophy of big ideas, and relates concepts back to the big ideas underpinning History, Geography, Economics and Civics and Citizenship.Title overview (PDF)

Author description

Over the last ten years Maggy Saldais has been actively involved in a range of education publishing programs and is also completing her first novel. Mark Easton is a full-time teacher and Head of Humanities at Saint Margaret's School in Berwick. He has taught Geography, History and English for over twenty years and over the last decade has contributed to many school textbooks and atlases and has also written a novel, Kazim the Great.

Table of contents

Part 1: History: Civilisations and societies1. History skills - How do we process information? 2. Ancient Egypt - How do civilisations develop? 3. Ancient Greece - How do civilisations influence one another? 4. Ancient Rome - Why do civilisations rise and fall? 5. Ancient China - How do civilisations compare?Part 2: Geography: Sustainability and Diversity6. Geospatial skills - How do we enquire about the world? 7. Australian environments - Why do environments change? 8. Water - How do we sustain resources? 9. Endangered species - Why is diversity under threat?Part 3: Economics: Sustainability and Diversity10. Economics and business - How does an economy work?Part 4: Civics and Citizenship: Civilisations and societies11. Citizenship and Australia's political system - How does a society work?