Change is all around us (and happening more quickly all the time, or so they say). Identifying change is vital to any geography course. One of the best ways of helping students understand change is to look at a specific locality and see how it has evolved.

The clearest way of seeing change over time is through maps of different periods from, say, the mid 19th century to today. The kind of maps most likely to engage your students are those which cover an area familiar to them (say that of your school).

Your area’s evolutions can now be clearly seen with the Cassini Map Teaching Set which draws on several epochs of Ordnance Survey maps. There is no better source of British cartographic information. Whatever changes may befall the National Curriculum, these are first-hand geo-historical documents and so vital for any study of the landscape.

OS maps are accurate, objective and consistent. Using them will help engender the same qualities in your students’ geographical work and will be relevant to a wide range of classroom activities.

Until now, though, finding such maps was difficult. Areas of coverage, scales, symbols and designs have all changed over time. Libraries and record offices would have to be visited and permissions sought before a set of historical maps of your area could be obtained.

But now, with the Cassini Map Teaching Set, this problem is solved. You simply specify the postcode that you want as the centrepoint and we supply five OS maps from across the last 200 years or so, each covering the same area and at the same scale.

Another problem is solved, too. Maps, like any printed product, can get damaged. A set of maps supplied digitally, however, remains in perfect condition year after year for you to display on your whiteboard or intranet or to print out, as you wish.

The Cassini Map Teaching Set comprises five OS maps at successive periods from the mid 19th century to the present day, each covering at 1:50,000 the same 19km x 12 km area centred on your school’s postcode (or any other postcode in England or Wales). It comes complete with a set of worksheets and lively, informative background notes useful for teachers and students alike. A lifetime school licence is included and no pre-payment is needed.

The cost is normally £49.95 (+ VAT), but you can get 10% off if you order before 31 Oct 2014. Please enter the discount coupon X-HHG if ordering online or quote it if ordering by fax, tel or email.

For more information and to place orders:

• Web: http://www.cassinimaps.co.uk/shop/education.asp
• Email: schools@cassinimaps.com
• Fax: 01536 399 012
• Phone: 0845 2594131

(If ordering by fax, tel or email, please specify your school name and address, the postcode on which your maps are to be centred (even if this is the same as the school’s), the discount coupon and a contact tel and email.)

There is no escaping the fact that we live in a commercial world. This brings with it the potential risk of children viewing harmful or inappropriate material.

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) regulates UK ads to ensure that they are truthful and socially responsible. A crucial part of that process is putting the protection of children and young people at the heart of its work.

Ad:Check – Understanding Advertising Regulation is the ASA’s teaching resource which explores the big issues surrounding advertising and the impact which ads can have on young people.

Launched in 2012 and newly revised to reflect curriculum changes, the resource has relevant learning links to the curriculum for English at KS3 and KS4, and offers a range of flexible, easy-to-use lesson plans and class activities that will:

 Encourage active learning, rich in student talk, discussion and questioning.

 Prompt students to develop skills of visual literacy, thinking critically, constructively and creatively in analysing and evaluating evidence.

 Help students with presenting ideas in a variety of forms and justifying conclusions.

 Enable students to solve problems and develop their analytical skills while being encouraged to think creatively about topical issues, through decision-making exercises.

Ad:Check is FREE to download from the ASA website, where a library of broadcast, non-broadcast advertisements and other useful resource material are also available.

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