Go Facts - Geography: World Events

Part of the series Go Facts - Geography.

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Go Facts is the essential, nonfiction literacy series for your whole school.

Go Facts books deliver the clear, exciting and easy-to-read nonfiction your students need. As they move up through the reading levels, your students are guided from their own experiences to the wider world around them. Each Go Facts title is a model of coherent, integrated topic development, with concepts and ideas supported by fact boxes, photographs and illustrations. Go Facts introduces the structures and conventions of nonfiction writing, presenting models that are explored via activities in the Teaching Guides (sold separately).
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We live in a connected world. Significant global events - from world sports events to natural disasters - are beamed around the world within seconds. They reach beyond their local impact to affect us all.

• Subject: Non-Fiction
• School Level*: Upper Primary
• Reading Level: 32
• Reading Age*: 9.5+ years
• Broadband: J-K
• Word Count: 2800-3200
• Lexile: 1030L

*Please note: School Level and Reading Age are a guide only.

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About the Upper Set

Written for the new Australian Geography Curriculum, the Upper set asks students: How do Australians engage with Asia? Who was Eddie Mabo and what did he achieve? How has Australia been affected by fires and floods? How did Australia respond to the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370?

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Sample Pages

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Teaching Guide

This teaching guide includes teaching notes and student worksheets on reading and writing non-fiction for all 12 Go Facts Geography titles, spanning Lower, Middle and Upper primary levels.
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