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For grade school teachers - FOCUS on Geography offers readings and facts as background for lesson-plan development on such timely and timeless topics as: "Markets, Bazaars and Suqs" by Stewart McHenry (43/2); "The Pacific Islands: A New Geography" by Robert J. Sager (38/2); "China's Silk Roads: A Modern Journey to China's Western Regions" by R.W. McColl (41/2); "The Otogar is the Way to Go: By Bus Through Turkey" by Donald F. Lynch (44/4) - and many more, available through a search of the FOCUS Index -- see below. Also see below for information on Teacher Liaison and Geographical Alliance orders.
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For junior-high and high-school teachers and students - FOCUS on Geography offers issues devoted to one country and special "in-depth" sections that can be used by teachers and students. For example: "Living With and Teaching About the Glaciated Landscape" (46/1); "Living With and Teaching About Karst" (45/2); "Brazil" by Brian J. Godfrey (45/4); "Scotland" by Alistair Cruickshank and Richard V. Smith (46/2); "Greece" forthcoming, by Stewart McHenry (46/4). Other Special Theme Sections are listed below. Also see below for information on Teacher Liaison and Geographical Alliance orders.

For university and community-college students, researchers, and teachers - FOCUS on Geography articles provide fifty years of perspectives and data from prominent geographers on the issues and places that shape our Earth. Recent examples include "Impressions of a New South Africa" by Alan Lester (45/2); "Indian Gaming in the United States: Distribution, Significance, and Trends" by Dick G. Winchell, John F. Lounsbury and Lawrence M. Sommers (44/4); "The Great Flood of '93" in three parts, by David H. Hickcox (v.43); "Sun, Fun and a Rum Deal: Perspectives on Development in the Caribbean" by Robert B. Potter and Sally Lloyd-Evans (44/4); "Women Travellers at Fins de Siecles" by Briavel Holcomb (43/4); and many more.
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Focus is the magazine of the American Geographical Society. In 1950 FOCUS was a four-page, two-color leaflet on a single subject, published ten times a year.   Today, FOCUS on Geography is a forty-page, full-color quarterly magazine with numerous articles written by well-known academic and professional geographers; in-depth theme sections; maps and photos; and special country issues. Written and edited by geographers, FOCUS for decades has provided geographical information and perspectives in a relaxed and readable style for a wide range of audiences.
FOCUS is published by the American Geographical Society, 120 Wall Street, Suite 100, New York, NY 10005-3904 in cooperation with the Department of Geography/Earth Science, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, La Crosse, WI 54601. Printed by La Crosse Graphics, La Crosse Wisconsin.

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