Botswana

- A comprehensive series designed to showcase particular features of a country.- Provides maps, timelines, fast facts, charts, sidebars, and vivid four-color photographs that complement the text.- Also includes a To Find Out More section.Grades 5-8 Social StudiesCulture: I- Explain how language, literature, the arts, architecture, traditions, beliefs, values, and behaviors contribute to the development and transmission of culture.Time, Continuity, & Change: II- Identify and use key concepts such as chronology, change, and conflict to explain and show connections among patterns of historical change and continuity.People, Places, & Environments: III- Elaborate mental maps of locales, regions, and the world that demonstrate understanding of relative location, direction, size, and shape.