A Thai Journey ISBN No. 1 86366 380 0 What does the book consist of and how can it be used in the classroom? Follow the links below for a content listing and for samples of the materials and approaches in the book.

Content and Strands
A curriculum guide and book contents

Sample Materials
A sample from Unit 2: 'Thai Teenagers Today: In their own words'

Teacher Information and Student Activities
Student activities that supplement the material in A Thai Journey with accompanying teacher information.

Content and Strands

1. Lotuses and Lights: Theravada Buddhism in Thai daily life
   Students investigate the importance of Theravada Buddhism in the daily lives of Thai people.

   SOSE Strands

   Time, Continuity and Change

   Culture

2. Thai Teenagers Today: In their own words
   Students investigate some of the similarities and differences between themselves and people of their own age in urban and rural Thailand.

   SOSE Strands

   Culture

3. Tourism in Thailand: A growing industry
   Students investigate why Thailand promotes tourism and identify the impacts of tourism in different forms and locations.

   SOSE Strands

   Place and Space

   Culture

   Resources

4. Red Light or Green Light? Regulating Bangkok's traffic
   Students investigate Bangkok's urban transport, examine and assess the range of variables affecting its development and recommend transport options which will enable efficient and comfortable movement around the city.

   Place and Space

   Resources

5. Thailand's Golden Age: Life at ancient Sukhothai
   Students investigate significant aspects of life in Thailand's past by assuming the roles of historians, working together to interpret evidence and draw conclusions.

   SOSE Strands

   Time, Continuity and Change

   Place and Space

   Culture

6. Water, Water - Where? Managing Thailand's water resources
   Students investigate issues of water shortages and use in urban and rural settings in Thailand and recommend how Bangkok might obtain the water it needs without causing shortages elsewhere.

   SOSE Strands

   Place and Space

   Resources

   Natural and Social Systems

7. My Leader, My King: Monarchy and leadership in Thailand
   Students investigate the role and place of the monarchy in contemporary Thailand by exploring the concept of monarchy and defining the generic qualities of good leadership.

   SOSE Strands

   Culture

   Natural and Social Systems

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