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EUROPE IN THE ROUND

HTML version 11

What’s new?

INTERNET DELIVERY and/or CD ROM
Over 17,500 screens on the EU, its Institutions (incl. Council, Commission and Parliament), 25 Member States incl. 10 additional countries, 3 candidate countries (Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey), 3 EFTA countries (Iceland, Norway and Switzerland), 243 Regions and the rest of Europe incl. 26 other countries.

Delivered by CD ROM, Web or both, there are licences for single/multiple sites, wide area networks, home users and additional off-site use by annual subscription which includes two editions in a 12 month period.

Detailed information on over 130 topics supported by text, tables, graphics, maps, charts and colour photographs under 4 main headings:
<< People and Places >> << Geography and Travel >>
<< Business and Work >> << Study and Research >>

National and Regional information
Data on 243 regions
On-screen comparisons of text and data - one country or all
Gazetteer entries on 539 cities and over 550 European Universities

Curriculum Resource for KS 3; GCSE, 'AS' / ’A’ Level and GNVQ / SVQ / VCE

Europe in the Round contains curriculum-related content (UK) for the following subject areas:

Mathematics - KS2, KS3, GCSE; P5-P7, S1-S6
Geography - KS2, KS3* (incl. for QCA scheme of work); GCSE*; P5-P7, S1-S6
Business - GCSE, 'A' level, GNVQ* - Foundation/Intermediate; VCE; S1-S6, SGA (all levels)
Economics - GCSE, 'A' level; S1-S6
Leisure and Tourism - GNVQ* - Foundation/Intermediate; VCE Travel and Tourism, Leisure and Recreation, S1-S6, SGA (all levels)
Health and Social Care - - Foundation/Intermediate; VCE; SGA (all levels)
Citizenship - KS3*, KS4*
Key/Core skills - Communication*, ICT*, Application of Number*/Numeracy
*These subjects are supported by relevant Worksheets and Assignments, as well as Quizzes and Introductory activities

Europe in the Round is also useful for :
Languages - providing background information about the country being studied, with elementary vocabulary and links to websites in the languages being studied.
Politics - see particularly the EU section and the screens on Government and Politics for each of the main 18 countries.
PSHE - with content relevant to Citizenship and sustainable development.
Modern Studies
Careers advice

Europe in the Round provides:

substantial support for:
Citizenship at KS3* and KS4*
Geography at KS2, KS3* and KS4* (GCSE)

(* supported by Worksheets and Assignments, Quizzes and Introductory Activities)

a fair amount of support for:
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) at KS3 and KS4
Science (Environmental) at KS3 and KS4
Modern Foreign Languages - providing background information about the country being studied, with elementary vocabulary and links to websites in the languages being studied.

and some support for
English
Mathematics
History

Religous Education

OTHER FEATURES

Easy navigation - runs entirely from drop-down menus
Statistics (tables and charts, incl. Excel spreadsheets) often showing trends over several years
Over 2500 copyright-free colour photographs for downloading and editing
Over 600 maps, 34 different types, many for each of at least 28 countries plus blanks for user’s own information plus optional web-links to city/road maps
Curriculum maps, worksheets, assignments and lesson plans
Output/input of text, data, graphics, maps, photos to/from other applications
'Collections' facility for storing individual student projects