Regions: Adventures in Time and Place, Grade 4

by James A. Banks, Barry K. Beyer, Gloria Contreras

Regions is a textbook that covers the different areas of the United States in much detail. It also has a handbook to teach the child how to read a social studies text. It covers finding the main idea, sequencing, making predictions, comparing and contrasting, summarizing, and the text is full of color visuals.

512 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

James A. Banks is the Kerry and Linda Killinger Endowed Chair in Diversity Studies Emeritus at the University of Washington, Seattle. He was the Russell F. Stark University Professor at the University of Washington, 2001–2006. Professor Banks is a past president of the American Educational Research Association and of the National Council for the Social Studies. He is a specialist in social studies education and multi­cultural education and has written widely in these fields.