Read and discover all about cities around the world. What buildings can you find in cities? What can tourists do in cities? Read and discover more about the world! This series of non-fiction readers provides interesting and educational content, with activities and project work.
You read between the lines of 'Cities (Oxford Read and Discover Level 2)' and realize Richard Northcott isn't playing safe.. it completely shreds the sanitized official narratives fed to the public, a solid piece of writing that respects the reader's brain.
The book itself was rather basic, like saying there are many people in cities then reiterating that fact every chapter, but the chapter headings were interesting enough that my class was able to create their own cities, while drawing their attention to points such as where does a city get its water and how is it cleaned? What other (with less pollution) transportation is available? What are the benefits of building up vs building out? Etc. So for our purposes, it was good.