Textbook Revolution

Taking the Bite Out of Books

Kerala Geography

Filed under: [ economics, geography, high-school ]

http://www.education.kerala.gov.in/eng_geo.htm

The Government of Kerala, India, has put together a series of free online textbooks for high school students. This link is to the geography book in the series. Each chapter is a separate PDF file. The books each have a specific audience, and many start with the assumption that students already have some education on the subject matter.

Western readers might find that the writing style and graphics aren’t comparable to western textbooks, but the material is covered fairly well in each book and a dedicated student will probably find something useful. This book has a particularly broad view of geography, covering topics as diverse as the evolution of man, the international monetary fund, accounting, and plate tectonics. The chapter on evolution has the potential to offend some politically sensitive western readers.

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