Drawn from a Granada TV series on endangered cultures, Disappearing World
CD-ROM (Yorkshire International Thompson Multimedia, £29.99 + £10
education supplement, ISBN 0 172 32018 6) is aimed at Key Stage 3 (12+). It
forces students to think about social differences rather than just collecting
information. Excellent still photography, uncomfortably jerky video.
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