Month

Content/Topic

Skills

Assessment

Standards

September

Ø  Unit 1 Intro to Geography

·         Plate Tectonics

·         Life on Earth

·         Energy and Ecosystems

·         Climate

·         Food Webs

·         Humans Emergent

·         The Original Affluent Society

·         Human Globalization

Ø  Unit 1

·         To gain an understand of the geological forces that effect human culture and the impact this has had on cultural development

·         Note Taking

·         Essay Writing

·         Critical Thinking

·         Reading for meaning

·         Maps

Ø  Unit 1

·         Chapter outline

·         Chapter Questions

·         Assessing Readings

·         Essay Exam

Ø  Unit 1

·         B12. 8,18

·         C12.1

·         E12.1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 14, 16

October

Ø  Unit 2 Constituents of Culture

·         Structure of

·         Origins of

·         Influence of

·         Comparison of

·         Religion and the Human Experience

·         Religion as a Mentafact

·         Relationship of religion to land use

1.      land

2.      economics

3.      politics

Ø  Unit 2

·         To gain an understand of human culture, cultural development and the forces that direct a cultures world views

·         Note Taking

·         Essay Writing

·         Critical Thinking

·         Reading for meaning

·         Maps

November

Ø  Unit 3 India

·         Climate

·         Population

·         Culture

·         Conflicts

·         Myths

·         Hinduism

·         Jainism

·         Buddhism

Ø  Unit 3

·         To gain an understand of Indian culture, the forces that influence Indian culture and world views

·         Note Taking

·         Essay Writing

·         Critical Thinking

·         Reading for meaning

·         Maps

December

Ø  Unit 4 Middle East

·         Climate

·         Population

·         Culture

·         Conflicts

·         Islam

·         Judaism

·         Christianity

Ø  Unit 4

·         To gain an understand of Middle East/Islamic culture, the forces that influence that culture and world views, and its impact on the world

·         Note Taking

·         Essay Writing

·         Critical Thinking

·         Reading for meaning

·         Maps

January

Ø  Unit 5 Globalization

·         Impact of the Cold War

·         Economic Capitalism

·         Global Distrobution of Wealth

·         Terrorism

·         The Out Sourcing of America

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