June 2nd
Final Exam
May 26th - May 28th
Review for Final Exams
May 14th - May 22th
Chapter 25, 26, 27: Africa
Upon completion of htis lesson, students will be able to:
- Describe how physical characteristics influence patterns of settlement in
Egypt
- Analyze how efforts to control the Nile River have affected agriculture in
Egypt
- Describe the regions of Nigeria
- Recognize the effect of military leadership on Nigeria's economy and
politics
- Identify the racial and economic conditions that divided life in South
Africa for most of the twentieth century
- Evaluate the systems of control that released an international backlash
against the white South African government
April 30th – May 12th
Chapter 32: Japan and the Two Koreas
Upon completion of this lesson, students will be able to:
- List the chief physical characteristics of Japan
- Explain why Japan has a variety of climates and describe what factors
encourage unity among the Japanese people
- Analyze Japan’s role in World War II and how it affected Japan’s status at
the war’s end
- Evaluate how Japan was able to prosper economically after World War II
- Explain how the Korean Peninsula became two separate countries
- Summarize why reunification is a challenge to both North Korea and South
Korea
March 26th - April 28th
Chapter 31: China
Upon completion of this lesson, students will be able to:
- Describe the results of China's early contacts with the West
- Identify internal conflicts that led to a Communist takeover
- Describe the purposes and results of the Great Leap Forward
- Explain how a series of modernizations attempted to change China
- Evaluate the factors that create a common Chinese culture and encourage
unity throughout China
- Measure how Taiwan has become an industrial power in Asia
- Examine how Hong Kong's relationship with China makes Hong Kong's future
uncertain
March 24th
TEST CHAPTER 20
March 19th
Review chapter 20
March 12th - March 24th
Chapter 20: Russia
Upon completion of this lesson, students will be able to:
- Identify the main physical characteristics of Russia
- Describe how location and climate affect ecosystems in Russia
- Analyze how Russian territory expanded under the czars
- Identify the economic and political conditions that marked the Communist
era
- Discuss how the end of Communist rule led to changes in Russia
- Identify some of the defining characteristics of life in Russia today
- Explain how ethnic turmoil challenges Russia
- Measure the economic and environmental problems facing Russia
March 10th
TEST CHAPTER 16
March 5th
Review chapter 16
February 18th - March 3rd
Chapter 16: Central Western Europe
Upon completion of this lesson, students will be able to:
- Identify the physical and economic regions of France
- Explain how language and history is related to culture in France
- Evaluate how Germany achieved unification in the 1800s and 1900s
- Explain how the physical characteristics affect Germany's economy and its
pattern of settlement
- Measure the major way in which the Dutch have changed their physical
environment
- Examine how the character of Switzerland is shaped by its history, culture
and economy
February 17th
TEST CHAPTER 15
February 13th
Review chapter 15
February 5th - 12th
Chapter 15: The british Isles and Nordic Nations
Upon completion of this lesson, students will be able to:
- Identify the major characteristics of England
- Analyze why London became one of the world's greatest commercial and
shipping centers
- Evaluate how Scotland and Wales have preserved their cultural identities
- Describe Irelan's physical characteristics
- Examine the physical and cultural characteristics that define the nordic
nations
February 3rd
TEST CHAPTER 13
January 30th
Review chapter 13
January 22nd - 29th
Chapter 13: Countries of South America
Upon completion of this lesson, students will be able to:
- Describe how migration affected the population of the Guianas
- Identify the geographic influences on Venezuela'seconomy
- Explain how the physical geography of the Andean countries has affected the
people who live there
- Compare the economies of Ecuador and Peru
- Describe the physical characteristics of the southern grassland countries
- Analyze the recent changes in political conditions in Paraguay and Uruguay
January 20th
TEST CHAPTER 10 and 11
January 16th
Review chapter 10 and 11
January 13th - 15th
Chapter 11 section 1/2: The Caribbean Islands
Upon completion of this lesson, students will be able to:
- Describe the major physical characteristics of the Caribbean islands
- Identify the ethnic roots of Caribbean culture
- Analyse the political and economic status of the Caribbean islands today
January 7th -9th
FINAL EXAMS Semester 1
January 5th
Review for Final Exams
December 4th - December 18th
Chapter 10: Mexico
Upon completion of this lesson, students will be able to:
- Identify the main physical characteristics that affect daily life in
Mexico's heartland region
- Differentiate between Mexico's four coastal regions
- Explain how Mexico became a Spanish colony
- Analyze Mexico's social problems
- Measure the main characteristics of the Mexican economy
December 2nd
TEST CHAPTER 8th
November 25th
Review chapter 8
November 13th - November 21st
Chapter 8: Canada
Upon completion of this lesson, students will be able to:
- List the main economic activities in the Atlantic Provinces
- Explain why the Great Lakes-St Lawrence Provinces have become Canada's
heartland
- Compare economic activities and patterns of settlement in the Prairie
Provinces and British Columbia
- Measure how climate and location have affected the development of the
northern territories
- Identify the historical roots of Canada's major culture groups
- Analyze why Quebec is the scene of conflict between two cultures
- Describe Canada's policy of welcoming diversity while promoting unity
- Describe Canada's relationship with the United States and other countries
November 11th
TEST CHAPTER 6
November 7th
Review chapter 6
October 30st - November 6th
Chapter 6: A profile of the United States
Upon completion of this lesson, students will be able to:
- Describe how natural resources promote the economic success of the United
States
- Analyze why transportation and communication are the keys to economic
development
- Evaluate how respect for individual freedom encourages economic growth
- Identify the ways in which metropolitan areas in the united States have
been affected by changes in transportation technology
October 28th
TEST CHAPTER 4
October 24th
Review chapter 4
October 16th - 23rd
Chapter 4: Resources and Land Use
Upon completion of this lesson, students will be able to:
- Differentiate between renewable and nonrenewable resources
- List energy sources available to nations and individuals
- Distinguish and compare four different categories of economic activities
- Evaluate data as an indicator of a country's level of development
October 14th
TEST CHAPTER 3
October 10th
Review Chapter 3
October 2nd - October 10th
Chapter 3: Population and Culture
Upon completion of this lesson, students will be able to:
- Explain why population density is distributed unevenly around th world
- Identify some possible effects of population growth
- Analyse some of the elements of culture
- Describe how culture change
- List four characteristics shared by all countries
- Evaluate how various types of government differ from one another
- Explain how various types of economic systems differ from one another
September 30th
TEST CHAPTER 2
September 26th
Review CHapter 2
September 16th - September 25th
Chapter 2: Climates and Ecosystems
Upon completion of this lesson, students will be able to:
- Describe how weather and climate are affected by the relative position of
the earth and sun
- explain how wind and ocean currents redistribute the sun's heat
- list the factors that influence the world's climate regions
- summarize why climatic change is a cause for concern
- Identify the conditions that affect life in an ecosystem
- explain why there are differents type of forests
- locate grasslands globally
- explain how life survives in harsh desert and tundras
September 12th
TEST CHAPTER 1
September 11th
Review chapter 1
August 28st - September 9th
Chapter 1: Exploring Geography
Upon completion of this lesson, students will be able to:
- identify the five themes of geography (location, place, region, movement,
human-environment interaction).
- explain that the earth consists of a core, a mantle and a crust.
- summarize the theory of plate tectonics.
- define the two types of weathering (mechanical and chemical).
- define erosion and list three common cause of erosion.
August 26th
Introduction to World Geography
