EHS PRE-AP WORLD GEOGRAPHY 1

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9 weeks: 2014-2015

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
August 25
First Day of Semester

Meet and Greet
26

Introduction to course
27

Introduction to course
28
Summer Assignment Due &
First Crossing Exam
2 MAJOR GRADES!

29
Why is Geography important:
collaborative learning

LATE Summer Assignment
Due for a total score of a
60%
Sept 1

Labor Day
No School
2
6 Elements of
Geography

3
LATE Summer Assignment
Due for a total score of a
50%

Maps & Map Skills
4

Map Lesson:
World Rally
5
Landforms

HWK: ACADEMIC
VOCAB
Due:
8
Climates & Climate and
Vegetation MAP SHOT of the
World
Finish Climate Regions
Graphic Organizer

9
Human Geography:
Cultures


10
Cultures cont.

First Impressions
11
Population

Human Systems and
Population
12
Economics:
Types of Economic
Systems
15
Government Systems
Intro and review of
types of Govt
16
Urban Systems:
Understanding Cities
17

Review of 6 Elements
18
6 Elements/ Academic
Vocab Quiz
19

UNIT 2: US AND
CANADA
Introduction
22

Mapping Lab Challenge 4

MAJOR GRADE

23
Finish mapping lab
challenge 4; begin
Challenge 5
Academic Vocab
Due:
24

SQ3R: North America
Reading with review
questions
25
Climate & Vegetation
MAPSHOT of US and
Canada
IF YOU DO NOT FINISH
IN CLASS- FINISH FOR
HWK
26

Fort Bend County Fair
Day
No School
29
Places and Regions within
the US and Canada:
Physical and Political
Maps
30
Physical Processes
impacting the US and
Canada
Oct 1
Demographic Indicators in the
US and Canada:
Why do people settle where
they settle
Immigration Document NOW
2
Changes in settlement
patterns:
Migration, immigration,
Urbanization
3
Socratic Seminar: US
Immigration Policy
6
Voting Patterns and Future
Trends in US and Canadas
Population
7
Interpreting and
Constructing Population
Pyramids
8
Environmental Issues in the
US and Canada
Environmental challenges and
natural hazards
9
USA as a Superpower; Global
Interdependence
Trade, foreign relations,
Columbian Exchange, and
American Popular Culture
10
DBQ Explained:
Immigration in the
United States and
Canada
13
Political and Physical
Maps Quiz

14
Review
15
UNIT ONE EXAM

16

Debrief US and Canada
Exam
17
End of 1
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Nine Weeks


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