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-World Geography

Let's take a journey around the world, This is a full year class. We begin our study in the North America and travel through every continent in our amazing world! Along the way we will map rivers, lakes, oceans, mountains, national parks, and famous landmarks. The five themes of geography, (location, place, human environment/interaction, movement, and regions) are cornerstones of World Geography. Each continent and theme is explored by participating in hands on activities such as virtual tours, games, oral presentations, clay map projects, field trips, and the construction of a map book that can be used as a study guide for years to come! Our class sessions will cultivate an understanding of the topography, economic impact to neighboring regions, trade, and culture. Students will have the opportunity to apply textbook knowledge through fun field trips and activities throughout the semester. Each semester, we will read a couple of books which would provide personal glimpses into life through the lenses of different cultures.

By the end of the year students will:

  • Understand the location of our earth in our atmosphere, seasons, and time zones

  • Be able to identify bodies of land and water, countries, and various physical features throughout the world

  • Be able to deal comfortably with any map, regardless of differences in scale symbols, projection, etc.

  • Be able to use atlas indices to find locations and other geographical information.

  • Understand latitude and longitude and use it to describe and locate various places and features, and draw it in several projections.

  • Be able to describe relationships depicted on maps, distances, coastal vs. inland features, and weather.

  • Use correct names for the parts of the Earth and parts of a map.

  • Become aware of the relationship of geography to cultures, to global issues, and to themselves.

Description

The online Class will be a 16 week online video serious sent out to students to take at there own speed. It will include some homework to turn into the instructor to receive input on as well as grades on specific assignments if requested.