Alleghany County Schools Curriculum Guide GRADE/COURSE: World Geography

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1 GRADE/COURSE: World GRADING PERIOD: 1 st Six Weeks Time Frame Unit/SOLs SOL # Strand Resource Assessment 8 days* The student will use maps, globes, satellite images, photographs, or diagrams to a) Obtain geographical information about countries, cities, and environments. b) Apply the concepts of location, scale, map projection, or orientation. c) Develop and refine mental maps of world d) Create and compare political, physical, and thematic maps. e) Analyze and explain how different cultures use maps and other visual images to reflect their own interests and ambitions. WG.1 Physical Printed Text World and Ch. 1 How Geographers Look at the World Ch Application Pages 1-10 Political and physical outline maps Scope and Sequence pp Map a location in Alleghany County Prepare a database of info. Using map of Alleghany County, identify spatial relationships of places. Session 4 Exercise Mental Maps Session 8 Evolution of Maps Map skills practice worksheets Technology Practice using GIS 4 days * The student will apply the concept of region by a) Explaining how characteristics of regions have led to regional labels. b) Explaining how regional WG.3 Regional Text World and Ch. 1 How Geographers Look at the World The concept of region is introduced here. Ch Application Outline map emphasizing world regions Project rubric

2 landscapes reflect the physical environment and the cultural characteristics of their inhabitants. c) Analyzing how cultural characteristics, including the world s major languages, ethnicities, and religions, link or divide Project 5 Themes of Scope and Sequence pp Session 5 Physical Regions Session 6 Cultural Regions Session 7 Regional Landscapes Session 8 Language and Ethnicity as Region Links 10 days* The student will analyze how selected physical and ecological processes shape the Earth s surface by a) Identifying regional climatic patterns and weather phenomena and their effects on people and places. b) Describing how humans influence the environment and are influenced by it. c) Explaining how technology affects one s ability to modify the environment and adapt to it. WG.2 Physical Text World and Ch. 2 The Physical World Ch. 3 Climates of the Earth Ch Application Pages Scope and Sequence pp Session 3 Human Activity and the Environment Session 4 Influence of Technology on the Environment Illustrated chart Land and Water Features Define, illustrate, find examples Graphic organizers for climate and weather phenomena Research examples of land and water forms for chart 4 days* The student will compare and contrast the distribution, growth rates, and WG.5 Human Text World and Ch. 4, sections 1 & 2 of knowledge Research world religions for organizer

3 characteristics of human population in terms of settlement patterns and the location of natural and capital resources. World religions organizer Scope and Sequence pp Sol review notes 4 days* The student will analyze past and present trends in human migration and cultural interaction as they are influenced by social, economic, political, and environmental factors WG.6 Human Text World and Ch. 4, sections 1 & 2 Pages 19 & 20 Scope and Sequence Instructional activities pp Instructional activities pp *Indicates material is to also be incorporated into instruction throughout the semester. The student will apply geography to interpret the past, understand the present, and plan for the future by a) Using geographic knowledge, skills, and perspectives to analyze problems and make decisions. b) Relating current events to the physical and human characteristics of places and WG.12 Human Current events discussions and activities Access current events online.

4 GRADE/COURSE: World GRADING PERIOD: 2 nd Six Weeks Time Frame Unit/SOLs SOL # Strand Resource Assessment Printed Technology 2 days * The student will analyze the global WG. 9 Economic Text World and patterns and networks of economic interdependence by a) Identifying factors, including comparative advantage, that influence economic activities and trade. b) Describing ways that economic and social interactions have changed over time. c) Mapping, describing, and evaluating the formation of economic unions. 2 days * The student will distinguish between developed and developing countries and relate the level of economic development to the standard of living and quality of life. 2 days * The student will identify types of natural, human, and capital resources and explain their significance by WG.8 WG.7 Economic Economic Ch. 4, sections 3 & 4 Ch 5-34 Application Text World and Ch. 4, sections 3 & 4 Ancillary Text World and Ch. 4, sections 3 & 4 Ancillary

5 a) Showing their influence on patterns of economic activity and land use. b) Evaluating perspective and consequences regarding the use of resources. 2 days * The student will analyze how the forces of conflict and cooperation affect the division and control of the earth s surface by a) Explaining and analyzing reasons for the creation of different political divisions. b) Analyzing ways cooperation among political jurisdictions is used to solve problems and disputes. 2 days * The student will analyze the patterns of urban development by a) Applying the concepts of site and situation to major cities in each region b) Explaining how the functions of towns and cities have changed over time. c) Describing the unique influences of urban areas and some challenges they face. WG.10 WG.11 Political and Urban Political and Urban Pages 17 & 18 Text World and Ch. 4 Scope and Sequence pp Session 12 International Political Divisions Session 13 Political Divisions and Conflict Text World and Ch. 4

6 19 days* The students will locate and analyze physical, economic, and cultural characteristics of world Sub-Saharan Africa North Africa and SW Asia South, Southeast, and East Asia WG.4 Regional Text World and Unit 7 Africa South of the Sahara Unit 6 North Africa and SW Asia Units 8, 9, 10 South, Southeast, and East Asia

7 GRADE/COURSE: World GRADING PERIOD: 3 rd Six Weeks Time Frame Unit/SOLs SOL # Strand Resource Assessment Printed Technology 18 days* The student will locate and WG.4 Physical and Text World and Access information analyze physical, economic, and Regional online, cultural characteristics of world Unit 4 Europe Europe Russia and Central Asia Latin America United States and Canada Australia, Pacific Islands, and Antarctica 3-5 days SOL review All All Unit 5 Russia Unit 3 Latin America Unit 2 U.S. and Canada Unit 11 Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica Textbook ancillary