Course goals, expectations and grading scale.

1. World Geography
Spring Semester - G Period - Mr. Wood

2. Geography: 1) the science that studies the lands, features,
inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth; 2) WHY people live where they
live...

3. World Geography Course
Goals
• to understand and appreciate the
relationship between the physical
features of the earth and human
habitation
• to understand and appreciate WHY
humans live WHERE they live and
WHY they INTERACT the way they
INTERACT

4. Course Objectives
• Read and interpret maps
• Articulate the cause and effects
related to Plate Tectonics, Weather
and Climate, and Biomes and
Ecosystems

5. Course Objectives cont.
• Understand and articulate the
importances of the 5 Themes of
Geography: location, character,
similarities and differences, move of
people, goods and ideas, and human/
environment interaction
• Apply the 5 Themes to the following areas:
North America, South America, Europe,
Asia, Africa, Australia and Antarctica

6. Here’s what you need for
this class...
• The Text: World Geography: Building a
Global Perspective by Baerwald and
Fraser
• A loose leaf notebook (with notebook
paper) to be used ONLY for this class
• Something to write with

7. General Syllabus
• January - Unit #1: Physical Geography (Unit
Test)
• February - Unit #2: Intro to Human (Cultural)
Geography (Unit Test)
• March - Unit #3: The US and Canada (Mid-unit
Test and Unit Test)
• April - Unit #4: Latin America (Mid-unit Test and
Unit Test)
• May - Unit #5: The Rest of the World (Test/Exam)

8. Grading and Expectations
• 40% Tests
• 30% Projects
• 30% Section Assignments, Classwork
and Homework
• Do your OWN work and turn it in ON
TIME