World Geography Pacing Guide 2011-2012

1 st Marking Period: CBA on 9/28 or 9/29 2 weeks August 22-September 2 UNIT 1: Introduction & Skills  Skills handbook o Types of maps o Map skills o Globes to maps o Projections o TODALSIGS  Social Studies Skills o OPTIC o SOAPStone o SQ3R o Cornell Notes o Map bias  Vocabulary o Landforms o Water bodies o Basic geography  Why geography matters  Essential physical features – (Sahara, Himalayas, etc.) Activities:  World Geography Primer  Explorer story (mapping activity)  Projection heads  Higher level thinking activity – World Grid  Hurricane maps  Grapefruit peel to map  Xpeditions from National Geographic - map projections  Map projection kit  Bermuda Triangle Activity – NGS  Geography Bingo – land & water forms  World physical map essentials – Map#2  How to Make an A on maps –TODALSIGS  Cookie maps  Physiographic map (Europe is the example)  Xpeditions NGS formal, functional, and perceptual regions  Map bias PPT  Point of View Activity – Football game  Time Zones TEKS:  9A – regions  9B – formal, functional, perceptual  21C – create & interpret maps  22A – design & draw graphics  22C – geography vocabulary  22D – spelling, etc.

3 ½ weeks September 6 – September 27 UNIT 2: Physical Geography & Climate  Parts of a river  External – Internal forces of change  Plate tectonics  Sphere – hydro, litho, atom, and bio  Water cycle  Seasons, etc.  Earth – Sun Relationship  Global grid  Climate factors  Climate regions  Climographs  Ecosystems / biomes  Natural hazards  Climate change  Biomes Activities:  Apple Earth  Earth Essentials  Orographic effect diagram  Climate detective  Can you pass the climate test?  Earth – Sun relationship worksheet  Forces of change graphic organizer  Plate tectonic diagrams  Water cycle – USGS – US Geological Survey  LACEMOPS  Climate map  Global grid  Climate chart  NGS Climographs & deductive reasoning (TC Toolkit pg 164-172)  Gang of 14  BBC’s Planet Earth  Natural Hazard museum activity (add el Niño)  Parts of a river  I am Climate  Biomes TEKS:  3A – weather & climate  3B – physical processes  3C – hydro, litho, etc.  4A – LACEMOPS  4B – landforms  4C – Biomes  8B – natural hazards  21C – create & interpret maps  22A – design & draw graphics  22C – geography vocabulary  22D – spelling, etc 2 nd Marking Period: CBA on October 26 / 27 2 ½ weeks – September 30 – October 18 UNIT 3: Settlement  Culture hearths  Growth of cities  Urbanization  Pre-AP: urban models  Urban areas (essentials – 26 largest urban areas and 30 extra cultural centers)  Immigration / Migration (Push-pull factors)  Economic activities - Primary / secondary / tertiary / quaternary  Adaptation to environment (AC / desalination) Activities:  Rise of cities activity from NGS  Industrialization – Growth of Cities  Culture Hearths power point notes and map  Geography alive – cities  World map – large urban areas and cultural centers – essentials  My job is what?  Needs vs. wants  Cougar Hunt (population education activity)  First Crossing – stories of teen immigrants / Any Small Goodness  Pennies – Scramble for Wealth  Shirts, shoes, and watches  Land use map (coloring book)  Suitcase activity TEKS:  1A – environment influence migration  6A - influence size and distribution of settlements  6B – changes in settlement patterns  7B – push and pull factors  8C – sustainable development  11A – primary, secondary, etc.  11B – location of economic activities  12A – resource location  16D – urban & rural  21B – location geopolitical  21C – create & interpret maps  22A – design & draw graphics  22C – geography vocabulary  22D – spelling, etc 1 1/2 weeks – October 19 – 27 UNIT 4: Population  Population density  Population distribution  Land use  Population pyramids Activities:  Population density, land use, and distribution maps (coloring book)  Food for Thought (population connection activity)  Population Connection “heartbeat video”  Power of the Pyramid (NGS)  Constructing population pyramids  Village of 100 & Population riddles – part of food for thought PPT  Why do people live where they do? Activity and PPT  Population dilemmas TEKS:  1A – distribution of culture groups  6B – settlement patterns  7A – Population pyramids  7C – trends in world population  17A – land use in regions  21C – create & interpret maps  22A – design & draw graphics  22C – geography vocabulary  22D – spelling, etc 2 weeks – October 31 – November 11 UNIT 5: Demographics (1 week in 2nd & 1 week in 3rd marking period)  Sustainable development  Demographics  Levels of development  Human Development Index  Human demographic transition model Activities:  Facing the Future activities (Now Hear This, Watch Where You Step, Shop till You Drop)  Demographic vocabulary (jeopardy)  Dollar street (Ted.com)  Characteristics of Developed / developing country  HDI graphs  “The Line” map  PRB World Population data sheets  Deciphering demographics  Living in a developing world interactive computer activity  Understanding HDI  Material World (developed / developing OPTICS) TEKS:  6B – demographic indicators  7A – graphics to predict future trends  8C – sustainable development  20B – technology effects  21B – location geopolitical  21C – create & interpret maps  22A – design & draw graphics  22C – geography vocabulary  22D – spelling, etc

3 rd Marking Period:CBA on December 7 & 8  Continue UNIT 5 – demographics 2 ½ weeks – November 14 – December 8 UNIT 6: Culture  Culture regions  Culture change  Traditional societies  Culture traits o Religion, beliefs, customs . Buddhism . Christianity . Hinduism . Islam . Judaism . Sikhism o Language o Institutions o Technologies o Education o Land use Activities:  Columbian Exchange menu  Sorting shoes (warm-up) intro to characteristics of regions  Regions  Culture notes  ABCs of Culture  CTIR Teaching About Cultural Awareness  Create a culture  Religion chart & PPT  Religion museum docent  Maps – coloring book (religion, languages) TEKS:  1B – spatial diffusion  5A – Characteristics of place  16A – cultural patterns  16B – elements of culture  16C – characteristics of  16D – urban & rural  17A – patterns of culture  17B – religion  18A – cultural change  18C – traditional societies  18D – convergent and divergent culture  21B – location geopolitical  21C – create & interpret maps  22A – design & draw graphics  22C – geography vocabulary  22D – spelling, etc December 12 – 16 review & exams