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ED463609.Pdf DOCUMENT RESUME ED 463 609 EC 308 901 AUTHOR Calhoun, Mary C.; Goldstein, Jeren; Walford, Sylvia B.; Purdum, Betsy TITLE World Geography: Skills and Regions. Teacher's Guide (and Student Guides]. Parallel Alternative Strategies for Students (PASS). INSTITUTION Leon County Schools, Tallahassee, FL. Exceptional Student Education.; Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Bureau of Instructional Support and Community Services. REPORT NO ESE-9362.A; ESE-9362.B; ESE-9362.0 PUB DATE 2001-00-00 NOTE 788p.; Course no. 2103300. Teacher's Guide reprinted 2001; Student Guide--Skills reprinted 1998; Student Guide--Regions reprinted 1999. Part of the Curriculum Improvement Project funded under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Part B. AVAILABLE FROM Florida State Dept. of Education, Div. of Public Schools and Community Education, Bureau of Instructional Support and Community Services, Turlington Bldg., Room 628, 325 West Gaines St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400 (Teacher's guide, $5; Student guide--Skills, $4.30; Student guide--Regions, $11.15) .Tel: 800-487-0186 (Toll Free); Tel: 850-487-0186; Fax: 850-487-2679; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://www.leon.k12.fl.us/public/pass ($5). PUB TYPE Guides Classroom Learner (051) Guides Classroom Teacher (052) EDRS PRICE MF05/PC32 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Academic Accommodations (Disabilities); Academic Standards; *Mild Disabilities; Secondary Education; Special Needs Students; State Standards; Student Educational Objectives; *Units of Study; *World Geography IDENTIFIERS *Florida ABSTRACT This teacher's guide and student guides on world geography skills and regions are part of a series of supplementary curriculum packages of alternative methods and activities designed to meet the needs of Florida secondary students with mild disabilities or other special learning needs. Content is based on the Florida Curriculum Frameworks and correlates to the Sunshine State Standards. These PASS (Parallel Alternative Strategies for Students) guides in world geography skills present 10 units. The teacher's guide usually provides an overview, some suggested activities, a unit quiz, and answer keys for all written activities for each unit in the student guides. A suggested scope and sequence chart is also provided. The following 10 units are included in-the teacher's guide and 2 student guides, "World Geography: Skills," covering units 1-3, and "World Geography Regions," covering units 4-10: (1) "Introduction to World Geography"; (2) "Locating Places"; (3) "Living on Earth"; (4) "Latin America"; (5) "North Africa and Southwest Asia"; (6) "Africa South of the Sahara"; (7) "Asia and Australia"; (8) "The Former Soviet Union"; (9) "Europe"; and (10)"The United States and Canada." Appended in the teacher's guide are the Sunshine State Standards for geography, unit generalizations, and a multimedia bibliography. The student guides/workbooks each contain vocabulary lists, explanations of content, and Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the ori inal document. practice exercises designed to evaluation comprehension. (Contains 30 references.) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. World Geography: Skills and Regions. Teacher's Guide [and Student Guides]. Parallel Alternative Strategies for Students (PASS). Mary C. Calhoun, Jeren Goldstein, Sylvia B. Walford, and Betsy Purdum U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND Office of Educational Research and Improvement DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES GRANTED BY INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. A. M. Duncan U Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. 2 BEST COPY AVAIILABLE World Geography: SkillsanRegions Teach 00_ din SCOPE OF INTEREST NOTICE The ERIC Facility has assigned this document tor processing CCC- to: In our judgment, this document is also of interest to the Clear- inghouses noted to the right. Indexing should reflect their SD special points of view. Li ---4tAkr.-4"--i .4 - ,p11 Parallel Alternatvc443 e*fitrate cites f or students lureau ofInstruelMr: Y.2ppor: cr.=c...Ardl-inun!ty Services > Dsion of Public Schaols and Community Services Florkla Department of Education 1990 This is one of many publications available through the Bureau of Instructional Support and Community Services, Florida Department of Education, designed to assist school disfricts, state agencies which support educational programs, and parents in the 7..377(Wriicrl of special programs. For additional imformation on this publication, or for a list of available publications, contact the Clearinghouse Information Center, Bureau of :r.structionai Support and Community Services, Division of Public Schools and Community Education, Florida Department of Education, Room 628 Turlington Bldg., Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400. :j2:27:'none: (850) 488-1879 (8Y3) 481-2679 Suncom: 278-1879 ail: [email protected] website: http: / /www.firn.edu/doe/commhome/ Wm! hy: Skill eions Mac er's G ide Bureau of Instructional Support and Community Services Division of Public Schools and Community Education IFflorida Department off Education Reprinted 2001 This product was developed by Leon County Schools, Exceptional Student Education Department, through the Curriculum Improvement Project, funded by the State of Florida, Department of Education, Division of Public Schools, Bureau of Student Services and Exceptional Education, through federal assistance under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), PartI Copyright State of Florida Department of State 1996 Authorization for reproduction is hereby granted to the State System of Public Education as defined in Section 228.041(1), Florida Statutes. No authorization is granted for distribution or reproduction outside the State System of Public Education without prior approval in writing. 6 Worii Geogrhy: Skills n d Re ions Teach r s Gui written by Mary C Caldhoura Inert Goildstehl Walliford graphics by Portia R. Thomas Curriculum Improvement Project IDEA, Part f, Special Project mon MEM EMS E:iceptional Student Education Currkullum Emprovement IProjed Sylvia Walford, Project Manager Exceptionall Student Educati©n (ESIE) Beverley Blanton, Area Leader, State and Federal Programs Beverly Simpkins, Director, ESE Programs and Curriculum Schooll Ir oard of Leon County Scott Dailey Donna Harper, Chair Emily Millett Curtis Richardson Donna Uzzell Superintendent of Leon County Schools. Richard L. Merrick Tab`e of Contents Acknowledgments vii Foreword ix User's Guide xi Introducing World Geography: Skills and World Geography: Regions 1 Unit 1: Introduction to Workl Geography Guide 5 Quiz 13 Keys 19 Unit 2: Locating laces Guide 21 Quiz 25 Keys 35 Unit 3: Living sn Earth Guide 39 Quiz 43 Keys 49 Unit 4: Latin America Guide 53 Quiz 57 Keys 67 Unit 5: North Africa and SouthwestAsia Guide 71 Quiz 75 83 Keys , Unit 6: Africa South of the Sahara Guide 87 Quiz 111 Keys 119 Unit 7: Asia and Australia Guide 123 Quiz 133 Keys 141 Unit Et: The Former Soviet Union Guide 145 Quiz 155 Keys 161 Unit 9: Europe Guide 165 Quiz 171 Keys 179 Unit 10: The United States and Canada Guide 183 Quiz 187 Keys 193 Appendkes Appendix A: Sunshine State Standards 197 Appendix B: Unit Generalizations 199 Appendix C: Multimedia Bibliography 201 Appendix D: References 205 Acknowledgments The staff of the Curriculum Improvement Project wishes to express appreciation to the curriculum writers and reviewers for their assistance in developing this first edition of the Parallel Alternative Strategies for Students (PASS) volume for World Geography: Skills and Regions: Teacher's Guide. Curriculum Writers Curriculum Reviewers Mary C. Calhoun Florida Geographic Alliance Florida State University Ed Fernald, Ph.D. Developmental School Laurie Molina Tallahassee, FL Florida State University Tallahassee, FL Jeren Goldstein Page Perfect Betsy Purdum, Ph.D. Tallahassee, FL Institute of Science and Public Affairs Florida State University Tallahassee, FL vii 1 1 Forewm.d Parallel Alternative Strategies for Students (PASS) books are content-centered packages of alternative materials and activities designed to assist secondary teachers to meet the needs of students of various achievement levels in the basic education content courses. Each PASS offers teachers supplementary activities and strategies to assist certain exceptional students and low-achieving students in the attainment of the intended outcomes of a specific course. The alternative methods and activities found in the PASS materials have been adapted to meet the needs of students who have mild disabilities and are mainstreamed in content classes. The PASS materials provide basic education teachers with a modified approach for presenting the course content that may be useful with these students and other students who have learning or behavior problems. The PASS materials also provide the exceptional education teacher who is teaching subject area courses with curriculum materials designed for these exceptional education students. Students with learning or behavior problems often require alternative methods of presentation and evaluation of important content. The content in PASS differs from the standard textbooks and workbooks
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