Geography and Modern Cultures (8-9th grade)
Teacher:Katie Faith
Tuesdays 3:00 – 4:30
$385 per semester
Designed for students in 8th/9th grade, this interactive social studies course provides students with a solid foundation from which to study all other social sciences. Students will develop a working knowledge of all political and physical features of geography and will also learn about the people and cultures in those places. Subjects like trade and commerce, weather and natural disasters, religion, culture, politics, and socioeconomic influences all contribute to an understanding of how a region’s landscape uniquely affects how its cultures develop. Students can also expect to discuss current events and how they can facilitate change and impact the world.
Unit 1 –
How Geographers Look at the World
Unit 2
Western Europe
Unit 3
Southwest Asia/North Africa
Unit 4
South Asia-
Unit 5
Southeast Asia-
Final Exam
Teacher:Katie Faith
Tuesdays 3:00 – 4:30
$385 per semester
Designed for students in 8th/9th grade, this interactive social studies course provides students with a solid foundation from which to study all other social sciences. Students will develop a working knowledge of all political and physical features of geography and will also learn about the people and cultures in those places. Subjects like trade and commerce, weather and natural disasters, religion, culture, politics, and socioeconomic influences all contribute to an understanding of how a region’s landscape uniquely affects how its cultures develop. Students can also expect to discuss current events and how they can facilitate change and impact the world.
Unit 1 –
How Geographers Look at the World
- Climate
- Human World
- Physical World
- Reading a map
- Cuba
- United States
- Canada
- Mexico
- Caribbean
- Brazil
- Chile
- Venezuela
Unit 2
Western Europe
- United Kingdom/Ireland
- Portugal/Spain
- Italy
- France
- Russia
- Poland
- Romania
- Republics of Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine
Unit 3
Southwest Asia/North Africa
- Israel
- Morocco
- Turkey
- Afghanistan
- South Africa
- Ethiopia
- Nigeria
Unit 4
South Asia-
- India
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- East Asia-China
- South Korea/North Korea
- Japan
- Taiwan
Unit 5
Southeast Asia-
- Thailand
- Philippines
- Indonesia
- Vietnam
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Samoa
- Antarctica
Final Exam
CLASS MATERIALS:
A detailed materials list will be emailed to all registered students by August 1, 2020