8/20
Class Orientation/ Registration

 

21
Half Day

22
Syllabus & Year-Long Goals Discussed; Texts & World Maps Disseminated

23
Quiz: Canadian Provinces & North America; Maps

24
Pre-Test; visit Mr. Snyder's World

Bring laptops

27
Power of Place #1
 

28
Discussion on Maps (Appendix A; pp. 1-11)

29
Key Geographic Skills; Pattison's 4 Traditions & 5 Themes of Geography (11-15

30
Quiz: Central & South America; Mental Maps, Scale & Regions (15-26)

31
Culture, Diffusion & Environmental Determinism (26-33); Video: Guns, Germs & Steel - Out of Eden

9/3
No School - Labor Day

4
Map Quiz: Europe; class discussion

5
Review for Test

Bring laptops

6
Test: Unit 1 (Multiple Choice & Essay Outline)

7
Guns, Germs & Steel - Out of Eden