Annual Course Syllabus
Intended Audience
Students and Parents
Subject: Humanities
2011 – 2012
Teacher(s) Parrish L. Tubbs, N. Dawes
Year II (grade 7)
Year II Guiding Question: How do changes in the environment (social and physical) affect
conditions in our lives?
All units of study will be taught through the Areas of Interaction: Health and Social Education,
Environments, Approaches to Learning, Community and Service, and Human Ingenuity.
Timeline
Units of Study
1st Quarter
(NCSCOS, Guiding Questions, and links to the Areas of Interaction)
2 Weeks
Unit of Study: Five Themes of Geography
Guiding Question:
Area of Interaction (link): Environment
2 Week
Unit of Study: Introduction of Africa
Guiding Question: What major landforms & physical features are found in Africa?
Area of Interaction (link):Environment
1 Week
Unit of Study: Africa
Guiding Question: How do AIDS in Africa affect the world community?
Area of Interaction (link): Health and Social Education
2 Weeks
Unit of Study: Historical Foundations of Africa
Guiding Question: What forces contributed to the rise of African Kingdoms along
the Nile and Read Sea?
Area of Interaction (Link): Environment
2 Weeks
Unit of Study: Africa and the World
Guiding Question: What impact did the Atlantic slave trade have on Africa?
Area of Interaction (Link): Environment
1st Quarter Assessment Project(s) - if there is no 1st quarter project , check none (
AIDS in Africa Posters
1st Quarter Field Trip(s) – if there is no 1st quarter field trip, check none ( X )
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Timeline
Quarter
2 Weeks
2nd
Units of Study
(NCSCOS, Guiding Questions, and links to the Areas of Interaction)
Unit of Study: North Africa
Guiding Question: How does the physical environment of North Africa affect the
people of Africa?
Area of Interaction (link): Environment & Approaches to Learning
1 Week
Unit of Study: West Africa
Guiding Question: What are the environmental regions of West Africa, and how
does the physical environment affect the culture?
Area of Interaction (link): Environment
1 Week
Unit of Study: Central Africa
Guiding Question: What factors have prevented Central Africa from fully
developing their economic resources?
Area of Interaction (link): Approaches to Learning
2 Weeks
Unit of Study: East Africa
Guiding Question: How does the physical environment affect population patterns
in East Africa?
Area of Interaction (Link): Environment
2 Weeks
Unit of Study: Southern Africa
Guiding Question: Why has Southern Africa been a region of violent conflict?
Area of Interaction (Link): Health and Social Education
1 Weeks
Unit of Study: Intro of Southwest Asia
Guiding Question: How does the physical environment influence life in Southwest
Asia?
Area of Interaction (Link): Environment
2nd Quarter Assessment Project(s) - if there is no 2nd quarter project , check none ( X )
2nd Quarter Field Trip(s) – if there is no 2nd quarter field trip, check none (
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Timeline
Quarter
1 Week
3rd
Units of Study
(NCSCOS, Guiding Questions, and links to the Areas of Interaction)
Unit of Study: Intro to Southwest Asia? (continued)
Guiding Question: How does the physical environment influence life in Southwest
Asia?
Area of Interaction (link): Environment
1 Week
Unit of Study: Southwest Asia’s Enduring Traditions
Guiding Question: How did early civilizations affect Southwest Asia?
Area of Interaction (link): Human Ingenuity
1 Week
Unit of Study: Southwest Asia Economy and Government
Guiding Question: How have the nations of Southwest Asia with oil resources &
those without oil resources developed their economies?
Area of Interaction (link): Environment
1 Week
Unit of Study: Southwest Asia Society and Culture
Guiding Question: How have the Arab-Islamic societies preserved their traditional
ways of life while seeking to modernize?
Area of Interaction (Link): Human Ingenuity
3 Weeks
Unit of Study: South Asia
Guiding Question: How have south Asian countries met the needs of the rapidly
growing population?
Area of Interaction (Link): Environment & Approaches to Learning
2 Weeks
Unit of Study: East and Southeast Asia
Guiding Question: What cultural features are shared by the varied regions in East
& Southeast Asia
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Area of Interaction (Link): Environment
3rd Quarter Assessment Project(s) - if there is no 3rd quarter project , check none (
3rd Quarter Field Trip(s) – if there is no 3rd quarter field trip, check none (
Timeline
Quarter
3 Weeks
4th
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Units of Study
(NCSCOS, Guiding Questions, and links to the Areas of Interaction)
Unit of Study: China
Guiding Question: How have Confucian, Daoist, and Buddhist ideas influenced
Chinese beliefs and customs?
Area of Interaction (link):
2 Weeks
Unit of Study: Japan
Guiding Question: How Japan preserved its own traditions while adopting ideas
from other regions?
Area of Interaction (link): Human Ingenuity
2 Weeks
Unit of Study: Australia and New Zealand
Guiding Question: How did the geography of Australia and New Zealand
influence the population patterns?
Area of Interaction (link): Environment
1 Week
Unit of Study: Oceania
Guiding Question: How can you describe the region of Oceania?
Area of Interaction (Link): Environment
1 Week
Unit of Study: Yearly Review Activities
Guiding Question:
Area of Interaction (Link):
Unit of Study:
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Guiding Question:
Area of Interaction (Link):
4th Quarter Assessment Project(s) - if there is no 4th quarter project , check none (
Book reading of Chinese Cinderella
4th Quarter Field Trip(s) – if there is no 4th quarter field trip, check none ( X )
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