World Geography Scope and Sequence 2015-2016
Week
1
Ch.
1
TEKS
Title/Topic
9A, 12A, How Geographers Look at
13B, 16C, the World
20A, 21A,
23B
2
2
The Physical World
3
3
Climates of the Earth
Climate Change pg. 58
4
4
1A, 3B,C,
4B, 22C
3A,B,C,
4A,C, 11C
5B, 7C,
9A, 10A,
11A, 14B,
20B
Helpful Textbook Resources
Optional Additional Resources
Scavenger Hunt pg. xxxiv
5 Themes Poster
Essential Themes & Elements pg. xxxii Activities for Teaching the 5 Themes:
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/le
sson071.shtml
Lesson Readings and Quizzes
Water Scarcity pg. 38
Lesson Readings and Quizzes
5
5
1B, 7B,
14C, 15A,
16A, 18B,
20B
The United States
6
1B, 7B,
14C, 15A,
16A, 18B,
20B
7
6A, 8C,
11C,
U.S. Decades Overview
Westward Expansion
Industrialization &
Immigration
WWI
Great Depression
WWII
U.S. Decades Overview
Cold War
The Human World
S:drive
Lesson Readings and Quizzes
The Human Development Index pg.
Constitution Day Resources:
78
http://constitutioncenter.org/constitutionStages of Growth: Population
day/constitution-day-resources
Pyramids pg. 88
Government styles: Straws and Tape activity (S:drive)
How Has Globalized Changed Modern Culture Pie (S:drive)
Culture? Pg. 98
Cultural Tapestry (S:drive)
Patterns of Resource Distribution pg. Material World (S:drive)
108
Population Pyramids (S:drive)
PPTs: Population, Urban, Economic, and Religion
(S:drive)
Lesson Readings and Quizzes
Regional Atlas pg. 120-124
Mapping Lab (Geo Alive)
Patterns of Immigration pg. 126
States and Capitals Test
Terrorism & the U.S. timeline pg. 134- Lesson Readings and Quizzes
135
How Can Drought Lead to Conflict? Pg.
142
Lesson 4 & 5- Texas (optional)
Outlines, PowerPoints, Lesson Plans, Worksheets,
Maps, and More:
http://www.studenthandouts.com/americanhistory0
0.htm
Overview of the Industrial Revolution
Great Depression WebQuest
Vietnam Nearpods:
15A,B,
17C, D,
22E
Civil Rights
Vietnam
1980s to the Present
https://app.nearpod.com/#/presentation?pin=66277
F53BD57BA9152EE1C4B1857B29B-0
https://app.nearpod.com/#/presentation?pin=66277
F53BD57BA9152EE1C4B1857B29B-0
8
6
9
6
1
7
2
8
3
9
4
6A, 8C,
11C,
15A,B,
17C, D,
22E
6A, 8C,
11C,
15A,B,
17C, D,
22E
2A, 4C,
5A, 10D,
16D,
17D, 22B
1B, 8C,
11C, 16A,
18A, 19A
Canada
Energy Resources & Indigenous
Rights pg. 160
St. Lawrence Seaway System pg. 164
Regions of Canada Chart- Geography Alive
Lesson Readings and Quizzes
Provinces and Capitals Test
Canada
Benchmark #1: Scanning
Deadline October 27
Two Decades of NAFTA pg. 174
Analyzing Primary Sources: Acid Rain
pg. 178
Canada Quiz
Lesson Readings and Quizzes
END OF 1ST 9 WEEKS
Mexico
Regional Atlas pg. 186-190
Challenges of Urbanization pg. 192
Latin America Mapping Lab (Geo Alive)
Latin America Country and Capitals Test
Central America & the
Caribbean
Survival of the Maya (Geo Alive)
Countries and Capitals Test
2A, 5A,
South America
6A, 8B,
12B, 16D,
17C
22D,B,E
DBQ
Spatial Diffusion: The Columbian
Exchange pg. 212
What Kind of Development is Best of
Haiti: pg. 224
Economic Geography: Uneven
Development pg. 234
Impacts of El Nino pg. 238
Amazon in the Balance pg. 250
Countries and Capitals Test
See campus DBQ binders or P: drive for options
THANKSGIVING BREAK
5
6
14
11C, 14C
16B, 19C,
20B, 21C,
22E
The Russian Core
Catch up/Final exam
review
Russia’s Shrinking Population pg. 356
Soviet Era Timeline pg. 364
Chernobyl Q&A
Lesson Readings and Quizzes
Mapping Labs (Geo Alive)
7
1
10 & 11
1A, 7A,
8A, 12B,
17A
6B, 7A,
14C, 16A,
18A, 21C
2
12 & 13
3
4
5
15 & 16
17 & 18
6
19
7
20, 21, 22
7B, 14A,
15B, 22A
2B, 5B,
14C, 18B,
22D, 23A
1A, 5A,
7B, 14B,C
2A, 8C,
12B, 14A,
15B, 19C,
FINAL EXAMS- END OF 2nd 9 WEEKS
Northern Europe
Regional Atlas pg. 262-266
Northwestern Europe
Volcanic Eruption in Iceland pg. 268
Gulf Stream Effects pg. 273
Suburban Growth & Transportation
pg. 288
Building Dikes & Polders pg. 292
How Beneficial is the European
Union? Pg. 304
Southern Europe
Labor Migration from North Africa
Eastern Europe
pg. 315
Foundations of Western Civilization
Timeline pg. 322
The Breakup of Yugoslavia pg. 334
U.S./Europe History- WWI
& WWII
North Africa
The Eastern
Mediterranean
8B, 11B,
12A, 15A,
16B, 17A,
19B
1A, 11C,
The Northeast
12A,
The Arabian Peninsula
17B,C,D,
21B, 22D
7A, 11C,
12A, 17C,
17B, 21C,
22D
12A,B,
12A
10C, 11B,
14A, 16C,
Central Asia
The Transition Zone
East Africa
Mapping Lab (Geo Alive)
Countries and Capitals Test
Lesson Readings and Quizzes
Countries and Capitals Test
Regional Atlas pg. 382-386
Suez Canal pg. 388
Arab Spring pg. 402
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict pg. 412,
420
Israeli & Palestinian Conflict Lesson Plan
Learning About Syria PowerPoint & Worksheet
Picturing the Middle East (S:drive)
Inside Mecca video and notes
Countries and Capitals Test
A Stateless Nation: the Kurds pg. 434
How Have Sunni & Shia Beliefs Led to
Conflict? Pg. 446
Migrant Workers in the Arabian
Peninsula pg. 456
Islam & Saudi Arabia Timeline pg. 464
Kurds: People Without a State
Countries and Capitals Test
Afghanistan’s Troubled History pg.
476
Aral: A Sea Sacrificed pg. 492
Regional Atlas pg. 500-504
Brief Political History of Afghanistan
Countries and Capitals Test
Countries and Capitals Test
18B,C,
21A,
22B,E
West Africa
8B, 14C,
17D,
18A,B,
19A,C,
20B
8
23 & 24
8C, 12B,
14A, 15A,
22D
22B,D,E
DBQ
9
10
21A,C,
22A,B,C,
23C
1
25
2
26 & 27
3
7A,B, 19C
16D, 20B, Equatorial Africa
21C
Southern Africa
28
Muslim & non-Muslim Cultures pg.
506
Export Crops & East Africa pg. 530
Should the Blue Nile Dam be Built:
pg. 544
Empowering Women in West Africa
pg. 554
Conflict Diamonds pg. 568
South Sudan: Independence &
Conflict pg. 578
Southern Africa & HIV/AIDS pg. 600
Apartheid & Its Legacy Timeline pg.
610
See campus DBQ binders or P: drive for options
Enrichment Activities
See Skillbuilder options on pg. xxi
Connecting Geography ideas on pg.
xxi
rd
END OF 3 9 WEEKS/SPRING BREAK
11B, 14C, India
Regional Atlas pg. 624-628
16D, 17C,
India’s Population Structure pg. 630
18D, 19C,
Women’s Rights in India Timeline pg.
22B
640
What is the Future of Kashmir? Pg.
644
8C, 17B,
Pakistan & Bangladesh
Flood Prone pg. 654
19A,
Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal & Nepal’s Role as a Buffer State pg. 676
22D, 23A Sri Lanka
Eco Tourism in Nepal pg. 681
8C, 17B,
23A
1B, 7D,
China & Mongolia
8B, 10D,
12B, 18D,
23B
Africa Travel Project
Highway Across Africa
Berlin Conference and the Scramble for Africa
(S:drive)
Countries and Capitals Test
Regional Atlas pg. 698-702
China’s Growing Energy Demands pg.
704
Population Pyramids (S:drive)
The Monsoons Worksheet
South Asia Data Bank Worksheet- Geography Alive!
Textbook
Stop the Race to the Bottom Reading and Socratic
Seminar (S:drive)
The Dispute Over Kashmir (S:drive)
Countries and Capitals Test
China’s Lost Girls video and notes(S:drive)
4
29
5
30
6
31
7
8
32
9
33
10
11
Are Limits on Growth Best of China?
Pg. 718
Three Gorges Dam pg. 722
Japan’s Aging Population pg. 728
Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami pg.
734
5A, 7A,
8B, 10D,
11B,
23A,C
6A, 10B,
18A,D,
23A
Japan
North & South Korea
Benchmark #3- Scanning
deadline April 26
Complementarity: Two Koreas pg.
752
2B, 8B,
10D,
13A, 17B,
18A, 23A
Southeast Asia
Regional Atlas pg. 774-778
Emerging Markets in Southeast Asia
pg. 780
7B, 10C,
15A, 17C,
18A,
22B,D,
23C
7B, 10C,
12B, 16A,
18C, 21A,
22B,D,E
STAAR TESTING
Australia & New Zealand
Oceania
Indigenous Peoples pg. 802
Life in the Great Barrier Reef pg. 807
Rabbits in Australia pg. 816
Somoa Hops the International Date
Line pg. 826
Who Owns the High Seas? Pg. 838
Antarctica: Land of Ice pg. 847-853
FINAL EXAM REVIEW
FINAL EXAMS
Globalization in East Asia Lesson Plan
East Asia Travel Project
Six Party Talks (S:drive)
Inside North Korea video and notes (S:drive)
Countries and Capitals Test