Sharyland High School
World Geography CP
Spring 2015
MTWRF 2:28 p.m. – 3:58 p.m.
Room 165
Ruben G. Flores, MPA, MBA, Ph.D. (c)
Sharyland ISD Govt Dual Enrollment Instructor
STC Adjunct Faculty – Political Science Department
Office: SHS Room 165
Office phone: (956) 580-5300 ext. 1392
Email: rflores@sharylandisd.org
Office hours:
Tuesday 9:30 a.m. – 12:44 p.m.
Thursday 9:30 a.m. – 12:44 p.m.
Tutoring Schedule
Monday 4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday 4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Course Description
The study of the Earth and how the physical features, climate, location and the
Earth’s resources impact on those that live on our planet. The relationship between
the United States and the rest of the world, namely, the continuing globalization
that is taking place.
Student Learning Outcomes
The students will analyze the effects of physical and human geographic patterns
and processes on the past and describe their impact on the present, including
significant physical features and environmental conditions that influenced
migration patterns and shaped the distribution of culture groups today.
The students will trace the spatial diffusion of phenomena such as the Columbian
Exchange or the diffusion of American popular culture and describe the effects on
regions of contact.
The students will explain how changes in societies have led to diverse uses of
physical features.
The students will explain weather conditions and climate in relation to annual
changes in Earth-Sun relationships.
The students will describe the physical processes that affect the environments of
regions, including weather, tectonic forces, erosion, and soil-building processes.
The students will examine the physical processes that affect the lithosphere,
atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere.
The students will explain how elevation, latitude, wind systems, ocean currents,
position on a continent, and mountain barriers influence temperature, precipitation,
and distribution of climate regions.
The students will describe different landforms and the physical processes that cause
their development.
The students will explain the influence of climate on the distribution of biomes in
different regions.
The students will analyze how the character of a place is related to its political,
economic, social, and cultural elements.
The students will describe major world religions, including animism, Buddhism,
Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Sikhism, and their spatial
distribution.
Class Policies
Please refer to the “Government DE Classroom Procedures” PowerPoint posted on
my webpage on the Sharyland ISD website.
Course Requirements
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Attend class.
Participate in class discussions.
Read assigned materials by due dates.
Completion of three (3) exams, ten (10) short quizzes and a cumulative final
examination (see schedule below).
5. Additional guidelines and procedures will be disseminated in class.
The three (3) scheduled exams assigned in the syllabus are 60% of the final grade.
The five (10) short quizzes will be unannounced, will focus on current course reading
assignments and will be 40% of the final grade. If you miss a quiz, exam or
assignment it is your responsibility to arrange for a make-up with me. Makeups will
either be done through appointment with me. The course grading scale is:
A
B
C
D
F
90-100
80-89
70-79
60-69
59 and below
As mentioned above there will be short objective quizzes consisting of short answer
and multiple-choice questions. The quizzes will be for the purpose of testing you on
your reading assignments.
There will be three exams comprised of objective, multiple-choice, fill-in-the blank
and True/False questions. The final exam will be cumulative in nature, in other
words, it will test you on all the material that we will have covered in the semester.
Required Textbook
Jarrett, Mark, et al., Mastering the TEKS in World Geography, 4th Edition,
Ronkonkoma, NY: Jarrett Publishing Company, 2013. ISBN#1-935022-08-3.
Course Outline
(All dates are tentative and subject to change)
Class Date
Jan.
07
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Class Topic
Class Guidelines and Procedures
How to Answer Multiple-Choice Quest
How to Answer Multiple-Choice Quest
How to Answer Data-Based Questions
How to Answer Data-Based Questions
Understanding Maps
Understanding Maps
Problem Solving and Research Skills
Problem Solving and Research Skills
Unit #1 Exam
A World Gazeteer
A World Gazeteer
A World Gazeteer
A World Gazeteer
A World Gazeteer
Processes Shaping Planet Earth
Processes Shaping Planet Earth
Assignment/Due Date
N/A
N/A
Chapter 1
01/08
Chapter 1
01/08
Chapter 2
01/12
Chapter 2
01/12
Chapter 3
01/14
Chapter 3
01/14
Chapter 4
01/16
Chapter 4
01/16
01/20
Chapter 5
01/21
Chapter 5
01/21
Chapter 5
01/21
Chapter 5
01/21
Chapter 5
01/21
Chapter 6
01/28
Chapter 6
01/28
Class Date
Day
Class Topic
Assignment/Due Date
30
F
Processes Shaping Planet Earth
Chapter 6
01/28
Feb.
2
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Processes Shaping Planet Earth
Chapter 6
01/28
3
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People and Nature
Chapter 7
02/03
4
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People and Nature
Chapter 7
02/03
5
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People and Nature
Chapter 7
02/03
6
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People and Nature
Chapter 7
02/03
9
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Unit #2 Exam
02/09
10
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Aspects of Culture
Chapter 8
02/10
11
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Aspects of Culture
Chapter 8
02/10
12
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Aspects of Culture
Chapter 8
02/10
13
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Aspects of Culture
Chapter 8
02/10
16
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Aspects of Culture
Chapter 8
02/10
17
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Aspects of Culture
Chapter 8
02/10
18
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Cultural Regions
Chapter 9
02/18
19
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Cultural Regions
Chapter 9
02/18
20
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Cultural Regions (Early Release)
Chapter 9
02/18
23
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Cultural Regions
Chapter 9
02/18
24
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Cultural Regions
Chapter 9
02/18
25
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Cultural Regions
Chapter 9
02/18
26
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Cultural Regions
Chapter 9
02/18
27
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Cultural Regions
Chapter 9
02/18
Mar. 2
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Cultural Regions (State Testing)
Chapter 9
02/18
3
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Cultural Regions (ST)
Chapter 9
02/18
4
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Semester Exam (ST)
03/04
5
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Demography
Chapter 10
03/05
6
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Demography
Chapter 10
03/05
9
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Demography
Chapter 10
03/05
10
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Migration
Chapter 11
03/10
11
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Migration
Chapter 11
03/10
12
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Migration
Chapter 11
03/10
13
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Migration
Chapter 11
03/10
***********************SPRING BREAK MARCH 16-20 *************************************
23
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Cultural Diffusion & Convergence
Chapter 12
03/23
24
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Cultural Diffusion & Convergence
Chapter 12
03/23
25
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Cultural Diffusion & Convergence
Chapter 12
03/23
26
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Cultural Diffusion & Convergence
Chapter 12
03/23
27
F
Historical Change
Chapter 13
03/27
30
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Historical Change
Chapter 13
03/27
31
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Historical Change
Chapter 13
03/27
Apr. 1
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Unit 4 Exam
04/01
2
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Types of Government
Chapter 14
04/02
Class Date
3
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May 1
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Class Topic
Assignment/Due Date
Holiday
04/03
Types of Government
Chapter 14
04/02
Types of Government (ST)
Chapter 14
04/02
Types of Government (ST)
Chapter 14
04/02
Borders and Power
Chapter 15
04/09
Borders and Power
Chapter 15
04/09
Borders and Power
Chapter 15
04/09
Borders and Power
Chapter 15
04/09
Borders and Power
Chapter 15
04/09
Political Processes & Citizenship
Chapter 16
04/16
Political Processes & Citizenship (ER)
Chapter 16
04/16
Political Processes & Citizenship
Chapter 16
04/16
Political Processes & Citizenship (ST)
Chapter 16
04/16
Political Processes & Citizenship (ST) Chapter 16
04/16
Political Processes & Citizenship
Chapter 16
04/16
Political Processes & Citizenship
Chapter 16
04/16
Unit #5 Exam
04/27
Economic Systems
Chapter 17
04/28
Economic Systems
Chapter 17
04/28
Economic Systems
Chapter 17
04/28
Economic Development
Chapter 18
05/01
Economic Development
Chapter 18
05/01
Economic Development
Chapter 18
05/01
Challenges of Globalization
Chapter 19
05/06
Challenges of Globalization
Chapter 19
05/06
Challenges of Globalization
Chapter 19
05/06
Preparation of NationStates Presentations
05/11
Preparation of NationStates Presentations
05/11
NationStates Presentations
05/13
NationStates Presentations
05/13
NationStates Presentations
05/13
Final Exam Review
05/18
Final Exam Review
05/18
Final Exam Review
05/18
Final Exam Review
05/18
Final Exam Review
05/18
Holiday
05/25
Final Exam
05/26
Core Objectives
In completing this course, the students will demonstrate the following core
objectives:
- Critical Thinking Skills - to include creative thinking, innovation, inquiry,
and analysis, evaluation and synthesis of information;
- Communication Skills - to include effective development, interpretation
and expression of ideas through written, oral and visual communication;
- Personal Responsibility - to include the ability to connect choices, actions
and consequences to ethical decision-making;
- Social Responsibility: to include intercultural competence, knowledge of
civic responsibility, and the ability to engage effectively in regional, national,
and global communities.
Sharyland High School is requiring that you write and expository essay and a
persuasive essay.
Students with an excused absence from school (including off-campus suspension)
will have the opportunity to make up missed work at the rate of one day for one day
missed, with a maximum of five days. Students who are absent but had prior notice
of a major or minor assignment must complete the assignment on the first day back
to school. Students will receive a zero for any major or minor assignment not made
up within the allotted time. It is the student’s responsibility to make arrangements
to take any missed assignments not the teacher’s nor the counselor’s responsibility.
Students with an unexcused absence may not make up missed work; however, if the
unexcused absence is determined to be caused by an extenuating circumstance,
makeup work may be allowed, but the grade for the makeup work will be no higher
than a grade of 70.
Students will be given up to three additional school days to redo a failing major
assignment, which in this course is one of the four exams, but the grade will be no
higher than a grade of 70.
Students will be given 3 additional days to make up a major assignment, which in
this course is one of the four exams, but the grade will be no higher than a grade of
70.
If 50% or more of students in a class fail a major assignment, which in this course is
one of the four exams, the entire class will receive reteaching of the content using a
different instructional strategy from the original presentation. All students will be
given an alternative major assignment. The students will receive the higher of the
two grades earned.