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Course: World Regional Geography (one semester course)
Instructor: Stephen Fedele
714-433-6600 extension 66613
[email protected]
Course Description: World Regional Geography is a one semester course. Students will study the world by looking at location,
place, region, movement, and human-environment interaction. Students will be challenged to make connections between different
regions and cultures.
Course Objectives:
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Identify the relative and absolute location of continents, countries, regions, and bodies of water on the earth.
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Describe the cultural and physical characteristics of a region.
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Analyze the causes and effects of human migration on a region.
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Describe the ways that humans depend upon, adapt to, and affect the physical environment.
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Recognize the cultural and physical factors that are used to define a region.
Course Content:
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Unit 1 - Geography Basics
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Unit 2 – United States
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Unit 3 – Latin America
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Unit 4 – Europe
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Unit 5 – Russia
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Unit 6 – Africa
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Unit 7 – Southwest Asia
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Unit 8 – South Asia
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Unit 9 – East Asia
Course Core Values: We are Champions of Character and will display them!
 Respect
 Responsibility
 Integrity
 Servant Leadership
 Sportsmanship
Policies:
 Homework will be assigned regularly
 GFHS attendance, behavior, and dress code policies will be enforced (see student handbook)
 Godinez Fundamental High School’s progressive discipline plan will be enforced.
Grading:
Assignments
Assessment
Participation
50%
40%
10%
Scale:
100-90%
89-80%
79-70%
69-60%
59% & Below
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F
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