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:
Office hours:Tuesday 9:30 a.m. – 12:44p.m.
Thursday 9:30 a.m. – 12:44p.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
- 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).
- 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:
A90-100
B 80-89
C 70-79
D 60-69
F 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 DateDayClass TopicAssignment/Due Date
Jan.07WClass Guidelines and ProceduresN/AN/A
08RHow to Answer Multiple-Choice QuestChapter 101/08
09FHow to Answer Multiple-Choice QuestChapter 101/08
12MHow to Answer Data-Based QuestionsChapter 201/12
13THow to Answer Data-Based QuestionsChapter 201/12
14WUnderstanding MapsChapter 301/14
15RUnderstanding MapsChapter 301/14
16FProblem Solving and Research SkillsChapter 401/16
19MProblem Solving and Research SkillsChapter 401/16
20TUnit #1 Exam 01/20
21WA World GazeteerChapter 501/21
22RA World GazeteerChapter 501/21
23FA World GazeteerChapter 501/21
26MA World GazeteerChapter 501/21
27TA World GazeteerChapter 501/21
28WProcesses Shaping Planet EarthChapter 601/28
29RProcesses Shaping Planet EarthChapter 601/28
Class DateDayClass TopicAssignment/Due Date
30FProcesses Shaping Planet EarthChapter 601/28
Feb.2MProcesses Shaping Planet EarthChapter 601/28
3TPeople and NatureChapter 702/03
4WPeople and NatureChapter 702/03
5RPeople and NatureChapter 702/03
6FPeople and NatureChapter 702/03
9MUnit #2 Exam02/09
10TAspects of CultureChapter 802/10
11WAspects of CultureChapter 802/10
12RAspects of CultureChapter 802/10
13FAspects of CultureChapter 802/10
16MAspects of CultureChapter 802/10
17TAspects of CultureChapter 802/10
18WCultural RegionsChapter 902/18
19RCultural RegionsChapter 902/18
20FCultural Regions (Early Release)Chapter 902/18
23MCultural RegionsChapter 902/18
24TCultural RegionsChapter 902/18
25WCultural RegionsChapter 902/18
26RCultural RegionsChapter 902/18
27FCultural RegionsChapter 902/18
Mar.2MCultural Regions (State Testing)Chapter 902/18
3TCultural Regions (ST)Chapter 902/18
4WSemester Exam (ST)03/04
5RDemographyChapter 1003/05
6FDemographyChapter 1003/05
9MDemographyChapter 1003/05
10TMigrationChapter 1103/10
11WMigrationChapter 1103/10
12RMigrationChapter 1103/10
13FMigrationChapter 1103/10
***********************SPRING BREAK MARCH 16-20 *************************************
23MCultural Diffusion & ConvergenceChapter 1203/23
24TCultural Diffusion & ConvergenceChapter 1203/23
25WCultural Diffusion & ConvergenceChapter 1203/23
26RCultural Diffusion & ConvergenceChapter 1203/23
27FHistorical ChangeChapter 1303/27
30MHistorical ChangeChapter 1303/27
31THistorical ChangeChapter 1303/27
Apr.1WUnit 4 Exam04/01
2RTypes of GovernmentChapter 1404/02
Class DateDayClass TopicAssignment/Due Date
3FHoliday04/03
6MTypes of GovernmentChapter 1404/02
7TTypes of Government (ST)Chapter 1404/02
8WTypes of Government (ST)Chapter 1404/02
9RBorders and PowerChapter 1504/09
10FBorders and PowerChapter 1504/09
13MBorders and PowerChapter 1504/09
14TBorders and PowerChapter 1504/09
15WBorders and PowerChapter 1504/09
16RPolitical Processes & CitizenshipChapter 1604/16
17FPolitical Processes & Citizenship(ER)Chapter 1604/16
20MPolitical Processes & CitizenshipChapter 1604/16
21TPolitical Processes & Citizenship(ST)Chapter 1604/16
22WPolitical Processes & Citizenship (ST)Chapter 1604/16
23RPolitical Processes & CitizenshipChapter 1604/16
24FPolitical Processes & CitizenshipChapter 1604/16
27MUnit #5 Exam04/27
28TEconomic SystemsChapter 1704/28
29WEconomic SystemsChapter 1704/28
30REconomic SystemsChapter 1704/28
May1FEconomic DevelopmentChapter 1805/01
4MEconomic DevelopmentChapter 1805/01
5TEconomic DevelopmentChapter 1805/01
6WChallenges of GlobalizationChapter 1905/06
7RChallenges of GlobalizationChapter 1905/06
8FChallenges of GlobalizationChapter 1905/06
11MPreparation of NationStates Presentations05/11
12TPreparation of NationStates Presentations05/11
13WNationStates Presentations05/13
14RNationStates Presentations05/13
15FNationStates Presentations05/13
18MFinal Exam Review05/18
19TFinal Exam Review05/18
20WFinal Exam Review05/18
21RFinal Exam Review05/18
22FFinal Exam Review05/18
25MHoliday05/25
26TFinal Exam05/26
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.