This course will require students to be involved in traditional note taking and testing. In addition, activities will be directed toward the development of oral and written reports with emphasis on writing across he curriculum as well as select portfolio project. Writing across the curriculum will be an important course component. Reports and project will be required on a semester basis. Through reading, class discussion, hands-on projects and writing exercises, students are encouraged to develop a more thorough awareness of the period studied.
Emphasis is on making the subject matter relevant.
Writing across the curriculum will be an important course component. This course is designed to examine the physical and political geography of the continents of the world. This includes the Americans, Eurasia, Africa and Australia. Emphasis will be placed on the study of maps and globes, climates and climatic regions, important waterways, natural resources, different landforms and the historical, political, economic, and cultural characteristics of the different regions of the world. This course is intended to better prepare students for their roles in an ever-shrinking world through expanding their understanding of the role of geography in peoples' lives.