World Geography-Teacher Manual, Lesson Plans, Activities, Assessments, PPT'S

World Geography In this course, your students will grasp the connection between environments and events, between geographic regions and cultures, and develop a global perspective. They will develop the critical thinking and geographical skills needed to make them lifelong learners with World Geography.

The course incorporates the content and skills outlined in the National Geography Standards. Designed for the new teacher or instructor in an out-of-field assignment, these course materials include an easy-to-use pacing guide to ensure course coverage with whatever textbook is available.

The thorough daily lesson plans with content background and instructional strategies reduce teacher preparation time. Extraordinary PowerPoint class notes include stunning visuals and effective charts, maps and graphs to stimulate classroom engagement. Internet-based research assignments develop study skills.

Student Activity workbooks include all activities and hand-outs to eliminate last minute copying. The assessment system includes frequent quizzes, conventional unit tests and performance-based project assignments.

Topics Include:

Semester 1

Days 1–16 Unit 1: Introduction to Physical and Human Geography

Days 17–34 Unit 2: The United States and Canada

Days 35–58 Unit 3: Latin America

Days 59–80 Unit 4: Europe

Semester 2

Days 81–90 Unit 5: Russia and Northern Eurasia

Days 91–103 Unit 6: Southwest Asia

Days 104–130 Unit 7: Africa

Days 131–140 Unit 8: South Asia

Days 141–160 Unit 9: East and Southeast Asia