Pre-AP World Geography 2

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9 Weeks World Geography 2014-2015
October 20

What Makes Latin
America a Region?
(8A, 9A, 10A, 17A)
21 (including history,
culture, geopolitical
structure, economic and
social development, and
physical geography)
22
Mapping Lab
(3A, 4A, 4C, 6A)
Skill: I nterpreting Thematic
Maps
23 24 Places and
Regions in Latin
America
(Mexico, Caribbean, Central
America, Spanish Speaking
South America, and Brazil)
27 Diverse Cultures
of Latin America
(Aztec/Spanish influence on
Mexico, Cultural blending in
Central America, African
influence on the Caribbean,
Cultural Mosaic of South
America, Brazils Natl Culture)
28 Living in Latin
America: Current
Issues

29
(poverty, overpopulation,
economic dependency,
infrastructure, drug and
human trafficking, border
disputes, migration, political
corruption, disaster
preparedness, and industries)
30
The Income Gap



Skill: Analyzing Primary and
Secondary Sources
31 DAY OF THE
DEAD!

Humans Impact on the
Environment
November 3 4
Impact of Natural
Hazards Around the
World
5


6


Review, Assess, Re-
teach and/or Enrich
7
10
What Makes Europe,
Russia, and the
Republics a Region?
(8A, 9A, 10A, 17A)
11 12 Mapping Lab
(Europe and Russia)
(3A, 4A, 4C, 6A
13 Skill: Interpreting
Thematic Maps


14 Physical Processes
Impacting E.R.R.
(3B, 3C, 4B)




17 Population
Trends, including
Russification
18 Places and
Regions in Europe,
Russia, and the
Republics (2A, 5A, 9A)

19



20 Types of
Government w/an
Abbreviated History of
Democracy


21

24


Thanksgiving
25


Thanksgiving
26


Thanksgiving
27


Thanksgiving
28


Thanksgiving
December 1
Boundaries
(natural v. man-made;
borders in history)


Skill: I nterpreting Historical
Maps
2 Supranational
Organizations (EU,
NATO, UN)





3



Skill: Analyzing Primary and
Secondary Sources


4 Regional Conflicts
(Russia/Chechnya,
Ireland, The Balkans,
Kaliningrad)

5 The Former
Soviet Union/Impact of
the Cold War



Skill: Image Analysis

8 People and the
Environment


(pollution, deforestation, polders,
canals, Aral Sea, Chernobyl,
Russian winter, Trans-Siberian
RR, water taps (Bulgaria)
9

Review, Assess, Re-
teach and/or Enrich
10


11

Semester Review
12

Semester Review
15

Semester Review
16

Semester Exams
17

Semester Exams
18

Semester Exams
19

Semester Exams
Unit 3: Latin America: People and the Environment (15 days) WG1B, 8A
Unit 4: Europe, Russia, and the Republics: Political Geography (18 days) WG5A, 14B