Sunday, March 6, 2011

Ninth Grade World Geography Study Resources....

(I have prepared workbook pages for use with this course and will be happy to share those, too, if anyone is interested.)

Use Parragon’s Ultimate Atlas of the World as a reference work or for extra reading throughout the year.

Week 1:
Read Scholastic’s EverythingYou Need to Know About Geography, pages 2-7. 
Read Handy Homework Helper: Geography, pages 5-7.
Complete workbook pages.
(Pages 6-29 in Ultimate Atlas go with first 10 weeks of study – about 2 ½ pages per week.)
Read Harm de Blig’s Geography Book, Chapter 1 - Library

Week 2: 
Read Everything Geo, pages 8-15.
Read Homework Helper Geo, pages 8-16.
Complete workbook pages.
Blig, Chapter 2

Week 3:
Read Everything Geo, pages 16-29.
Complete workbook pages.
Blig, Chapter 3

Week 4:
Read Everything Geo, pages 30-36.
Read Homework Helper Geo, pages 17-26.
Complete workbook pages.
Read Seven Wonders of the Natural
World
, Amy Graham – Library (or other and write a 2 page report on your favorite spectacular landform.)  Also look through National Wonders of the World, Robert Moore, Jr.

Week 5:
Read Everything Geo, pages 37-42.
Read Homework Helper Geo, pages 27-36
Complete workbook pages.
Blig, Chapter 4

Week 6:
Read Everything Geo, pages 43-49.
Read Homework Helper Geo, pages 37-46.
Complete workbook pages.
Blig, Chapter 5

Week 7:
Read Everything Geo, pages 50-56.
Read Homework Helper Geo, pages 47-55.
Complete workbook pages.
Blig, Chapter 6

Week 8:
Read Everything Geo, pages 57-64.
Read Homework Helper Geo, pages 56-82.
Complete workbook pages.
Blig, Chapter 7

Week 9:
Read Everything Geo, pages 65-74.
Read Homework Helper Geo, pages 83-107.
Complete workbook pages.
Blig, Chapter 8

Week 10:
Read Everything Geo, pages 75-87.
Read Homework Helper Geo, pages 108-122.
Complete workbook pages.
Blig, Chapter 9

Week 11:
Read Usborne Peoples of the World pages 4-25 (intro and North America).
Mark all countries studied on large map of the world.
Complete workbook scavenger hunt using internet links.
(Ultimate Atlas pages 100-115.)
Blig, Chapter 10
Read from Material World, U.S.: pages 136-43.

Week 12:
Read Usborne World Religions pages 6-11; 48-67; 99; 104; part of 105 (intro to religions and North America)
Complete workbook scavenger hunt using internet links.
Blig, Chapter 11
Women in the Material World, pages 240-49 - Library

Week 13-14:
Read Usborne Peoples of the World pages 26-37.
Read Usborne World Religions – rest of page 105.
Work on maps of countries and do memory work for countries of South America.
(Ultimate Atlas pages 116-147.)
Women in the Material World:  Brazil 40-49; Cuba 62-69; Guatemala 86-93; Haiti 94-103; Mexico 184-93.
Material World: Mexico 144-53; Latin America 106-35; Haiti 154-61.

Week 15-16:
Read Usborne Peoples of the World pages 38-49.
Work on maps of countries and do memory work for countries of Europe.
(Ultimate Atlas pages 30-97.)
Women in the Material World: Albania 12-23; Italy 130-39.
Material World: Europe 180-227; Iceland 162-69.
Week 17-20:
Read Usborne Peoples of the World pages 50-65.
Read Hungry Planet:  Chad, Mali, and Egypt
Read Usborne World Religions pages 100-01.
Work on Maps of countries of Africa and do memory work.
(Ultimate Atlas pages 196-217.)
Blig, Chapter 12
Week 21-24:
Read Usborne Peoples of the World pages 66-81.
Work on maps of countries of Asia and do memory work.
(Ultimate Atlas pages 148-189 – through week 28.)
Blig, Chapter 13
Women in the Material World:Bhutan 24-35; China 50-59; India 108-15; Israel 116-27; Japan 140-51; Jordan 154-65; Mongolia 194-203; Russia 206-17; Thailand 228-34 (cont. weeks 25-28)

Week 25:
Read World Religions pages 12-23; 36-47 (Asia).
Complete internet scavenger hunt in workbook.
Blig, Chapter 14

Week 26:
Read World Religions pages 80-89; 94-98 (Asia).
Complete internet scavenger hunt in workbook.
Material World: Asia 40-105; Middle East 228-247.

Week 27:
Read World Religions pages 24-35; 68-79 (Asia).
Complete internet scavenger hunt in workbook.

Week 28:
Read World Religions pages 90-93 (Asia).
Complete internet scavenger hunt in workbook.
(Ultimate Atlas – read during this week if not already completed earlier.)
Use Bramwell Map book for Asia.
Women in the Material Worldtopics: Marriage 36-39; Laundry 60-61; Work 82-85; Education 104-07; Childcare 128-29; Hair 152-53; Food 180-83; Water 204-05; Friends 226-27.

Week 29-32:
Read Usborne Peoples of the World, pages 82-91.
Read World Religions pages 102-03.
Work on maps of countries and do memory work.
Hungry Planet: read about family from Australia.
(Ultimate Atlas 218-241.)
Use Bramwell Map book for Oceania.
Material World topics: TV 36-39; Meals 176-79; Toilets 224-27.

Week 33:
Read World Religions 116-123.
Look at/discuss time chart and map of world religions at end of Usborne Religion book.
Complete internet scavenger hunt in workbook.
Hungry Planet: read about U.S. related food issues: pages 260-278; 52-53; 92-94; 162-65; 242-43.  Use McDonald’s and other charts from What the World Eats to discuss issues (these are not included in the Hungry Planet book).

Week 34:
Hungry Planet: read about North and South America: Cuba; Ecuador; Guatemala; Mexico;
Greenland.
Complete workbook questions.

Week 35:
Hungry Planet: read about European countries: Bosnia; France; Germany; Great Britain; Italy; Poland; also pages 128-29.
Complete workbook questions.

Week 36:
Hungry Planet:  read about Asian countries: Bhutan; China; India; Japan; Kuwait; Mongolia; Philippines; Turkey; also pages 202-03.
Complete workbook exercise.

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