World Geography Coursebook

About this curriculum

Course Overview Course Length: Full year Suggested Grade Level(s): 9 10 View samples of our high school curriculum here. This coursebook contains all the instructions and assignments for the full year course in world geography. As students explore the natural forces that shape our planet and the interactions between people and their environment they will gain a new perspective on their world. The course guides students in acquiring information from disparate sources and integrating it into a comprehensive global understanding. The projects and assignments encourage students to exercise their imagination creativity analytical mind and critical faculties. This course is driven by questions and inquiry that challenge students to become researchers and independent thinkers. Throughout the course students are encouraged to use a wide variety of sources such as non-fiction books websites films textbooks journals novels artwork news archives etc. Overall course objectives: Understand and use terminology of physical and human geography. Exhibit different types of writing for different purposes. Locate and evaluate sources for relevance and reliability.…