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Helena-West Helena School District Year at a Glance Subject: World Geography_____________________________

Spring 2015

Unit 1 Our World: The Western Hemisphere Thinking Like a Geographer

How does geography influence the way people live?

WST.1.7.1 Evaluate the characteristics, functions, advantages, and disadvantages of various geographic representations and geospatial technologies for analyzing spatial patterns and distributions. WST.2.7.1 Compare visual and written explanations of the spatial organization and spatial patterns of people and places, and environments.

Textbook Maps Globes Supplemental material

RH.6-8.2 Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.

WHST.6-8.2 Write informative/explanatory texts, include the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/experiments, or technical processes.

SL.7.2 Analyze the main ideas and supporting details presented in diverse media and formats and explain how the ideas clarify a topic, text, or issues under study.

absolute location, relative location, geography, spatial, landscape, latitude, longitude, Equator, Prime Meridian, region, environment, landform, climate, resource

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Tools Used by Geographers


WST.2.7.2 Compare spatial connections among people, places, and their environments over time

Textbook Maps Globes Supplemental material, videos, info graphics

RH.6-8.7 Integrate visual information with other information in print and digital texts.

WHST.6-8.2 Use precise language and domain specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.

SL.7.2 Analyze the main ideas and supporting details presented in diverse media and formats

hemisphere, key, scale bar, compass rose, map projection, scale, elevation, relief, thematic map, technology, remote sensing

Chapter 2: Earth’s Physical Geography (Earth and the Sun)


WST.4.7.1 Explain physical and cultural changes in places and regions over time using a variety of


RH.6-8.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary

WHST.6-8.2.D Use precise language and domain specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.

SL.7.5 Include multimedia components and visual displays in presentations to clarify claims and

orbit, axis, revolution, atmosphere, solstice, equinox, climate, precipitation, rain shadow


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sources including geographic representations.

specific to history/social studies.

findings and emphasize salient points.

Forces of Change


WST.1.7.3 Explain relationships between places and regions using geographic representations.

Textbook Maps Globes Supplemental material, videos

RH.6-8.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to history/social studies.


SL.7.5 Include multimedia components and visual displays in presentations to clarify claims and findings and emphasize salient points.

continent, tectonic plate, fault, earthquake, Ring of Fire, tsunami, weathering, erosion, glacier

Landforms and Bodies of Watetr


WST.1.7.4 Analyze how environmental and cultural characteristics of places and regional have changed over time.

Textbook Maps, Supplemental material, videos, globes

RH.6-8.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to


SL.7.5 Include multimedia components and visual displays in presentations to clarify claims and findings and

plateau, plain, isthmus, continental shelf, trench, desalinization, groundwater, delta, water cycle, evaporation, condensation,

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history/social studies.

emphasize salient points.

acid rain

Chapter 3 Earth’s People (A Changing Population)

How do people adapt to their environment?

ES.9.7.1 Examine ways people have adapted to the physical environment over time?

Textbooks, Supplemental material, videos, maps, globes




death are, birthrate, doubling time, population distribution, population density, urban, rural, emigrate, immigrate, refugee, urbanization, megalopolis


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Global Cultures

What makes a culture unique?

HS.6.7.1 Examine the cultural characteristics of various regions.




SL.7.1A Come to discussions prepared having read or researched material understudy,

culture, ethnic group, dialect, cultural region, democracy, representative democracy, monarchy, dictatorship, human rights, globalization

Economic Why do HS.7.7.1 Textbook RH.6-8.4 WHST.6-8.2 SL.7.5 renewable

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Systems

people make economic choices?

Explain primary, secondary, territory, and quaternary economic activities

Maps Globes Supplemental material

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to history/social studies.

Use precise language and domain specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.

Include multimedia components and visual displays in presentations to clarify claims and findings and emphasize salient points.

resource, nonrenewable resource, opportunity cost, economic system, traditional economy, market economy, command economy, mixed economy, gross domestic product, standard of living, productivity, export, import, free trade


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Unit 2 North America (Chapter 4 The United States East of the Mississippi River) (Physical Features)

How does geography influence they way people live?

ES.9.7.2 Describe symbiotic relationships between humans and their physical environments.





subregion, lock, tributary, levee, coastal plain, fall line, hurricane

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History of the Region

Why is history important?

WST.4.7.1 Explain physical and cultural changes in places and regions over time using a variety of sources including geographic representations.

Textbook, supplemental material, videos, maps, globes

RH.6-8.4 .D Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to history/social studies.

WHST.6-8.2.D Use precise language and domain specific vocabulary to inform or explain the topic.

SL.7.4 Present claims and findings, emphasizing salient points in a focused, coherent manner with pertinent descriptions, facts, details, and examples.

indigenous, colonists, agriculture, industry


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Life in the Region







metropolitan, tourism, civil rights, Rust Belt


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Chapter 5 (The United States West of the Mississippi River)


WST.3.7.2 Analyze perceptions people have of places and regions around the world based on direct experiences and indirect experiences.


RH.6-8.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to history/social studies.



cordillera, timberline, contiguous, Continental Divide, irrigation, chinook, ethanol, national park

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How do people make economic choices?

HS.7.7.2 Compare advantages of one location over another in the access to factors of production





nomadic, pueblo, mission, frontier, Manifest Destiny, annex, extinct, reservation


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Life in the United States West of the Mississipii

How does technology change the way people live?

HS.7.7.3 Analyze movements of people, products, and ideas throughout transportation and communication networks and how they vary among regions.





Mormon, Dust Bowl, topsoil, agribusiness, aerospace

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Chapter 6 Canada (The Physical Geography of Canada)


ES.9.7.1 Examine ways people have adapted to the physical environment over time.

Textbook, maps, globes, supplemental material, videos

RH.6-8.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in text, including vocabulary specific to history/social studies.



province, territory, shield, coniferous, deciduous, archipelago, tundra, fishery


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The History of Canada







aboriginal, Metis, transcontinental, granary

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Life in Canada







metropolitan area, bilingual, peacekeeping, separatist, autonomy, acid rain


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Chapter 7 Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean Islands (Physical Geography)







isthmus, tierra caliente, tierra templada, tierra fría, bauxite, extinct, dormant

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History of the Regions

Why does conflict develop?

HS.8.7.1 Examine physical and human characteristics the influence the division and control of Earth’s surface.




SL.7.4 Present claims and findings, emphasizing salient points in a focused, coherent manner with pertinent descriptions, facts, details, and examples.

staple, surplus, conquistador, colonialism, revolution, plantation, cash crop, caudillo, Colombian Exchange


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Life in the Region

Why do people trade?






maquiladora, mural, dependence, free-trade zone remittance, reggae

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Unit 3 South America (Physical Geography of Brazil)







tributary, basin, rain forest, canopy, plateau, escarpment, pampas, Tropics, temperate zone


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History of Brazil

How do governments change?

HS.8.7.1 Examine physical and human characteristics that influence the division and control of Earth’s surface.





indigenous, slash-and-burn agriculture, emancipate, compulsory

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Life in Brazil What makes a culture unique?



RH.6-8.2 Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.



hinterland, metropolitan area, central city, favela


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Chapter 9 The Tropical North (Physical Geography of the Region)







elevation, trade winds, cash crop

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History of the Countries

Why does conflict develop?



RH.6-8.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in text, including vocabulary specific to history/social studies.



immunity, encomienda, hacienda


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Life in the Tropical North







Creole, tariff

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Chapter 10 Andes and Midlatitude Countries (Physical Geography of Region)







cordillera, altiplano, pampas, estuary, altitude


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Why do civilizations rise and fall?






smallpox, guerrilla, multinational, coup

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Life in the Region







pueblo joven


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Unit 4 Europe (Physical Geography of Western Europe)







dike, polder, estuary, Westerlies, deciduous, coniferous

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History of Western Europe







smelting, feudalism, Middle Ages, pilgrimage, Parliament, industrialized, Holocaust


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Life in Western Europe







postindustrial

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Northern and Southern Europe


ES.9.7.1 Examine ways people have adapted to the physical environment over time?





glaciation, fjord, tundra, scrubland, trawler


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city-state, longship, pagan, Renaissance

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Life in Northern and Southern Europe

How do new ideas change the way people live?






homogenous, dialect, welfare capitalism, recession


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Chapter 13 Eastern Europe and Western Russia







upland, steppe, balkanization, brackish, reserves

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czar, serf, genocide, communism, collectivization


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Life in Eastern Europe and Western Russia







inflation, oligarch, devolution

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