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Join this world geography course to learn the world’ countries and capitals and increase your student’s understanding of places in history (and navigation skills!).
Total classes: 13
Prerequisite: Ability to read and study 10 to 15 minutes every day
Suggested grade level: 6th to 8th
Suggested credit: One full semester Geography
Description
We will apply two Practical Applications: First: As our world gets smaller because of rapid communication and travel, it is becoming more necessary to know our global neighbors, but before we can know them we must have a basic familiarity of where we are talking about. Second: Students in middle school are beginning to study history. While many of the stories in history are exciting on their own, it is impossible to advance in history without a basic knowledge of geography. Interesting facts about most places will be discussed to help the students ground themselves more into the areas that we will study.
OUR ULTIMATE GOAL: Memorize all of the states and capitals of the United States. Then memorize all of the countries and capitals of the world. We will also be looking at all of the continents, major mountain ranges, and rivers of the world.
Outline
Class 14 – North-Western Europe
Class 15 – Middle East Part 1
Class 16 – Middle East Part 2
Class 17 – Central Asia – Mongolia to Bangladesh
Class 18 – South East Asia – Myanmar to Indonesia
Class 19 – North Korea to East Timor
Class 20 – REVIEW
Class 21 – Australia to Oceania
Class 22 – Northern Africa
Class 23 – Western Africa
Class 24 – Central Africa
Class 25 – Eastern Africa
Class 26 – Southern Africa
Materials and Homework
Course Materials: Geography Coloring Book (3rd Edition) by Wynn Kapit, Krishnan Namboodiri Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2002, ISBN-13: 978-0131014725
Homework: Homework will include: Daily reading & studying for 10-15 minutes, completing coloring pages in text, and online quizzes for immediate feedback.
