SYLLABUS
MS. KELLEY BARRIGAR
7TH GRADE
GEOGRAPHY


GUIDELINE TO CLASS SCHEDULE FOR THE 2007-2008 SCHOOL YEAR

    1st nine weeks:
        Weeks 1-2
            *Review of Class Rules and Procedures/Icebreakers
            *Review Latitude/Longitude
        Weeks 4-8
            *Canada: History, Culture and topography
            *PROJECT: Canadian Explorers
        Week 9
            *Begin United States: Culture and topography
            *PROJECT: STATES/CAPITALS
    2nd nine weeks:
        Weeks 1-4
            *Finish United States: States/Capitals
            *Important Leaders
            *Black History Month
        Weeks 5-9
            LATIN AMERICA: PART I
                *Mexico: History, Culture and Topography
                *Central America: History, Culture and Topography
    3rd 9 Weeks:
        Weeks 1-6
            LATIN AMERICA: PART II
                *Caribbean Islands
                *South America: History, Culture and Topography
                *PROJECT: LATIN AMERICAN EXPLORERS
        Weeks 7-8
            *FCATS
        Week 9
            *BEGIN EUROPE
            *Begin Greece/Rome

    4th 9 Weeks:
        Weeks 1-5
            *Finish Greece/Rome
            *Medieval Europe: Black Plague
            *Renaissance: Art, Inventions and Science
    *Modern Europe and Russia: History, Culture and topography   

    Weeks 6-9
            *WWII/Holocaust
            *Cultural Awareness
            *PROJECT: “PAPERCLIPS”


           
   

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