SYLLABUS
MS. KELLEY BARRIGAR
7TH GRADE
GEOGRAPHY
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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