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Syllabus ESL/Social
Studies 095AB Fall 02
TEXTBOOKS:
Steck-Vaughn: World of Geography and You; Book
2 :
Vivian Bernstein
Steck-Vaughn: Maps,Globes and Graphs Book 3 : Henry Billings
SUPPLIES:
Pen, Pencil, folder paper, 3-ring binder for assignments, calculator,
your mind.
OTHER RESOURCES: Videos, Maps, Globes,
Encarta, Grolier’s, National Geographic,
Atlas of Micronesia, and various
Atlases of the World, videos and Pacific community resources.
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION will
be short lecture, class discussion of directed readings, completion
of vocabulary and map exercises, group presentations, directed individual
library and computer research, video guides, quizzes and exams.
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Topics
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Text Reading and Worksheet assignments
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| Vocabulary of Social Studies and Themes
of Geography |
Overhead, Handouts and in-class books and assignments
Maps, Globes and Graphs Book 3
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The World
Canada and the United States
Latin America – Central and South America,
and the Carribean
Western Europe
Eastern Europe, Russia and Its Neighbors
Africa, North and South of the Sahara
The Middle East
South East Asia
East Asia and the Pacific
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Group / Individual Reading and Research
GEOGRAPHY THEMES
Location – “its near ….”;
Latitude and Longitude
Place – Physical features:
the Climate: rainfall, wind, temperature, Landforms, topography,
Natural Resources, Habitat, Plants, Soils,
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People – Culture, religions, languages, population, ethnicity.
How
people relate to the environment – description of activities
of the people using the environment
Movement
of ideas and goods – Economy, Trade and changes to people’s
historical “culture”
Regions
– Common features of areas that define them
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| Map Skills and Graphs |
Maps,
Globes and Graphs Book 3. World
of Geography and You; Book 2. and handouts from Book 1 |
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