Cultural Geography

Course Description:

This course teaches students about world cultures. This course seeks to open the world to students, leading them on a guided tour of unique people groups, the places they inhabit, and the cultures they created. This course seeks to teach a proper view of the various cultures that have developed and how they each relate to a Biblical world view and the Creation Mandate.

Course Outcomes:

• To study themes of geography-the world in spatial terms, places and regions, environments and societies, physical and human systems, and uses of geography.
• To improve geography skills
• Visual analysis of various types of maps, timelines, images, and graphical representation of statistical data sets.
• Biblical world view development regarding cultural evaluation, world religions, institutions, social groups, aesthetics, and physical environments.

Course Syllabus

Lesson Plans - Quarter 1

• 9/3 Chapter 1 Introduction
• 9/10 Chapter 2 Physical Geography
• 9/17 Chapter 3 Earth’s Climate
• 9/24 Test, Introduction to Chapter 4
• 10/1 Chapter 4 the World’s People
• 10/8 Maps and Memorization
• 10/15 Chapter 5 The US
• 10/22 Chapter 5 The US
• 10/29 Chapter 6 Canada

Assessments

• Students are given multiple map and activity pages weekly
• Students are assigned questions over chapters and notes taken
• Students will be quizzed weekly over material taught
• Students will have one exam per quarter over chapters covered

This is a Bob Jones Curriculum Text

Any questions or concerns can be sent to tburke@cozaddale.org