9th Grade World Geography Syllabus
9th Grade World Geography Syllabus
Mrs. Ryan
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Welcome to 9th Grade World Geography Humanities! I am looking forward to our school year together. In this class we will be learning about the geographical make-up of our planet Earth and how that geography affects people. By the end of this course I hope that we will understand what it means to be an active, responsible, and knowledgeable citizen of the world. The following includes information about what you can expect this year in World Geography.
Expectations of your Behavior
Classroom Rules:
Try your best
Respect the teacher, your classmates, yourself and the classroom.
Use your time wisely.
Speak appropriately at all times.
Think before you make important decisions.
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|Consequences for Misbehavior | |
-First Offense: Verbal Warning
-Second Offense: Student-Teacher Conference before/after school or during lunch
-Third Offense: Contact Parents
-Fourth Offense: Detention
-Fifth Offense: Referral
Grading
Formative........ 35%
Summative...... 65%
Current Events:
As part of the humanities portion of this class, you will be assigned to do biweekly reports on current events around the world (once every 2 weeks, not twice a week). The current event must be relevant to our current topic we are studying! The news article you selected must be attached to your analysis of the article. If you are absent the day a current event is due, you may turn it in to me a day early or email the assignment to me. If you do not turn the article in the following class you are present for than the assignment is counted as a zero. These news articles are an excellent way to keep you grade up so make sure you turn them in!
Late Assignments & Extra Credit
Late assignments – As a general rule I do not take any late work. I will consider taking late work on a case-by-case basis and will not extend multiple gestures of kindness to the same student. In other words, turn in your work on time or suffer the consequences. If you are absent you are responsible for getting all makeup work and turning it in on time.
Extra Credit – Extra credit is due one week before the end of the nine weeks. You may choose to do a book report, a critical analysis of a film or listen to a plaidcast. Only certain films and books have been approved. If you have a film or book you would like to me to consider adding to my list I require a 2 page persuasive essay.
Materials for Needed for World Geography
-1-2 inch 3 ring binder that will be left in classroom
-5 colored dividers
-Pens or pencils
-Coloring pencils
-Loose-leaf paper in binder
Binder
Section 1: Warm-Ups
Section 2: Notes (can be divided regionally if you desire)
Section 3: Maps
Section 4: Classwork
Section 5: Tests/Quizzes
I will be checking binders four times each nine weeks. There will be no announcement and the grade will be worth a quiz grade, so keep your binders neat! I check for completion of assignments, note taking and neatness. If there are loose papers stuffed into your binder your grade will drop.
Privileges
Cell Phones-Cell phones are NOT permitted in class. If permission is given at the beginning of class cell phones can be used to look up information to quests, help with in class research or listen to music while we work. This is a privilege and will not be granted unless the class is behaving extremely well. If I find you are abusing your phones I will take them away in accordance with school policy.
Food and Drink-Food and drink are allowed in class in limited qualities aka no you may not bring a whole pizza into the classroom! Please ensure your drink has a lid and is not in a glass container. If you eat in class please be sure to pick up your trash, I do NOT want roaches in the room! As with cell phones this is a privilege, not a right. If you cannot handle this privilege it will be taken away.
Tutoring Hours, Remind101 & The Website
Tutoring- I am available in the morning for tutoring starting at 7:45am. I will not be available after school due to coaching obligations. Shameless plugin: if you want to join the swim team come see me after class. However, if you have a question after school hours about an assignment or something we talked about in class, please do not hesitate to email me. I usually respond to emails within 4-6 hours max. I am a night owl.
Remind101- Do you forget about assignments frequently? Tests? Projects?!?! Then fear not because there is a wonderful program where I can send a reminder text to everyone in the class about that current event that is due tomorrow. All you need to do is text this message: @b02ee to this number: 424-543-6860. Once you’ve done that please reply with your full proper name, if I don’t recognize the name I will delete you off the list. I cannot see your cell phone number, and this is not my number! You cannot send texts back and forth on this program. Please show your parents this so they may register too (don’t worry, I’ll be emailing them too).
The Website- My world geography website is: ryangeography.. On the website you will find copies of notes, homework assignments and anything else I deem important to put on the website. If you lose a paper, check the website to see if there is a copy you can print off. If you’d like to see something on the website that isn’t already there please let me know!
I acknowledge that I have read and reviewed with my parents/guardians the above World Geography syllabus and agree to abide by the rules and procedures stated in those pages.
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Topics of Study & Major Dates
1st Nine Weeks
Unit 1: Physical Geography (10 Days)
Unit 2: Freedom Week (5 Days)
Unit 3: Human Geography (10 Days)
Unit 4: United States and Canada (10 Days)
2nd Nine Weeks
Unit 5: Latin America (10 Days)
Unit 6: Europe (10 Days)
Unit 7: Russia and the Republics (10 Days)
3rd Nine Weeks
Unit 8: North Africa and South West Asia (13 Days)
Unit 9: Sub-Sahara Africa (12 Days)
Unit 10: South Asia (8 Days)
4th Nine Weeks
Unit 11: East Asia (10 Days)
Unit 12: Southeast Asia (7 Days)
Unit 13: Australia and Oceania (6 Days)
Major Dates
September 4th: Current Event Physical Geography
September 17th: Test Physical Geography
September 18th: C.E Human Geography
October 2nd: C.E your choice
October 11th: Test Human Geography
October 16th: C.E on US/Canada
October 24th: Test US/Canada
October 30th: C.E Latin America (Middle America)
November 13th: C.E Latin America (South America)
November 15th: Test Latin America
November 25th: C.E Europe
December 5th: Test Europe
December 11th: C.E Russia & The Republics
December 13th: Major Quiz Russia & The Republics
December 19th: Midterm Exam
January 8th: C.E North Africa
January 22nd: C.E Middle East
January 24th: Test North Africa & Middle East
February 5th: C.E Sub-Saharan Africa
February 14th: Test Sub-Saharan Africa
February 19th: C.E South Asia
March 6th: Test South Asia
March 26th: C.E East Asia
April 2nd: Test East Asia
April 9th: C.E Southeast Asia
April 11th: Test Southeast Asia
April 23rd: Major Quiz Australia
April 24th: C.E Australia
May 8th: C.E your choice
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