Course of Study

The World Geography curriculum incorporates a multitude of sources. Primary 
readings come from 
the Our World Today textbook. Provided is a chronological list of the topics 
that we will cover in 
class. The date will be next to the section we are currently studying.

Unit 1 Learning About Our World
Chapter 1 Our Social World
-	Section 1 People Far and Near
-	Section 2 Learning About Our World
-	Section 3 Patterns in Todays World

Chapter 2 Earth Patterns
-	Section 1 Thinking Like a Geographer
-	Section 2 Physical Geography
-	Section 3 People and the Environment

Unit 2 North Africa and Southwest Asia
Chapter 3 Early Cultures
-	Section 1 Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt
-	Section 2 Religions of the Middle East

Chapter 4 North Africa and Southwest Asia Today
-	Section 1 North Africa
-	Section 2 Southwest Asia: Turkey and Israel
-	Section 3 Syria, Lebanon, Jordan & Arabia
-	Section 4 Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan

Unit 6 Africa South of the Sahara

Chapter 17  South Africa and its Neighbors
-	Section 1 The New South Africa
-	Section 2 Inland Southern Africa
-	Section 3 Atlantic and Indian Ocean Countries <------- DECEMBER 8th

Chapter 15 East and Central Africa
-	Section 1 East Africa Kenya and Tanzania
-	Section 2 Other Countries of East Africa
-	Section 3 Central Africa

Chapter 16 West Africa
-	Section 1 Nigeria
-	Section 2 Other Countries of West Africa

Unit 3 Asia
Chapter 5 South Asia
-	Section 1 India
-	Section 2 Other Countries of South Asia

Chapter 6 China and its Neighbors
-	Section 1 Chinas Land and Economy
-	Section 2 Chinas People and Country
-	Section 3 Chinas Neighbors

Chapter 7 Japan and the Koreas 
-	Section 1 Japan
-	Section 2 The Two Koreas 

Chapter 8 South East Asia
-	Section 1 Mainland South East Asia
-	Section 2 Islands of South East Asia

Unit 9  Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica
Chapter 24  Australia and New Zealand
-	Section 1 Australia
-	Section 2 New Zealand

Chapter 25 - Oceania and Antarctica
-	Section 1 Oceania
-	Section 2 Antarctica

Unit 8 South America
Chapter 22 Brazil and It's Neighbors
-	Section 1 Brazil
-	Section 2 Brazil's Neighbors 

Chapter 23 The Andean Countries
-	Section 1 Colombia
-	Section 2 Peru and Ecuador
-	Section 3 Bolivia and Chile

Unit 4 - Europe
Chapter 11  Western Europe Today
-	Section 1 United Kingdom and Ireland
-	Section 2 France and Benelux
-	Section 3 Germany, Switzerland and Austria
-	Section 4 The Nordic Countries
-	Section 5 Southern Europe

Chapter 12 - Eastern Europe Today
-       Section 1 East Central Europe
-       Section 2 The Balkan Countries
-       Section 3 Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova

Unit 5 Russia and the Eurasian Republics
Chapter 13 Russia and its Neighbors
-	Section 1 The Russian Land
-       Section 2 The People of Russia
-	Section 3 Russias Southern Neighbors