Study Scope and Sequence
Unit 1: North Africa, Southwest Asia, and Central Asia
Unit 2: Africa South Of The Sahara
Unit 3: South Asia
Unit 4: East Asia and Southeast
Unit 5: Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica
Course Objectives
The objectives are listed individually in each lesson, but the ultimate goal is that, by the end of the course, you will know and use these facts, concepts, principles and theories, and models to better understand the people and culture of the countries of Africa, Asia, Australia, and Oceania.
1. Students will be able to use geographical skills, and understand tools and technologies used by geographers.
2. Students will be able to make sense of varied physical environments.
3. Students will be able to explain how selected physical and ecological processes impact the Earth’s surface.
4. Students will be able to analyze why people live where they do.
5. Students will understand how people make a living in different parts of the world.
6. Students will understand the process of urbanization.
7. Students will be able to describe diverse cultural systems.
8. Students will be able to describe reasons for conflict and cooperation in the world.