World Geography
8th Grade Health
World Geography Course Description – Students in World Geography will study the world and its people, places and environments—where they are and how they relate to one another. Students will learn about the earth’s physical environment and how it affects human life, such as its impact on where people live. Students will also learn about types of human activity-political, economic, and social activities—and how they shape cultural patterns and affects the environment. Overall, students will examine the world from a geographic perspective, using problem-solving skills and such concepts as location, movement, and regional to ask and answer geographic questions.
The study of World Geography will be broken will be broken down into 5 themes.
1. Location
2. Place
3. Human-environment interaction
4. Movement
5. Regions
1. Introduction
2. The Earth
3. Climates of the Earth
4. the Human world
5. Physical Geography of U.S. and Canada
6. Cultural Geography of U.S. and Canada
7. U.S. and Canada Today
8. Physical Geography of Latin America
9. Cultural Geography of Latin America
10. Latin America Today
11. Physical Geography of Europe
12. Cultural Geography of Europe
13. Europe Today
14. Physical Geography of Russia
15. Cultural Geography of Russia
16. Russia Today
1. Review
2. Physical Geography of North Africa, Southwest Asia, and Central Asia
3. Cultural Geography of North Africa, Southwest Asia, and Central Asia
4. North Africa, Southwest Asia and Central Asia Today
5. Physical Geography of Africa South of the Sahara
6. Cultural Geography of Africa South of the Sahara
7. Africa South of the Sahara Today
8. Physical Geography of South Asia
9. Cultural Geography of South Asia
10. South Asia Today
11. Physical Geography of East Asia
12. Cultural Geography of East Asia
13. East Asia Today
14. Physical Geography of Southeast Asia
15. Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia
16. Southeast Asia Today
17. Physical Geography of Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica
18. Cultural Geography of Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica
19. Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica Today
8th Grade Health Course Description – This is a one semester course. In Health Education, students acquire the health information and skills necessary to become healthy adults and learn about behaviors in which they should and should not participate. To achieve that goal, students will understand the following: students should first seek guidance in the area of health from their parents; personal behaviors can increase or reduce health risks throughout the lifespan; health in influenced by a variety of factors; students can recognize and utilize health information and products; and personal/interpersonal skills are needed to promote individual, family and community health.
Students will develop skills that will make them health literate adults. Students gain a deeper understanding of the knowledge and behaviors they use to safeguard their health particularly pertaining to health risks. Students are taught how to access accurate information that they can use to promote health for themselves and others. Students use problem solving, research, goal-setting, and communication skills to protect their health and that of the community.
General Semester Lesson Plans:
1. Health Skills
2. Mental and Emotional Health
3. Family and Social Health
4. Growth and Development
5. Nutrition
6. Personal Health and Physical Activity
7. Alcohol, Tobacco and other Drugs
8. Communicable and Chronic Diseases
9. Consumer and Community Health
10. Environmental Health
11. Injury Prevention and Personal Safety
12. No talking
13. Be respectful to all teachers and students
14. You are responsible for all of your actions
1. Daily grades go down once in the grade book.
2. Major grades go down twice in the grade book.
3. Students can earn extra credit/bonus points with extra work, extra projects, etc.
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