Curriculum Map 9 th grade level Geography Month Main Concept (General terms) August Exploration of Geography Geographic Approach September October End of 1 st Data Charts Pie Charts Bar Charts Line Charts Climograph Population Pyramid Maps Choropleth Dot Cartogram Political Physical Topographic Road Climate v. Weather Landforms Delta Peninsula Strait Island Standards/Objectives Assessments Vocabulary Resources Standard 1, Objective 1 Standard 1, Objective 1 & 3 Standard 2,, 3 Standard 3, Standard 4, Objective 1 Data Collection Data Content Quiz Map Content Quiz Physical Geog. Quiz Absolute Location Relative Location Hemisphere Equator Latitude Longitude Cartogram Map Projection Cylindrical Projection Mercator GIS Solstice Equinox Weather Climate Greenhouse Effect Orographic Effect (Rain Shadow) 1
Term Mountain Lake Bay Plain Plateau River & Tributaries Latitude & Longitude Time Zones Tributary Tornado Alley Tundra Permafrost Major Religions o Christianity (Protestant and Catholic) o Judaism o Islam o Sikh o Hinduism o Buddhism o Confucianism o Indigenous Religions Ethnicity Economics Demographics Human Geog. quiz Culture Acculturation Diversity Diffusion Innovation Push-Pull Factors Population Density State Nation Urban Rural Economy GDP Infrastructure Overpopulation 2
Month Main Concept Standards/Objectives Assessments Vocabulary Resources November United States and Standard 2, U.S. & Megalopolis Canada, 3 Canada Renewable Standard 3, Resource Major Landforms Globalization Climate Zones Standard 4, quizzes Export Tornado Alley Import Major Regions Standard 5, First Nations Natural Resources Coalition Standard 6, Terrorism Megalopolis NAFTA Population Region Separatism in Quebec Constitutional Monarchy NAFTA December Latin America Standard 2, Latin West Indies 3, America Mulatto Major Landforms Standard 3, Ecotourism Climate Zones Maquiladora Natural Hazards Standard 4, quizzes Cerrado (Earthquakes) Pampas Natural Resources Standard 5, Llanos Rain Forest Regions Standard 6, District Semester Deforestation Population 1 test. Slash-and-burn Informal Ecotourism economy 3
Panama Canal Human Maquiladora Biodiversity January End of 2 nd Term Europe Major Landforms Climate Zones North Atlantic Drift Natural Resources Regions Population Microstates Human European Union Standard 2,, 3 Standard 3, Standard 4, Standard 5, Standard 6, Europe Fjord North Atlantic Drift Polder Dike City-State Anti-Semitism Market Economy Satellite nation Ozone Month Main Concept Standards/Objectives Assessments Vocabulary Resources February Russia and the Standard 2, Eurasia Republics, 3 Russian Taiga Standard 3, Trans-Siberian Major Landforms Railroad Climate Zones Standard 4, Cold war Land Size, & 3 Command Natural Resources Standard 5, Economy Communism Regions Standard 6, Capitalism Population Nomad 4
Communism v. Capitalism Human Cold War Caucusus Privatization Distance Decay March End of 3 rd Term Africa Major Landforms Climate Zones Savanna Desertification Natural Resources Regions Population Tribalism Human Disease and Pandemic Standard 2,, 3 Standard 3, Standard 4, Standard 5, Standard 6, Africa Rift Valley Escarpment Aquifer Oasis Desertification Cash Crop Pandemic Islam Stateless society Apartheid Commodity Month Main Concept Standards/Objectives Assessments Vocabulary Resources March Middle East Standard 2, Middle Wadi (Southwest Asia) 3 East human Fossil Water Standard 3, and Desalinization Major Landforms Mecca Climate Zones Standard 4, quizzes Mosque Regions 5
Natural Resources Population Human Religion Conflicts Stateless Countries Standard 5, Standard 6, Theocratic OPEC Mesopotamia Taliban Stateless Nation Sunni Shi ite April Asia Major Landforms Climate Zones Natural Resources Monsoons Regions Population Population Growth and Pressure Human Polytheistic Religions and World Philosophies Standard 2,, 3 Standard 3, Standard 4, Standard 5, Standard 6, Asia India Plate Eurasia Plate Ganges River Subcontinent Alluvial Plain Archipelago Atoll Monsoon Cyclone Hinduism Ganges River Estuary Caste System Hinduism Ramadan Constitutional Monarchy Sherpa Typhoon Dynasty Ring of Fire 6
May/June End of 4 th Term Australia and Oceania Major Landforms Climate Zones Great Barrier Reef Natural Resources Regions Population Human Standard 2, 3 Standard 3, Standard 4, Standard 5, Standard 6, Australia & Oceania District Semester 2 test. Khmer Empire Micronesia Polynesia Melanesia Penal Colony Aboriginal People Maori 7