Course Syllabus
Mr. Jackson
6th Grade Civics
Email: [email protected]
Portible Room # 9
Course Description:
This course is designed for the study of the physical, economic, cultural, and political geography of selected regions around the world. Students will explore describe, analyze, and seek to understand the spatial arrangement of objects and people on the earths surface. Key areas of study will include the Americas, Europe & Russia, North Africa and Southwest Asia, Africa South of the Sahara, South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica.
Specific Objective:
By the end of this course, students will be able to identify features of the earth’s surface and the processes that shape it. They will be able to recognize the relationships between people and environments, and the connections between people and places. Students will obtain the skills they need in order to help them answer questions about where things are, how they got there, and how they interact with other things – in the past, present, and, in the future.
Required Textbook:
The World and Its People
By Boehm, Armstrong, Hunkins, Reinhartz, Lobrecht
Required Materials:
Textbooks will be provided. Please don't bring textbooks that were checked out from the school library to class. All students are required to have a 3-ring Binder, at least 2 dividers for the binder, paper for notes, and a pen or pencil. You are required to have these materials EVERY SINGLE CLASS PERIOD.
Class Room Rules:
All students are expected to follow the rules of the class. Students will get one warning before various other disciplinary actions are considered.
Requirements:
· Daily work – will consist of various, in-class assignments meant to coincide with unit lessons.
· Special projects – will consist of participation in National History Day (500 pts): one major group project, and several National Geographic Article reviews.
· Quizzes – will be approximately one quiz per section in various forms such as short answer form, essay format, and /or creative scholarly projects; there will also be map quizzes. Quizzes are usually given after two sections in the book have been covered. (But quizzes may be given at anytime so it is important that students stay current in their studies.)
· Tests – will be given at the end of each chapter. The Oklahoma Core Curriculum Test (OCCT) will be taken in the spring of 2011
· Note-taking – students are required to take notes daily & keep them in a well organized binder (titled by date and unit)
· Classroom Participation – points are given at the end of each unit and will vary according to in-class discussions.
Attendance:
Do to the nature of this class attendance is mandatory. With that in mind, I understand that things come up; so it is the STUDENTS responsibility to get all missed work. If you are going to be gone for a school function, please notify me before you depart. You may come in upon your return to get the missed work. Failure to do this will result in a zero. If you skip my class, and I find out, I may hunt you down.
Additional Class Information:
Assignments – any type written assignment may be turned in by email, on paper, as well flash drive; as a result, printer problems will not be accepted as an excuse for not turning in assignments on time.
Writing – writing is a major component of this course; points will be taken off for excessive spelling & grammatical errors.
Late work – students may turn in any late/forgotten work from the current quarter at any time before the last week of that quarter. Students are responsible for keeping track of their missing assignments. I
This syllabus is tentative and is subject to change.
Mr. Jackson
6th Grade Civics
Email: [email protected]
Portible Room # 9
Course Description:
This course is designed for the study of the physical, economic, cultural, and political geography of selected regions around the world. Students will explore describe, analyze, and seek to understand the spatial arrangement of objects and people on the earths surface. Key areas of study will include the Americas, Europe & Russia, North Africa and Southwest Asia, Africa South of the Sahara, South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica.
Specific Objective:
By the end of this course, students will be able to identify features of the earth’s surface and the processes that shape it. They will be able to recognize the relationships between people and environments, and the connections between people and places. Students will obtain the skills they need in order to help them answer questions about where things are, how they got there, and how they interact with other things – in the past, present, and, in the future.
Required Textbook:
The World and Its People
By Boehm, Armstrong, Hunkins, Reinhartz, Lobrecht
Required Materials:
Textbooks will be provided. Please don't bring textbooks that were checked out from the school library to class. All students are required to have a 3-ring Binder, at least 2 dividers for the binder, paper for notes, and a pen or pencil. You are required to have these materials EVERY SINGLE CLASS PERIOD.
Class Room Rules:
All students are expected to follow the rules of the class. Students will get one warning before various other disciplinary actions are considered.
Requirements:
· Daily work – will consist of various, in-class assignments meant to coincide with unit lessons.
· Special projects – will consist of participation in National History Day (500 pts): one major group project, and several National Geographic Article reviews.
· Quizzes – will be approximately one quiz per section in various forms such as short answer form, essay format, and /or creative scholarly projects; there will also be map quizzes. Quizzes are usually given after two sections in the book have been covered. (But quizzes may be given at anytime so it is important that students stay current in their studies.)
· Tests – will be given at the end of each chapter. The Oklahoma Core Curriculum Test (OCCT) will be taken in the spring of 2011
· Note-taking – students are required to take notes daily & keep them in a well organized binder (titled by date and unit)
· Classroom Participation – points are given at the end of each unit and will vary according to in-class discussions.
Attendance:
Do to the nature of this class attendance is mandatory. With that in mind, I understand that things come up; so it is the STUDENTS responsibility to get all missed work. If you are going to be gone for a school function, please notify me before you depart. You may come in upon your return to get the missed work. Failure to do this will result in a zero. If you skip my class, and I find out, I may hunt you down.
Additional Class Information:
Assignments – any type written assignment may be turned in by email, on paper, as well flash drive; as a result, printer problems will not be accepted as an excuse for not turning in assignments on time.
Writing – writing is a major component of this course; points will be taken off for excessive spelling & grammatical errors.
Late work – students may turn in any late/forgotten work from the current quarter at any time before the last week of that quarter. Students are responsible for keeping track of their missing assignments. I
This syllabus is tentative and is subject to change.
