Students study Earth’s human geography, beginning with the use of maps and other geographic representations, geospatial technologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate geographic information. Students will examine patterns and processes of how human characteristics and activities vary across Earth’s surface and how humans understand, use, and alter the surface of Earth. Conceptual in nature rather than place specific, this course is organized systematically around the topics of population and migration geography, economic geography, cultural geography, political geography, and urban geography. Students will also learn to employ spatial concepts and landscape analysis to examine human patterns and processes and their environmental consequences.

Grading Breakdown:

★ Tests, Mastery Notebook, and Q1 and Q3 Projects                 50%

★ Classwork/Homework                                                                 25% 

★ Quiz                                                                                               25% 

Opportunities for Mastery:

★ Classwork/homework assignments

○ Classwork / homework assignments will be accepted up to ONE CLASS DAY late or turned in on the following school day.10

points will be deducted plus points earned by the student.

★ Quizzes

○ Students can retake a map quiz during WIN TIME or OFFICE HOURS ONE TIME for highest grade earned. 

* First part of WIN time on Tuesdays or Wednesdays from 2:50 - 3:30.

○ Students who get 75 or below will be required to retake a quiz (map or regular quiz).

○ Any student can request a retake if they get above 75.

★ Tests

○ All students will be REQUIRED to complete test corrections for mastery..

○ Test Corrections will be completed in a specific form where students must explain/prove

their new answers.

★ Projects

○ Projects will be accepted until the FOLLOWING SCHOOL DAY late with no points lost.

○ Students have up to THREE CONSECUTIVE CLASS PERIODS to submit a project late.

5 points will be deducted for each late period, plus points earned using the project rubric.