Course title

Geography

Pre-requisite

N/A

Course description

Geography and World Cultures offers a tightly focused and scaffolded curriculum that enables students to explore how geographic features; human relationships; political and social structures; economics; science and technology; and the arts have developed and influenced life in countries around the world. Along the way; students are given rigorous instruction on how to read maps; charts; and graphs; and how to create them. Geography and World Cultures is built to state standards and informed by standards from the National Council for History Education; the National Center for History in the Schools; and the National Council for Social Studies. Geography and World Cultures is designed as the first course in the social studies sequence. It develops note-taking skills; teaches the basic elements of analytic writing; and introduces students to the close examination of primary documents.

School country

United States

School state

Nevada

School city

Reno

High school

Advantages School International

School / district Address

3886 Mayberry Dr F

School zip code

89519

Requested competency code

Social Science

Date submitted

Approved

Yes

Approved competency code

  • SSCI
  • 1 year of other Social Science

Approved date

Online / Virtual

No