Syllabus Social Studies 7th

Geography of World Regions is the study of Earth through a focus on the continents. Students will study contemporary places and regions to identify how the experiences of people are rooted in places and organized into geographic regions, while learning about Earth’s physical conditions. This course also focuses on human systems and the sum of human activities and characteristics (e.g., culture, ethnicity, gender, language, population, religion) that vary across the Earth’s surface. Students will explore the interactions between environment and society to learn how human activities modify Earth, how resources are used, and how physical systems, such as climate, present risks to humans. These regional conditions, both physical and cultural, create unique landscapes, an understanding of which lays the foundation for learning about connections to other peoples and places on Earth.   (Source: South Carolina Department of Education State Standards)