World History, Geography and Grammar
Geography
Among the many topics we will develop we can mention:
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Africa,
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Eastern Europe
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Western Europe
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America
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The Caribbean
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Asia
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oceania
Welcome to the interesting world of History, Geography and Grammar!
The goal to be achieved on all these subjects is to develop students´English skills, as well as to learn about historical facts that can be comparend and contrasted with our reality today.
Once again, students knowledge is always the base for all learning process. Therefore, students will have to read newspapers, get involved in social and political matters, national and international.
Some sites I can recommend and will be using throughout the schoolyear are:
My Classes
I wil be teaching the following classes:
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World History
8th - 11th
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Geography
7th - 9th
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Grammar and Composition
10th - 11th
Syllabus
World History
8th Grade
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Ancient American Civilizations
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The Thirteen Colonies
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Creation of the US as a nation
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Documents that made the US the United States of America
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Main US Presidents and their achievements
9th Grade
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Industrial Revolution
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Slavery in the US, and its elimination
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World War I and World War II:
causes and effects
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The Cold War
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Terrorism around the world
10th Grade
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Prehisotry
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Old civilizations
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Great civilizations: Egypt, Rome and Greece
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Religions around the world and their impact in history and society
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The Crusades
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The Renaissance
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The Protestand Reformation and the Counterreformation
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Scientific Revolution
11th Grade
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Absolutism in Europe
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The French Revolution: causes, war and effects
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The American Revolution
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Socialism
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Four models of economy and politics
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Review of the World Wars
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The Cold War
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Terrorism around the world
Grammar and Composition
10th and 11th Grade
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Types of paragraphs and essays:
Narrative
Descriptive
Opinion
Argumentative
Compare and Contrast
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Outlining
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Thesis presentation
