1. Welcome to Mr. DiMarino’s Social Studies Class Email:dimarinom@tesd.netdimarinom@tesd.net Voicemail:610-240-2298

2. Experience 13 years as a student in the district 23 years teaching in the district 24 years coaching in the district 3 years Student Council Advisor 7 years as a parent in the district

3. Units of study  Five themes of geography  Map skills  Russia  Southwest and Central Asia  Sub-Saharan Africa  East Asia  South Asia  US and Canada

4. Units are studied using the five themes of geography  Location  Movement  Place  Region  human-environment interaction

5. Covered per region  Geography  History  Culture  Modern Issues

6. Assessment  Maps  Tests/Quizzes  Projects  Homework

7. Daily Geography  2 questions per day  Quiz each set of 20  Bonus opportunity from  previous question sets

8. Culture Grams by Country  Background  The People  Lifestyle  Society  Customs and courtesies

9. Textbook  One at home  Class set

10. National Geography Bee  All students  Further opportunity

11. Supplies Notebook and Folder Textbook (already in class) Pencils Completed homework

12. Pinnacle We remind students to check it regularly, but not to become obsessed with it. “z” represents a zero, but can still be made up for full or partial credit. “x” represents an excused assignment that does not need to be made up.

13. Questions????? Please contact me with any questions Email works best