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"The purpose of the AP Human Geography course is to introduce students to the
systematic study of patterns and processes that have shaped human understanding, use, and alteration of Earth’s surface. Students learn to employ spatial concepts and landscape analysis to examine human socioeconomic organization and its environmental consequences. They also learn about the methods and tools geographers use in their research and applications." -apcentral.collegeboard.com |
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Unit 1: Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives
Day 8/11- 8/12- DAY 1- Visual Representation
Question: What is Human Geography? How does G.I.S. software allow for geographers to create and analyze various thematic maps? -Discuss course description, expectations, and work ethic. -Pass out classroom brochure - Pass out books -Discuss GPS vs. GIS- Carmel GIS Making of a Globe 1955 -Thematic Maps -Computer Lab-KUBY ACTIVITY 2- Click Here Fun Sites: 1. United Nations Human Development Program Report 2014 2. CIA World Factbook Day 8/13-8/14- DAY 2- 5 Themes of Geography Question: How are the Five Themes of Geography used to study the world? What are the four traditions in the study of Human Geography and how are they studied? -Youtube Clip over Cultural Ecology -Cultural Ecology -FRQ Review Day 8/17- 8/18- DAY 3- Environmental Geography Question: How much should society work to preserve the minority, even if the minority does not help the majority? Should we let Darwinism run its course? Is it ethical to do so? What is cultural ecology? Analyze the ways in which anthropologists view cultural expansion. (Environmental Diffusion and Possibilism) Vocab. Quiz over Unit 1 -Why Geography Article Day 8/19- 8/20- Day 4- Test TEST Note: Tests will be different tests for the two different classes! This will hopefully stop students from cheating and discussing themes/questions with other students.* Day 8/21-Day 8/24- Day 5- Test Corrections Test Corrections Discuss FRQ's |
Homework:
-Get 2” binder / Folder -Vocab Words 1-64 (Vocab. Quiz on August 17) -Read 2-14 - TAKE NOTES -Study Maps (Map Test on August 27) Homework: -Read 14-29- TAKE NOTES -Study Vocabulary Homework: -Read 30-41 -Read Is GPS All in Our Heads Articles -Study for Test! AP Unit 1 Study Guide! Study Guide Link Homework: Study World Countries for Map Test Homework: Read:44-53 Vocabulary Unit 2 |
Unit 2: Population and Migration
Day 8/25-8/26 Day 6- Population
Question/Objective: Explain the process of solving for population questions through the use of various formulas. How do various population measurements correlate with one another? -7.2 Billion Video -Kahoot Game -Population Reference Bureau -Population Worksheet Day 8/27-8/28- Day 7- Population Growth Countries Map Test Population Pyramids Gapminder.org 8/31-9/1- Day 8- Population Models Question: When analyzing population data, what formulas should we look to as the most beneficial way for understanding humans on earth? Do some tell a larger, superficial story while others pinpoint specific problems impacting humans on earth? How do geographers use models to express various data? Furthermore, what do these models show us about trends in specific regions? -Label correct pyramids in binder -Review Video over Transition Theory -Video 2 -Notes over Population Pyramids --Population Pyramids Video -Population Intro Video 9/2-9/3- Day 9 Question: What are current migration problems that the world is facing today? Examine the push-pull factors that control the movement of people. -Government Policies - One Child Policies - Discuss Eugenics Policy - Carrie Buck - Link 9/4-9/8 Question: Chapter 2 Vocabulary Quiz 9/9-9/10 Day 9/11-9/14 *Take a moment to remember the victims of September 11, 2001.* Question: -Notes -"Pop" Assignment Day 9/15-9/16 9/17-9/18 Physical Map Test 9/21-9/22 Presentations of Project 9/23-9/24 Presntations of Project 9/25 HOMECOMING! -Review Note-taking strategies in class - Review Maps Day 9/16-9/17 Question: 9/18-9/19 Question: - Migration - Class Poster on Various migration trends around the world. -Notes 9/22-9/23 Question: What are the requirements and expectations of the class project? Chapter 2 Vocabulary Quiz Chapter 2 Map Quiz 9/24-9/25 Question: Can you distinguish the differences between voluntary and involuntary migration? Furthermore, what problems are associated with such topics as Generation Wait and Refugee Camps? -Population project with partner --Pass out papers Generation X Article The Refugee Project Population Pyramids Notes over Migration Example of Project Another Example 9/26-9/29 Question: What are the correct components to an FRQ?! Lastly, what are the key components to Ravenstein's Laws, and do any hold more weight than the other? Vocabulary Game Go Over Quizzes Ravenstein's Laws Present Projects 9/30- 10/1 Question: What are the cultural, political, and economic factors that limit or promote migration within regions or the world? -Reading Quiz -Finish Notes over Factors of Migration -Present Projects 10/2- 10/3 Question: Now that we have learned about many different country's various population statistics and future problems, how do we address the global population's problems? Are certain country's doomed to fail based on the structure of their country? -Vocabulary Quiz -Finish Presenting Projects 10/6-10/7 Question: How has the United States been shaped by migration? How have the various waves of immigrants shaped the U.S. into the regions we identify today? Is there a limit to new immigrants we should take in? -Analyze Immigration Quote -U.S. Migration Prezi -Link to Interactive -Video on Ellis Island -Crash Course on Immigration 10/8-10/9 Test |
Homework: Read: 53-63 Study Vocab. words 20 minutes a night Homework: -Pop assignment due next class. -Population FRQ- (Pop-ulation) Watch Video for Review Watch Second Video for Review Homework: Fill out and study Physical Map of the World Homework:Study Vocabulary (30 mins each night) Watch Video for Review Watch Second Video for Review Homework: Fill out Chapter 3 Vocabulary Homework: Quiz over Maps and Vocab. next Class. Quizlet Vocab. Site Homework: Read Chapter 3 - Take Notes Continue Work on Project Homework: Chapter 3 Vocabulary Homework: Reading Quiz Next Class Article Link Questions that need turned in via Edmodo Objectives: -Examine multiple examples of FRQ’s- -Analyze the key components to Ravenstein’s Laws -Identify various population patterns of countries throughout the world. Homework: Vocab. Quiz Next Class Homework: Fill out study guide in preparation for exam over chapter 2 and 3. Link to Study Guide Homework: Edmodo Question Activity Study for Test - Next Class Test corrections will be permitted Thursday after school, Friday morning at 7:15, and Friday during SRT for students that have to ride the bus home. Read Chapter 4 (110-124) -Take Notes Chapter 4 Vocabulary 1-14 |
Unit 3.A: Cultural Patterns and Language
10/10-10/13 Question: What are the basic concepts of culture? How do we write an FRQ? Discuss FRQ's- In class Charting Culture Rituals Music Festival S-Curve Notes over Culture 10/14-10/16 Question: What are the various types of Folk Culture in the U.S., and where can distinctive groups be located? Introduce Current Event Project -Notes via PowerPoint NY Enclaves Chinese Food Article Where Children Sleep Link FALL BREAK 10/21-10/22 Pop Culture Quiz: What are the various ways that Fads catch on in the world and how are they different among women and men? Furthermore, how has social media helped play a role in the spread of American Pop Culture? Reading Quiz Role of Pop Culture Axis of Evolution Day 10/23-10/24 Question: What are examples of conflict caused by culture? Also, how is cultural landscape impacted by a regions opportunities, ideas, and structures? Map Quiz Article over Weight on Islands Notes Widows in Afghanistan Culture is like..... Assignment LANGUAGE Day 10/27-1028 Question: What are the ways in which language is politicized among countries? Vocabulary Quiz Begin work "Language Lesson" partner assignment 10/29- 10/30 Question: What are family languages, and how did they form off of the Nostratic Language? Begin Presentations Begin Notes Language Families Activity Dialect Quiz Examine the diffusion of the language families on maps Identify why backwards reconstruction helps geographers find the language origin Identify the main countries that fall into each language family Language of Europe 10/31- 11/3 Question: How does Renfew's Theory of language help linguists understand the spread of language? What are the histories behind the Romance, Slavic, and Germanic Sub-Families of Indo-European? Physical Map Quiz Finish Presentations Europe (Romance, Germanic, Slavic) Mapping Language of Africa and Lingua Franca 11/4-11/5 Question: Examine various case studies of language throughout the world today. What are the problems threatening a language, and how are people combating the threat? -Vocabulary Quiz -Article Stations -Examining Other Sources 1. Deep Reconstruction PBS 2. Dialect Map 3. Endangered Language Map 4. Basques Review Day 11/6-11/7 Question: What are the key comp History of the English Language Video Practice FRQ, Review Game Reading Quiz 11/10-11/11 Test- Chapter 4 and 6 (Culture and Language) 11/12-11/13 Test Corrections |
Homework:
Read Chapter 4 124-138 -Take Notes Chapter 4 Vocabulary 15-28 Homework: -Edmodo Culture Fads -Fill out Eastern and Western Political Maps Study notes, maps, and vocabulary at least 20 minutes a day. Homework: Study for Map Quiz over Eastern and Western Political Features Game: http://www.sporcle.com/games/g/europe Homework: Read Chapter 6 165-174 Vocabulary 1-18 Chapter 4 Vocabulary Quiz next class. Homework: Read Chapter 6 174-181 Vocabulary 18-36 Fill out Physical Map Features on Both Eastern and Western Europe Homework: Read Chapter 6 181-193 Physical Map Quiz next class Read Article passed out in class (Family Tree of Languages Has Roots in Anatolia Biologists Say) Homework: Study Vocabulary Words Examine: Language Tree Homework: Reading Quiz next class Articles in case you did not finish them in class: 1. California Saving A Language - New York Times 2. Chinglish Article- New York Times Images 3. Dialects of America 4. Cherokee Language Cut 5. GIS of U.S. Language 6. Latvian Votes 7. Undocumented Language in India 8. California Cafeteria 9. People who want their Language to Disappear Homework: Study For Test Homework: Read chapter 5- 139-152 Homework: Read Chapter 5- 152-162 |
3.B Religion and Gender
11/14-11/17
Question: In what ways do areas around the world suppress women? How do we combatant these suppressors? Identities: Around the Room Activity Women and Power Relationships Woman and Education Best Place on Earth to be a Woman A Woman's Place Geography of Woman's Economic Activities Latin American Women Watch: A Girl's Life - Room to Read 11/18-11/19 Question: How have humans constructed their identities through abstract means and what conflicts have these identities created? Objectives: -Understand how humans have categorized themselves. -Examine maps to see how these categories are played out through racial segregation Chapter 5 Reading Quiz Segregation in U.S. Cities Minorities Activity 11/20-11/21 Question/Objective: Be able to identify the following about the prominent religions of the world: -Hearth -Date -Main Countries Today -Number of Adherents -Sacred Sites Chapter 5 Vocabulary Quiz Intro on Religion (Religion Hearths and Diffusion) - Mapping Diffusion and Hearths 11/24-11/25 Question: How has religion shaped the cultural landscape of the world? Video of Lecture PowerPoint For Class Five Major Religions Video Hans Rosling: Babies and Religion 12/1 Question: What conflicts exist today from religious differences, and is there a way to combatant it? Differences in Sects Religion and Conflict Arab Israeli Conflict Sunni vs. Shia Religion Chart Filled In Thanksgiving 12/2-12/3 Question: Let's sum it up: Where are major religions born and why do they spread? How does the population of the world affect religious adherents and how do practices of these faiths reflective in the landscape? Religion in the U.S. Sacred Sites -Ganges River - The Kaaba -The Hajj Chapter 7 Reading Quiz 12/5-12/6 Chapter 7 Vocabulary Quiz Chapter Review 12/8-12/9 Chapter 3.B Test 12/10-12/11 Test Corrections Begin Study Guide for Final Review for Semester Semester Exam |
Homework:
Watch: Ted Talk Watch: India's Deadly Secret -Chapter 5 Vocabulary Homework: Read Chapter 7 193-209 Homework: Questions and Maps over Segregation Read Chapter 7 209-223 Vocabulary Quiz (Ch. 5) next class. Homework: Read Chapter 7 223-236 View: Map of Religions Image of U.S. Chart Spread of Religions Video (90 seconds) Homework: Chapter 7 Vocabulary Homework: Watch TedTalk- Karen Armstrong Chapter 7 Vocab. Quiz next class on Chapter 7 Reading Homework: See Above Homework: Study Guide Chapter 7 Vocabulary Homework: Study for Test Homework: Review Countries Homework: Prepare for Final Homework: Chapter 8 Vocabulary and Eurasian Maps |
Unit 4: Political Organization of Space
1/5-1/6
Political Places Question: What are the main differences between nations and states, and how do geographers define these areas through various boundaries? -Vocabulary Crossword -Notes -How States got their Names -Nation-States Vlog -The Nature of Political Boundaries Activity Tibet Territory Forward Thrust Capitals 1/7-1/8 Disputes and Conflict: Question: What are the contributing factors that go into dividing a territory? Specifically looking to Europe, how were issues of Why border lines drawn with a ruler in WW1 still rock the Middle East Maps of Middle East -Notes on Board and Breakup of USSR Reading (Rubenstein) Disputes over: 1. Basque 2. Chechnya 3. Cyprus 4. East Timor 5. Kashmir 6. Gaza Strip 7. Kurdistan 8. Korea 9. Sri Lanka 10. Tibet 11, Taiwan 12. Western Sahara 13. Darfur 14. Bosnia -International Boundary News Database 1/9-1/12 History Question: How has collapse of Yugoslavia and -Discuss Border Disputes 1000 Years of Change in Europe -Time 1/13-1/14 KUBY Activity on Yugoslavia Question: How has the conflict that took place in Yugoslavia created by ethnic strife? Why did some republics manage to be peaceful in their breakaway from Yugoslavia and other were not? Begin:-Yugoslavia Video- 30 for 30 1/15-1/16 Question: With the breakup of states in Yugoslavia, how did the situation turn violent? Were there ways around it? Reading Quiz Finish Yugoslavia 30 for 30 MLK Jr. Day 1/20-1/21 Supranational Organizations and Core, Periphery, and Semi-periphery Question: What supranational organizations were created for military, economic, or peace purposes? Examine the qualities or situations that make supranational organization successful or failures. Vocabulary Quiz Discuss/Notes on Shapes of States UN Homepage UN Millennium Goals -OPEC -UN -NATO 1/22-1/23 Political Geography Question: When dividing up districts for political elections, is gerrymandering considered cheating? How can you win more votes, but lose the election? Is this fair? Map Quiz -Grade FRQ -Economic Review -Types of States/Economies 2014- A Year of Geopolitics 1/26-1/27 Catch-all Day ...Review : 1/28-1/29 Test 1/30-2/2 Test Corrections |
Homework: Action-Oriented Activity 8.3 Political Culture and Evolving State- Answer questions on sheets provided in the packet 1-8 Read 237-252 Read -Read 252-265 -Boxing Glove Assignment Ted Talk- Mapping the Future Homework: 265-272 Homework: Finish KUBY Activity Watch Review Video Watch Review Video Part 2 Study for Reading Quiz Homework: Vocabulary Quiz Next Class Chapter 2- The Rise of the New Europe Extra Reading Article 1 Article 2 Article 3- Belgium and the Congo Homework: UN Vote Study for Map Quiz (Both Physical and Political) -Study Guide -FRQ Homework: - Study for Test -Summaries Homework: Study for Test Homework: Vocabulary for Unit 5 Homework: Study for Vocabulary Quiz Next Class -Fill out maps |
Unit 5: Agriculture, Food Production, and Rural Land Use
2/3-2/4
Intro to Agriculture Question: What problems around the world are caused by lack of food, and what steps can be taken to stop these global issues? Vocabulary Quiz -U.S. Agricultural Map Activity -Identify ways to classify economic activities -What is the percent makeup of Core, Periphery, and Semi-Periphery countries? -U.S., Zambia, and Brazil 2/5-2/6 Origins of Agriculture Question: What is the process of evolution agriculture has taken since it first emerged? -Political Map Quiz over Africa -Practice FRQ -3 Agricultural Revolutions- Notes 2/9-2/10 Consumption of Foods Around the World Question: What is the differences between the developed and developing world in food consumption? -Debate on solving world hunger -Importance of Corn -Living in the Hallow of Plenty Fair Trade Federation Fair Trade Video 2/11-2/12 Distribution of Agriculture Question: What the 11 major Agricultural Regions around the world, where are they found, and how do they effect the regions where they are? Reading Quiz Koppen Climate Classification System- Map A -Von Thunen Model -Thomas Malthus 2/13-2/17 Difficulties of Farmers and Modifications of Food Question: What are the challenges farmers face and what strategies are developed to combatant these conflicts? -Land Plots -FDA Regulations -Food Inc -Western Asia Political Map Quiz 2/18-2/19 Catch All- Review 2/20-2/23 Test 2/24-2/25 Test Corrections |
Homework: Read
Political Map Quiz next class Guns, Germs, and Steal- Start at 24:00 Read 349-360 (origins and breeding) Homework: Read 370-381 Agricultural Revolution Review Video Review Reading Homework: Read 360-369 (second and third revolution) Importance of Corn- Group Activity Read article on Mexican Mega-Farm Reading Quiz next class Homework: GMO's Breeding Food The Trouble with Antibiotics Western Asia Political Map Quiz TedTalk How Food Shapes our Cities -Questions Homework: Study Guide Padlet Discussion Code: http://padlet.com/Subler/Agriculture Homework:
Review help: Where your food comes from Homework: Complete Vocabulary for Unit 6 Homework: Fill-out Latin America Maps Read Rags to Riches in packet 418-430 |
Unit 6: Industrialization and Economic Development
This unit will have a quiz at the end of each class. Half of the quiz will be material covered in class while the other half will be from the reading the night before.
2/26-2/27 Economic Development vs. Human Welfare Development Question: What are the similarities and differences of the Economic Development and Human Welfare Development rankings? Determine what model is more telling of a country's makeup. -HDI Data -Measuring HDI and Economies at the same time -States' GDP compared to Countries. 3/2- 3/3 Development Models (Structural and Liberal) -Rostow- Modernization Model- Structuralists -Wallerstein-World System's Theory - - Dependency Theory Activity CIA FACTBOOK -Chapter 10 Vocab. Quiz 3/4-35 Barriers to Development Question: What are the barriers to development in both Rostow's and Wallerstein's models? How can you improve each model to lessen the internal failures of each? Latin America Political Map Quiz Millennium Development Goals and Progress Wallerstein and Rostow - Failures and Successes -Improve on both models Political Map Quiz of Latin America Capitalism vs. Socialism 3/6-3/9 Weber's Model Question: Where are the industrial centers on earth, and how does Weber's model represent the locations of industries among each industrial center? -Industrial Revolution- Components that allows the revolution to spread -Weber's Model Compared to Von Thunen's Model -Top 4 Industrial Regions of the World- Mapping Activity Watch a History of Us. 3/10-3/11 Hotelling's and Losch's Model Question: Where are the leading industrial regions on earth? What are the success and failures of Hotelling's and Losch's Models? -Chapter 12 Voc. Quiz -Mapping Industrial Location Assignment -"Manufacturing in Africa, an Awakening Giant" article Hotelling's Model 4 Classical Locational Theories 3/12-3/13 Question: How have industries changes throughout time, and how do they shape a continually changing cultural landscape? -Change in Industry -Fordist & Postfordist -China's Relaxed Environmental Policies -Multinational / IPhones Review 3/16-3/17 Test 3/18-3/19 Test Day 2 -Examine mistakes on first portion |
Homework:
Read 319-328 Study Chapter 10 Voc. Quiz HDI America Map Homework: Read 328-338 Study for Latin America Political Map Quiz Homework: Read 338-347 Watch the 8 Millennium Goals Read 382-390 Homework: Read 390-398 Chapter 12 Vocab. Quiz Next Class Watch Weber's Review Video Homework: 398-409 Study Guide Homework: Study for Exam Homework: -Chapter 9 and 14 Vocabulary -Study for Exam part 2 Homework: Read:274-288 |
Unit 7: Cities and Urban Land Use
3/20-2/23
Pre-industry Models Question: Where were the ancient/pre-industrialized cities located on earth, and why did people begin to create cities? -Mapping Major Cities America A Story of Us- Cities -Deindustrialization of Detroit Detroit -Gary, Indiana Industrial Park -Function of Cities 3/24-3/25 American Models Question: Where are cities located, and why? Vocab. Quiz Chapter 9 and 14 -Introduce Project -Christaller's Central Place Theory -Oldest Footage of NYC -New York Urban Explosion -Models 3/26-3/27 Latin American Models Question: How do people make cities? What is the key differences between Latin America, European, and American cities? Model Men Projects 3/30-3/31: Question: What do the terms "threshold" and "range" have to do with the Central Place Theory? -Quiz over Urbanization Models -Present Model Men -Central Place Theory 4/1- 4/2 Map Test of Entire World (Countries Only) Last portion of Urbanization S P R I N G B R E A K 4/13-4/14 Question: What role do networks have in globalization? -Build Human Models of Models - Group Activity -Work on Study Guide -Part 1 of Project is Due 4/15-4/16 Review/Finish Project 4/17-4/20: Test 4/21-4/22 Question: How do you prepare for the AP Final Exam? Test Corrections Projects Due/Presented Speed Teach Units 1 and 2 Key Concepts CRUNch time |
Homework:
Read: 288-300 Vocab. Quiz Next Class Homework: Read 300-317 Study for Map Test of Entire World (Countries Only) Homework: Read 441-454 Study for Map Test of Entire World (Countries Only) Quiz over Urbanization Models next class Homework: Study for Map Test of Entire World (Countries Only) Work on Project Homework: Complete Project Study Guide over Break -- Help STUDY FOR AP FINAL Homework: Complete Study Guide Bring materials necessary for Board Game Homework: Link to online practice quiz Study for Test Homework: Study for Final Board Game due next Class Flashcards Homework: Units 1 and 2 Vocab. FRQs Link to Study Guide |
4/23-4/24
Day 1 of CRUNCH TIME -Units 1 and 2- General Concepts, Population, and Migration 4/27-4/28 DAY 2 of CRUNCH TIME -Units 3 and 4 -Language, Culture, Gender 4/29-4/30 DAY 3 of CRUNCH TIME Units 5 and 6 -Religion 5/1-5/4 DAY 4 of Crunch TIME Agriculture and Political Geography 5/5- 5/6 DAY 5 of Crunch Time Development and Urbanization 5/7-5/8 FINAL! - 20% of your grade 5/11-5/12 Last Minute Review for National 5/13-5/14 5/15 AP NATIONAL EXAM S.G. |
Homework:
Vocab. Units 3 and 4- Quiz Next Class Homework: FRQ's Round 2 Units 5, 6, and 7 vocab. Quiz next class Homework: Work on Study Guide for Final Review for Final! Homework: FRQ and Study Review Session on Tuesday at 7:00 Homework: Homework: |