AP Human Geography

What is it?

Welcome to AP Human Geography

Find a seat - set up your territory :-)

Start the Icebreaker activity- try to meet at least five people as you fill in the sheet.

Welcome to AP Human Geography

Icebreaker Introduction

Skill BoardFRQ’s discussed within units

Units - Content and Applied LessonsDebrief big themesSharing ideas as we goField Study AP EXAM

Course Outline Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives 5-10% Population 13-17% Cultural Patterns and Processes 13-17% Political Organization of Space 13-17% Agricultural and Rural Land Use 13-17% Industrialization and Economic Development 13-17% Cities and Urban Land Use 13-17%

What is this class like?Rigorous, interactive course that teaches students how to THINK GEOGRPHICALLYStudents will develop excellent thinking and problem solving skills and gain a new perspective on the world in which we live.Students will develop and/or improve active reading comprehension skills that will enhance their overall academic performance.Interactive Notebooks - show me what you knowStudents will learn the content of geography plus we will DO geography.We take at least two field studies during the year- One is to the surrounding metro area of La Habra where we analyze the geographic layout of the city and the other will be to Brea Mall to complete a spatial analysis of the mall.

The Exam

two-hours and 15 minutes

75 multiple choice (60 minutes)

3 essays in free response section (75 minutes- answer all 3 FRQ’s)

Students who score high enough on the exam can receive college credit for taking the course.

What is Geography?

Take out a piece of paper/NoteBooks & write down YOUR definition of Geography.

e.g. what YOU believe geography is.

Definitions – (Use Cornell Style Notes)

Literal Definition: a description of the earth

Emmanuel Kant: “History looks at change across time. Geography looks at change across space.”

Hartshorn: “Geography is the discipline that seeks to describe and interpret the variable character from place to place of the earth as the world of man.”

Greenland: “Geography is the study of the distribution and interrelationships of the elements of the human environment and the relationships between humans and the physical environment.”

Your Definition:

Method vs Perspective

Geographic Method: using geographic information to DESCRIBE the earth

Geographic Perspective: a geographic grid (tool) through which information is INTERPRETED

Example: The Earth at Night

Geographic Investigation Process-Learn it, know it, love it, live it!

Level 1 - What? Where? When?

Level 2 - Pattern Identification

Level 3

Why there?

How did it get there?

Level 4 (prediction)So what?

What if?

Earth at Night - Global Scale

North America at Night - Regional Scale

Online: 6/27/2006 - http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/49261main_usa_nightm.jpe

Your State at Night - Local Scale

Online: 6/27/2006 -http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/usanight_dmsp_big.gif

Geographic Investigation ProcessLevel 1 - What? Where? When?Level 2 - Pattern IdentificationLevel 3

Why there? How did it get there?

Level 4 So what? What if?

Skills?

3 Pronged Analysis