Welcome to AP Human Geography Find a seat :-) Meet Me At (Tape back cover) Summer work recap and due date Interactive Note book (INB) – covers,

course page, chapter page with table of contents, numbering. Pages 1 & 2

Intro to AP Human Geo Class environment / syllabus / Dog House

Instructor: Scott Appleby

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AP Human Geography Scott Appleby Marcus Whitman Junior High Port Orchard, Washington

Welcome to AP Human Geography Goals of Course and Outlines Introduction-discussed within units

Skills Resources FRQ’s Field Work

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% Units – content, pedagogy and applied lessons Debrief big themes Sharing ideas as we go Units – content, pedagogy and applied lessons Debrief big themes Sharing ideas as we go

What is this class like? Rigorous, interactive course that teaches students how

to think geographically. Students will develop excellent thinking and problem

solving skills and gain a new perspective on the world in which we live.

Interactive Notebooks - show me what you know Students will learn the content of geography plus we

will do geography. I plan on at least two field studies during the year- One

is to the Kitsap Mall to complete a spatial analysis of the mall and the other is an urban field study where we ride the light rail and visit Tacoma, Seatac and south Seattle.

The Exam –May 12, 2015

two-hours and 15 minutes 75 multiple choice (60 minutes) 3 FRQ (75 minutes)

What is Human Geography?

Created by David Palmer edited by Scott ApplebyMarcus Whitman Junior High SchoolVideo: Geography is Key

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.

Definitions - Use Cornell 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.”

Method vs Perspective Geographic Method: using geographic information to describe the earth

Geographic Perspective: a geographic grid through which information is interpreted

Example: The Earth at Night (example later in presentation)

Geographic Investigation Process - 4 Level Analysis Level 1 - What? Where? When? Scale? Level 2 - Pattern Identification Level 3

Why there? How did it get there?

Level 4 (prediction) So what? What if? Impacts? Effects?

Earth At Night – Global Scale

North American at night – Regional Scale

_________ State at Night – Local Scale

Note cards One side: term Other side: definitions in your own

words + example / graphic Create note cards for “geography”

+ “pattern”

Reflection and homework How do geographers describe where things are?(left side

notebook) Questions you have about your notes (left side Cornell

notes) Homework – Chapter 1 Basic Concepts

Key Issue 1 pages 4-7. Chapter headings through page 6 Chapter case study page 7 Place (do not tape) into right hand side of day 1 Cornell Notes Vocabulary (black bold words or phrases) Note Cards: front = word / back = own definition, example, graphic Grade Savers

Place (do not tape) into right hand side of day 1 Cornell Notes Academic Academy hours: Mon-Fri 2:50 – 4:00