AP Human Geography
Unit 2 Plan
Spring 2014
Unit Plan/Rationale:
An understanding of the ways in which the human population is organized geographically provides AP students with the tools they need to make sense of
cultural, political, economic, and urban systems. Thus many of the concepts and theories encountered in this part of the course connect with other course units. In addition
the course themes of scale, pattern, place, and interdependence can all be illustrated with population topics. For example, students may analyze the distribution of the
human population at different scales: global, regional, national, state or provincial, and local. Explanations of why population is growing or declining in some places
center on understanding the patterns and trends of fertility, mortality, and migration. In stressing the relevance of place context, for example, students may assess why
fertility rates have dropped in some parts of the developing world, examine how age–sex structures (shown in population pyramids) vary from one country to another, and
comprehend the social, political, and economic implications of an aging population. Analysis of refugee flows, immigration, internal migration, and residential mobility
helps students appreciate the interconnections between population phenomena and other topics. For example, environmental degradation and natural hazards may prompt
population redistribution at various scales, which in turn creates new pressures on the environment. This part of the course also enhances students’ critical understanding
of population trends across space and over time by considering models of population growth and decline, including Malthusian theory, the demographic transition, and the
epidemiological (mortality) transition model. For example, as a country develops, the economic, social, and political roles of women in society change and influence levels
of fertility, mortality rates, and migration trends. Given these kinds of understandings, students are in a position to evaluate the role, strengths, and weaknesses of major
population policies, which attempt to either promote or restrict population growth.
Key Terms
Population
Age distribution
Arithmetic density
Baby Boom
Census Tract
Carrying capacity
Cohort
Contagious Diffusion
Crude birth rate
Crude death rate
Demographic equation
Demographic momentum
Demographic regions
Demographic Transition Model
Demography
Dependency ratio
Doubling time
Ecumene
Epidemiological Transition model
Exponential growth
Gendered space
Generation X
Hierarchical Diffusion
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Infant mortality rate
J-curve
Life expectancy
Maladaptation
Malthus, Thomas
Maternal mortality rate
Mortality
Natality
Natural Increase Rate/Rate of Natural Increase
Neo-Malthusians
Overpopulation
Physiologic density
Population density
Population distributions
Population explosion
Population projection
Population pyramid
Sex ratio
Standard of living
Sustainability
Total Fertility Rate
Underpopulation
Zero population growth
Migration
Activity space
Chain migration
Cyclic movement
Distance decay
Emigration
Forced migration
Gravity model
Immigration
Internal migration
Intervening opportunity
Intervening obstacle
Migration patterns
• Intercontinental
• Interregional
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• Intraregional
• Rural-urban
Migratory movement
Periodic movement
Personal space
Place utility
Pull factors
Push factors
Refugee
Space-time prism
Step migration
Transhumance
Transmigration
Voluntary migration
Unit 2 Activities and Required Tasks
Date
Tuesday, Jan. 21
Topic
Population
Essential Question
Where in the world do people live and
why?
Activities
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Unit 2 Plan
Video: 7 Billion (Nat. Geo)
Why study population?
Lecture: Where in the World?
Lab Activity 2.1 (The World
Population Data Sheet at a Glance)
Homework
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Lecture: What are the 3 Types of
Density and how are they measured?
PPT-BLOG
Work on Activity 2.1
Rubenstein Read Pp. 44-52 (Key
Questions-BLOG)
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Wednesday, Jan. 22
Thursday, Jan. 23
Friday, Jan. 24
Population
Population
Population
Where has the world’s population
increased?
Why is population increasing at
different rates in different countries?
What is life expectancy and how is it
calculated?
Monday, Jan. 27
Population
Why might the world face an
overpopulation problem?
Tuesday, Jan. 28
Population
What is a population pyramid and
what does it portray?
Wednesday, Jan. 29
Population
What are examples of population
control?
Unit 2 Plan
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Population
Control
How is the spread of disease a form of
population control?
3)
Discuss Iran’s Population Policy
Lecture: Population Characteristics
Video: The People Paradox
Video Analysis
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Activity 2.2-BLOG
Rubenstein Read Pp. 61-67 (KQ)
Turn in Activity 2.2
Lecture: Population Pyramids
China vs. Japan-Populations in Flux
Activity 2.3
Work on STATE Phase II
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Complete Activity 2.3
Rubenstein Read Pp. Pp. 68-75 (KQ)
Unit 2 Vocabulary
5)
Analysis of China’s One Child PolicyBLOG
Unit 2 Vocabulary
Complete Activity 2.4: Communicable
Disease Maps
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4)
Turn in Activity 2.3
Lecture: Population Control,
Population Policies
Activity 2.4 : Communicable Disease
Maps
Video: Power of Place-Kenya
Complete STATE Phase II
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2)
Turn in Activity 2.4
Video: Contagion
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Turn in Activity 2.1
Discuss Overpopulation and Climate
Change
STATE Phase II: Population
Discuss The Case Against Babies
Demographic Transition Models
Lecture: Thomas Malthus
Work on STATE Phase II
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Friday, Jan. 31
Migration
Where do people migrate?
Monday, Feb. 3
Migration
Where are migrants distributed?
Lecture: Population CharacteristicsBLOG
Work on Activity 2.1
Article Review: Iran Pop’l GrowthBLOG
Finish Activity 2.1
Article Review: Overpopulation and
Climate Change-BLOG
Rubenstein Read Pp. 53-57 (KQ)
The People Paradox Video Analysis
Article Review: The Case against
Babies-BLOG
Rubenstein Read Pp. 57-61 (KQ)
2)
Thursday, Jan. 30
Lecture: 3 Types of Density
Lab Activity 2.1 (Working with
Demographic Data)
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Unit 2 Vocabulary Quiz
Global Migration Patterns
Gravity Model/Distance Decay Model
HB 187 and Illegal Immigration in GA
Video: Hotel Rwanda
Hotel Rwanda Discussion Questions
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Article Review: Global MigrationBLOG
Rubenstein Read Pp. 80-88 (KQ)
Article Review: Who’s Coming to
America-BLOG
Rubenstein Read Pp. 88-96 (KQ)
Refugees: The Vietnamese Boat
People-BLOG
Unit 2 Vocabulary
Newton’s Laws of Migration-BLOG
Rubenstein Read Pp. 96-107 (KQ)
Unit 2 Vocabulary
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Tuesday, Feb. 4
Migration
Wednesday, Feb. 5
Migration
Thursday, Feb. 6
Population and
Migration
Why do immigrants face obstacles?
Why do people migrate within a
country?
Unit 2 Plan
1)
Rubenstein Chapters 2 and 3
Reading Quiz
2) Cultural Problems with Immigration
3) Video Clips: Changing Face of Europe
4) Map: Current Migrations Around the
World
5) STATE Phase III: Migration
Turn in Vietnamese Boat People
1) Sources of Population Change
2) STATE Phase III
3) STATE Round 2 Fates
4) Sample FRQs
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Unit 2 Test Preparations
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Unit 3 Vocabulary
Unit 2 Test (FRQs)
Unit 2 Test (Objective)
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Broken Borders Case Study
(Fellman)-BLOG
Map: Current Migrations around the
World
Article Review: Arriving as Tourists,
leaving with American Babies