Welcome to AP Human
Geography
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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
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Class environment / syllabus / Dog House
Instructor: Scott Appleby
2014 AP Human Geography Exams
137,044
↑20% from 2013
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2013 AP Human Geography Statistics
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• 114,361 examinations
(2012: 98,679)
• 3,049 schools
(2012: 2,652)
• Mean score of 2.68 out of 5
(2012: 2.66)
• 62,655 female, 51,706 male
• 1,700 colleges and universities accepting credit
Source : College Board
© 2014 Educational Testing Service
AP Human Geography Exams, 2001-2014
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137,044
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114,055
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97,451
82,692
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68,397
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50,730
39,878
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29,005
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5,286 7,329
10,471
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Source : College Board
© 2014 Educational Testing Service
Source : College Board
Map: Jon Moore, Educational Testing Service
© 2014 Educational Testing Service
Source : College Board
Map: Jon Moore, Educational Testing Service
© 2014 Educational Testing Service
AP Human Geography
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Scott Appleby
Marcus Whitman Junior High
Port Orchard, Washington
Welcome to AP Human
Geography
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Goals of Course and Outlines
Introduction-discussed within units
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Skills
Resources
FRQ’s
Field Work
Course Outline
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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
What is this class like?
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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
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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
Appleby
Marcus Whitman Junior High School
Video: 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
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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
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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
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Level 1 - What? Where? When? Scale?
Level 2 - Pattern Identification
Level 3
 Why there?
 How did it get there?
Level 4 (prediction)
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So what?
What if?
Impacts? Effects?
Earth At Night – Global Scale
North American at night – Regional Scale
_________ State at Night – Local Scale
Note cards
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One side: term
Other side: definitions in your own
words + example / graphic
Create note cards for “geography” +
“pattern”
Reflection and homework
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How do geographers describe where things are?(left side
notebook)
Questions you have about your notes (left side Cornell notes)
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Homework – Chapter 1 Basic Concepts
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Key Issue 1 pages 4-7.
Chapter headings through page 6
Chapter case study page 7
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Place (do not tape) into right hand side of day 1 Cornell Notes
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Vocabulary (black bold words or phrases) Note Cards:
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front = word / back = own definition, example, graphic
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Grade Savers
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Place (do not tape) into right hand side of day 1 Cornell Notes
Academic Academy hours: Mon-Fri 2:50 – 4:00