AP Human Geography
UNIT 3
Unit 3
Cultural Patterns and Processes
Thursday, November 5th – Monday, December 14th
Unit Project: World Regions and Cultural Characteristics (Group Project Presentation)
Due: Monday and Tuesday, December 7 and December 8
Unit FRQ: Wednesday, December 9
Unit MCQ: Thursday, December 10
Key geographic skills you must acquire in this unit:
III . Cultural Patterns and Processes
A . Concepts of culture
1 . Culture traits
2 . Diffusion patterns
3 . Acculturation, assimilation, and multiculturalism
4 . Cultural region, vernacular regions, and culture hearths
5 . Globalization and the effects of technology on cultures
B . Cultural differences and regional patterns
1 . Language and communications
2 . Religion and sacred space
3 . Ethnicity and nationalism
4 . Cultural differences in attitudes toward gender
5 . Popular and folk culture
6 . Cultural conflicts, and law and policy to protect culture
C . Cultural landscapes and cultural identity
1 . Symbolic landscapes and sense of place
2 . The formation of identity and place making
3 . Differences in cultural attitudes and practices toward the environment
4 . Indigenous peoples
IF YOU LEARN ONLY SEVEN THINGS IN THIS UNIT:
1) Language is the means of mutually comprehensible communication among people. There are thousands of languages
around the world, but many of them are dying out.
2) Folk culture is practiced by a relatively small number of people in a particular area. Popular culture is diffused rapidly
around the world through mass communication.
3) The largest language family is the Indo-European family of which there are many branches, including the Romance and
the Germanic languages. The second-largest language family is the Sino-Tibetan family, which includes the most
spoken language in the world-Mandarin Chinese.
4) There are five primary religions in the world today: Christianity, Islam, and Judaism (the western religions) and
Hinduism and Buddhism (the Eastern religions). Christianity is the largest religion in the world with just over 2 billion
followers. Islam is the fastest-growing religion in the world.
5) Religions are defined as monotheistic or polytheistic (worshipping one god or more gods) and ethnic or universalizing
(people must be born into or can be converted to the religion).
6) Dialects are forms of a language that differs based on vocabulary, syntax, and speed.
7) There are architectural differences in religious structure around the world. Christians use churches, Jews use
synagogues, Muslims use mosques, Hindus use temples, and Buddhist use pagodas.
Day
Thursday
November 5
Friday
November 6
Monday
November 9
Tuesday
November 10
Wednesday
November 11
Thursday
November 12
Friday
November 13
Monday
November 16
Tuesday
November 17
Wednesday
November 18
Thursday
November 19
Friday
November 20
Monday
November 23
Tuesday
November 24
Monday
November 30
Tuesday
December 1
Wednesday
December 2
Thursday
December 3
Friday
December 4
Monday
December 7
Tuesday
December 8
In Class
Clicker Check
Getis 196-206
Test Corrections
Vocab Quiz
Home Work
Vocab Cards and Quiz Tomorrow
Rubenstein 107-121/Getis 207-213 (Stop at Language)
Culture and Cultural Landscape
Popular Culture
Clicker Check
Rubenstein 107-121/Getis 207-213
College Counseling Presentations
Popular v. Folk Culture
Clicker Check
Rubenstein 122-138
Challenges to Culture/Diffusion
Vocab Quiz
Race
Race v. Ethnicity
Clicker Check
Fouberg 139-162
Division of area by Race
Early Dismissal
Gender and Sexuality
Clicker Check
Rubenstein 238-255
Gender Inequality
Vocab Quiz
Rubenstein 122-138
Fouberg 139-162
Rubenstein 238-255
Getis 213-222/Rubenstein 141-158
Language
Language
Clicker Check
Getis 213-222/Rubenstein 141-158
Religion
Rubenstein 158-179
(No Clicker Check 12/1, Reading Due Wed. 12/2)
Religion and Diffusion
Getis 223-235
Religion and Conflict
Religion Cont.
Clicker Check
Getis 223-235
Cultural Region Group Work
Vocab Quiz
Group Project Presentations
Group Project Presentations
Rubenstein 183-223
(No Clicker Check, but this will be on the Unit Test!)
Wednesday
December 9
Thursday
December 10
Friday
December 11
Monday
December 14
FRQ Test
MCQ Test
MCQ Test Corrections
MCQ Test Corrections/Review for Exam
FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE:
Tuesday, December 15: Periods 1 and 2
Wednesday, December 16: Periods 3 and 4
Thursday, December 17: Periods 5 and 6
Friday, December 18: Periods 7 and Advocacy/Activity