AP Human Geography UNIT 1 Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives Monday August 26th – Friday September 20 (18 class days & 80 pages reading) Unit Project Thursday, September 12th FRQs Thursday, September 19th MCQs Friday, September 20th Reading Assignment Gettis: Chapters 1, 2, 4 and Information read 3 Fouberg: Chapter 1 and Index A Geography, Its Nature & Perspective (5-10% of the AP Exam): Geography, Its Nature & Perspectives accounts for the smallest percentage of the AP exam, but is the foundation for understanding various thoughts throughout the entire course. If you do not understand the concepts presented in Unit 1, you will have a difficult time throughout the course. Key geographic skills you must acquire in this unit: A. Geography as a field of inquiry B. Major geographical concepts underlying the geographical perspective: location, space, place, scale, pattern, nature and society, regionalization, globalization, and gender issues C. Key geographical skills 1. How to use and think about maps and geospatial data 2. How to understand and interpret the implications of associations among phenomena in places 3. How to recognize and interpret at different scales the relationships among patterns and processes 4. How to define regions and evaluate the regionalization process 5. How to characterize and analyze changing interconnections among places D. Use of geospatial technologies, such as GIS, remote sensing, global positioning systems (GPS), and online maps E. Sources of geographical information and ideas: the field, census data, online data, aerial photography, and satellite imagery F. Identification of major world regions G. Be able to identify and locate all countries within the North American & Latin America Realms Day Monday Day 1 Aug 26 Tuesday Day 2 Aug 27 Wednesday Day 3 Aug 28 Thursday Day 4 Aug 29 Friday Day 5 Aug 30 Monday Sep 2 Tuesday Day 6 Sep 3 Wednesday Day 7 Sep 4 Thursday Day 8 Sep 5 Friday Day 9 Sep 6 Monday Day 10 Sep 9 Tuesday Day 11 Sep 10 Wednesday Day 12 Sep 11 Thursday Day 13 Sep 12 The Schedule of Events In Class Reading Activities, and Home Work Summer Reading Test Reading: Getis p 1 -14 Stop (Place Similarity) Hand Out Course Fouberg p 8-15 Stop (Cultural Landscape Requirements Begin locating and identifying countries within Grit Video North American and Latin American realms. On Unit test Review course requirements Overview of course expectations Parent/Guardian Letter Signed Unit 1 Project Assigned Continue reading assignment Lecture “How to Outline” Project Continue reading assignment Geography as a Field of Inquiry Activity: “Thinking Geographically” Project Lecture: “What is Geography” Reading: Getis p 14 – 21 Reading Quiz Getis p 106 – 120 Location, Space, Place & Scale Lecture Fouberg p 22-28 Fouberg p 371 World map of climates Vocabulary Quiz Reading from Day 1 Continue Outlining Chapters – Day 3 Continue Reading Project Location, Space, Place & Scale “Crackers and Scale No School Labor Day Reading Quiz Globalization and Place Lecture “Place” Regions and Climate Lecture Reading: Fouberg p 14-16 Fouberg p 29-35 Reading Quiz Regions Activity: Regional Perceptions Vocabulary Quiz Geography as a Big Picture Activity: The Big Questions in Geography Reading Maps Lecture “Map and Map Types Reading: Getis 24-41 Fouberg 16-21 Reading Quiz Learning Scale Activity: True Maps, False Impressions Thematic Maps Activity “True Maps, False Impressions 2” Reading: Getis 42 – 49 UNIT PROJECT DUE BY 9:00 am Vocabulary Quiz Thematic maps Activity: Cont & DeBrief Begin studying for Unit Test Thursday and Friday of next week Do not forget North American and Latin American realms Outline and read Project Outline and read Project Outline and Read Project Outline and reading Project Friday Sep 13 Monday Day 14 Sep 16 Tuesday Day 15 Sep 17 Wednesday Day 16 Sep 18 Thursday Day 17 Sep 19 Friday Day 18 Sep 20 No School Fall Holiday GIS and GPS Lecture Test Thursday and Friday FRQs What are they? Test Thursday and Friday Review for test What questions do you have for instructor FRQs For Unit 1 “Its Nature and Perspective” Test Thursday and Friday MCQs For Unit 1 “Its Nature and Perspective NO WORK – HAVE A NICE WEEKEND Do not forget North American and Latin American Realms Unit 1 Vocabulary (In Alpha-Order) Absolute direction Absolute distance Absolute location Absolute Locations Accessibility Activity Spaces Area Analysis Tradition Area Cartogram (value-by-area map) Azimuthal Projections Cartography Chropleth Map Climatic Regions Conformal Projections Connectivity Contour interval Contour line Cultural Ecology Cultural Landscape CultureEnvironment Tradition Distance Earth Science Tradition Environmental Determinism Epidemic Equal area (equivalent projections) Equidistant Projections Five Themes Flow-Line maps Formal Region Functional Region Geocaching Geographic Database Geographic Grid Geographic Information System (GIS) Gernalized Map Global Positioning System (GPS) Globalization Globe Properties Human Environment Human Geography International Date Line Isoline Isotherms Koppen Climate Classification System Landsat Satellites Landscape Latitude Location Location Theory Locational Tradition Longitude Map Projection Medical Geography Mental Maps Movement Natural Landscape Pandemic Pattern Perceptions of places Perceptual (vernacular/popular) region Perceptual regions Place Possibilism Prime Meridian Reference Maps Region Regions Relative direction Relative Distance Relative location Remote Sensing Rescale Scale Sense of Place Sequent Occupance Site Situation Spatial Spatial Diffusion Spatial distribution Spatial interaction Spatial Perspective Thematic Maps Topographic Maps