Welcome to AP Human Geography
Find a seat - set up your territory :-)
Start the Icebreaker activity- try to meet
at least five people as you fill in the
sheet.
Presenter: David Palmer
AP Human Geography
David Palmer
Eaglecrest High School
Aurora, Colorado
Welcome to AP Human Geography
Icebreaker
Introduction
Skill Board
FRQ’s discussed within units
Units - Content and Applied Lessons
Debrief big themes
Sharing ideas as we go
Field Study
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%
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.
Web enhanced course where students will take many of their
assessments online and participate in numerous online
discussions.
Interactive Notebooks - show me what you know
Students will learn the content of geography plus we will do
geography.
We take at least two field studies during the year- One is to Park
Meadows to complete a spatial analysis of the mall and the
other is an urban field study where we ride the light rail and visit
Littleton, 16th St Mall and LoDo.
The Exam - Friday May 14th
2009 8:00 am
two-hours and 15 minutes
75 multiple choice (60 minutes)
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.
What is Geography?
Created by David Palmer
Eaglecrest High School
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.”
Your Definition:
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
Geographic Investigation
Process - 4 Level Analysis
Level 1 - What? Where? When?
Level 2 - Pattern Identification
Level 3
Why there?
How did it get there?
Level 4 (prediction)
So what?
What if?
Earth at Night - Global Scale
North America at Night - Regional Scale
Online: 6/27/2006 - http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/49261main_usa_nightm.jpe
Your State at Night - Local Scale
Online: 6/27/2006 -http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/usanight_dmsp_big.gif
Geographic Investigation
Process
Level 1 - What? Where? When?
Level 2 - Pattern Identification
Level 3
Why there?
How did it get there?
Level 4
So what?
What if?
Skills?
Population Data Sheet - profile chart
Retail Locational Factors
Pair up and create a list of the important
factors to consider relating to retail mall
locations?
Crossroads Mall
Level 4 Analysis 1)Where - based on what you
see in map
2) Patterns
3)Why?
4) What if the scale changes?
Larger Scale
Level 4 Analysis 1)Where - based on what you
see in map
2) Patterns
3)Why?
4) What if the scale changes?
Smaller Scale
Level 4 Analysis 1)Where - based on what you
see in map
2) Patterns
3)Why?
4) What if the scale changes?
Westroad Mall
Level 4 Analysis 1)Where - based on what you
see in map
2) Patterns
3)Why?
4) What if the scale changes?
Westroad Mall
Level 4 Analysis 1)Where - based on what you
see in map
2) Patterns
3)Why?
4) What if the scale changes?
Personal Income
Level 4 Analysis 1)Where - based on what you
see in map
2) Patterns
3)Why?
4) What if the scale changes?