AP Human Geography
“HuG” It Out!
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.
Enhanced course where students will use computer atlas
applications to assist in the study of geography.
Students will learn the content of geography plus we will do
geography.
We take have at least two field studies during the year- These
will be explained during Unit One.
Outdoor excursions!
Field trip(s)?
The Exam - Friday May 13th
2016 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.
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?
What is Geography?
An Introduction
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
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?