APHUG
2012-2013
READING/ASSIGNMENT/TEST SCHEDULE FOR SEMESTER 1
You are responsible for reading and completing homework assignments outside of class. Assignments are due
when you walk into the classroom and are considered late after I have collected all assignments at the start of
class. The schedule below is for you to follow, regardless of the schedule we are keeping in class.
Approximately 75% of each unit exam will come from your assigned textbook readings. The remainder of the
exam questions – from 10 to 15 questions - will be taken directly from the Ethel Wood Study Guide practice
test. All vocabulary and free response questions (FRQs) from the Wood study guide are formative grades; all
tests in class are summative grades. ALL WOOD STUDY GUIDE ASSIGNMENTS ARE DUE ON THE
DAY OF THE EXAM.
Reading Dates
Text
Assignment
Fouberg, pp 1-21
Fouberg, Chapter 1, pp 1 - 35
Wood, Unit 1, pp 8 – 29
Reading Quiz due
Sept. 4
Aug. 28-Sept. 11
Vocab, FRQ
due
Sept. 12
Fouber, pp 36-54
Reading Quiz due
Sept. 19
Fouberg, Chapter 2, pp 36 – 77
Wood, Unit 2, pp 30 – 63
Vocab
due
Sept. 27
Fouberg, Chapter 3, pp 78 – 111
Wood, Unit 2, pp 64 – 97
FRQ
due
Oct. 16
Fouberg, Chapter 4, pp 112 – 143
Wood, Unit 3, pp 98 – 130
Vocab
due
Nov. 1
Fouberg, Chapter 5, pp 144 – 171
Wood, Unit 3, pp 98 – 130
FRQ
due
Nov. 14
Sept. 12 – Sept 26
Sept. 26 – Oct. 15
Oct. 16 – Oct. 31
Nov. 1 – Nov. 13
Test/Quiz/Due Date
Nov. 14 – Dec. 5
Fouberg, Chapter 6, pp 172 – 202
Dec. 6
Dec. 6 – Jan. 3
Fouberg, Chapter 7, pp 203 – 248
Jan. 4
Jan. 4 – Jan. 16
Fouberg, Chapter 8, pp 249 – 287
Wood, Unit 4, pp98 – 130
Vocab, FRQ due
Jan. 17/18
Current Event Project Topics and Due Dates
Each current event assignment is a formative assessment. At the end of the YEAR, you will have a summative
assessment based on this activity and may use the assignments to help you. Save your work throughout the
year.
Topic
Population
Migration
Culture
Identity/Language
Religion
Politics
Due Date
Sept. 21
Oct. 12
Oct. 26
Nov. 9
Dec. 18
Jan. 11
Directions for completing the Ethel Wood Study Guide units
Ethel Wood is the well-respected author of many Social Studies course books and study guides, including the
AP Human Geography Study Guide we will use throughout the year. Wood has combined the most important
ideas and content from ALL the textbooks typically drawn from for the AP exam, and placed it in one
condensed source. This means you do not have to read from multiple textbooks in order to be completely
prepared to score very well on the AP exam. In addition to summarizing the seven topics tested on the AP
exam, she also provides an AP-style practice exam and free-response question (FRQ) for each topic.
You will be reading each unit, completing the vocabulary for each unit, and answering the FRQ for each unit
throughout the year. The following instructions apply to every assignment. Assignments will be due on the
day of each unit exam, at the start of class. SAVE all assignments when they are returned to use. They are
your study guides for the unit exams and will be an effective tool in preparing for the AP exam.
Vocabulary: completely define or explain each vocabulary term. NUMBER each term. Responses must be
handwritten and legible to me or you will receive no grade. You do not need to answer in complete sentences.
Vocab lists will vary in length depending on the topic and may contain 50 to 70 terms. I HIGHLY recommend
using notecards, numbered.
FRQ: Answer each question in the free response question. Each answer should be labeled A, B,
C….Underline each fact in your answer. This is part of the grade for each FRQ. This will ensure that you are
indeed answering the question with facts and not “dancing around the bush.” I will provide you with sample
responses before you have to write your first FRQ for a grade. You do NOT need a thesis statement nor does
the response need to be in a formal, 5-paragraph essay response. You will write in complete sentences and
succinctly answer all aspects of each question.
You will be completing this activity in addition to a thorough reading of each chapter/unit in the Fouberg
textbook. These types of assignments and tests are very similar to those you will find in freshman and
sophomore classes at institutions like the University of North Texas, Texas Christian University and the
University of Texas at Arlington. Instructors at those universities will assign readings and homework for you
to complete outside of class, and you will take weekly reading quizzes and tests based on the activities.
Rubric for vocabulary assignments:
Student correctly answered each vocabulary term
Assignment was handwritten, each vocab term numbered
1 – 50 pts
1 – 50 pts
Rubric for FRQs:
Rubric will vary for each FRQ, but will be graded in a similar manner as FRQ Unit 1. You will receive no
grade if you do not label answers a, b, c, etc. You will earn points for each response, exactly the same as you
will on the APHUG exam. FRQ Unit 1 will be worth 7 points, and broken down as follows:
a) 1 point definition
b) 2 points (1 point example, 1 point explanation)
c) 2 points (1 point example, 1 point explanation)
d) 2 points (1 point explanation, 1 point example)
Grade equivalent: 7 pts – 100, 6 pts – 85.71, 5 pts – 71.42, 4 pts – 57.14, 3 pts – 42.84