AP Human Geography

MATERIALS NOTEBOOK 1 ½ INCH PAPER RED PEN PENCIL/PEN (BLUE or BLACK INK) HIGHLIGHTER SUPPLEMENT BOOK SMALL STAPLER (IF POSSIBLE) -Dollar store or Walmart if possible a mini-stapler

Grading Test 50% Quiz/Projects 35% HW/Classwork/Participation 15%

Literacy WHITE BOARDS DURING LECTURE READING STRATEGIES : THINK- PAIR-SHARE, SQ3R

AP Human Geo Exam Format Section 1 (60 minutes) 75 multiple choice questions Section 2 (75 minutes) 3 Free Response Questions (frq’s)

Globally, 47% of test takers achieved a score of “3” or higher. 2009 Statistics Globally, 47% of test takers achieved a score of “3” or higher.

What is Geography? “Geography is a representation of the whole known world together with the phenomena which are contained therein.” -Ptolemy, Geographia (2nd century CE) human geography: studies the spatial aspects of human existence… -how people & their activities are distributed across Earth

For example…what’s being mapped? Coca-Cola consumption!!!

The Five Themes of Geography

Subfields of Geography

REQUIRED SUPPLEMENT BOOK

Cultural geography

Geo: nature and its perspectives GPS GIS SCALE HISTORY OF CARTOGRAPHY ROBINSON MAP MERCATOR MAP LOOKING FOR SPATIAL PATTERNS

Political geography

population

Urban geography gentrification

Globalization economic geo -the increasing interconnectedness of different parts of the world economically, politically, & culturally Core-periphery theory Development vs underdevelopment ECONOMIC CORE London, Tokyo, Japan, Germany Primary, secondary, tertiary sectors Panama

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“Sense” of Place -every place is unique with its own identity Imagine some other place where you lived…or a place that you visited or would like to visit. What do you remember about the “sense” of the place? Or what ideas do you have about a place you may like to visit?

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