Title Layout Being an AP Scholar AP Human Geography Subtitle Being an AP Scholar AP Human Geography Nature and Perspectives Unit
For today, 08/26 Pick up both handouts. Quietly begin working on “AP Human Geography: Fact or Fiction” – the other handout will be used later in class Remember, Syllabus & Continents and Oceans quiz is TOMORROW Signed syllabus sheet is due TOMORROW
FACT FICTION 4 = credit toward any university 75 MC questions and 3 FRQs AP HuG = Pre AP World Geo Written by College Board geographers Graded by College Board geographers Fact or Fiction? Its’ fact. No, wait, it’s fiction. No, it’s fact. Shoot, it’s fiction. No, it’s….ahhhhh…
Gaining Some Perspective 25 of last year’s 34 highest-ranked seniors were former freshmen in my AP Human Geography For 95% of my students, this is their first AP class – which means many of them have to learn how to learn College class College- level textbook College-level assessments You can’t memorize your way through this class
Organization = Success In order to be successful in Pre AP World Geo, you must be organized. 2” or 3” Binder with 9 dividers Divide each unit and organize papers (graded and ungraded) Keep an ongoing Table of Contents for each unit Makes studying so much EASIER
Remind (formerly Remind101) (Get the app) ---> 4th Period 5th Period 6th Period 7th Period
Guided Tour Fill this out as we go along: Main Benefits of MC’s G to G Absent work Extra copies Additional review Upcoming dates
“Defining and Explaining” The word: BASEBALL Left Side: Right Side: Define the word Explain the word
Baseball DEFINING: EXPLAINING A ball game played between two teams of nine on a field with a diamond-shaped circuit of four bases Definition plus these components: uniforms, outs, strikes & balls, glove, bat, ball, outside, MLB, little league, how to score, how to make an out, umpire, where it’s played (US & C, LA, EA), pinch player, crowd, hot dog, peanuts, cracker jacks