1. Welcome to AP Human Geography
Find a seat :-)
Meet Me At (Tape back cover)
Summer work recap and due date
Interactive Note book (INB) – covers, course page, chapter page with table of contents, numbering. Pages 1 & 2
Intro to AP Human Geo
Class environment / syllabus / Dog House
Instructor: Scott Appleby

2. 2014 AP® Human Geography Exams 2013 AP® Human Geography Statistics
137, ↑20% from 2013
2013 AP® Human Geography Statistics
114,361 examinations (2012: 98,679)
3,049 schools (2012: 2,652)
Mean score of 2.68 out of 5 (2012: 2.66)
62,655 female, 51,706 male
1,700 colleges and universities accepting credit
Source : College Board
© 2014 Educational Testing Service

3. AP® Human Geography Exams, 2001-2014
Source : College Board
© 2014 Educational Testing Service

4. Source : College Board
Map: Jon Moore, Educational Testing Service
© 2014 Educational Testing Service

5. Source : College Board
Map: Jon Moore, Educational Testing Service
© 2014 Educational Testing Service

6. AP Human Geography Scott Appleby Marcus Whitman Junior High
Port Orchard, Washington

7. Welcome to AP Human Geography
Goals of Course and Outlines
Introduction-discussed within units
Skills
Resources
FRQ’s
Field Work 7

8. Course Outline Units – content, pedagogy and applied lessons
Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives 5-10%
Population %
Cultural Patterns and Processes 13-17%
Political Organization of Space 13-17%
Agricultural and Rural Land Use %
Industrialization and Economic Development 13-17%
Cities and Urban Land Use 13-17%
Units – content, pedagogy and applied lessons
Debrief big themes
Sharing ideas as we go 8

9. 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.
Interactive Notebooks - show me what you know
Students will learn the content of geography plus we will do geography.
I plan on at least two field studies during the year- One is to the Kitsap Mall to complete a spatial analysis of the mall and the other is an urban field study where we ride the light rail and visit Tacoma, Seatac and south Seattle.

10. The Exam –May 12, 2015 two-hours and 15 minutes
75 multiple choice (60 minutes)
3 FRQ (75 minutes) 10

11. What is Human Geography?
Created by David Palmer edited by Scott Appleby
Marcus Whitman Junior High School
Video: Geography is Key
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. 11

12. 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.”

13. 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 (example later in presentation)

14. Geographic Investigation Process - 4 Level Analysis
Level 1 - What? Where? When? Scale?
Level 2 - Pattern Identification
Level 3
Why there?
How did it get there?
Level 4 (prediction)
So what?
What if?
Impacts? Effects?

15. Earth At Night – Global Scale

16. North American at night – Regional Scale

17. _________ State at Night – Local Scale

18. Note cards One side: term
Other side: definitions in your own words + example / graphic
Create note cards for “geography” + “pattern”

19. Reflection and homework
How do geographers describe where things are?(left side notebook)
Questions you have about your notes (left side Cornell notes)
Homework – Chapter 1 Basic Concepts
Key Issue 1 pages 4-7.
Chapter headings through page 6
Chapter case study page 7
Place (do not tape) into right hand side of day 1 Cornell Notes
Vocabulary (black bold words or phrases) Note Cards:
front = word / back = own definition, example, graphic
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