| INTRODUCTION TO AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
The Advanced Placement course in geography gives high-ability students the opportunity to earn college credit in geography while still in high school. More importantly, the content of an AP Human Geography course helps students develop critical thinking skills through the understanding, application and analysis of the fundamental concepts of geography. Through AP Human Geography, students are introduced to the systematic study of patterns and processes that have shaped human understanding, use, and alteration of the Earth’s surface. Students will employ spatial concepts and landscape analysis to analyze human social organization and its environmental consequences. Students will meet the five
college-level goals as determined by the National Geographic Standards. They also learn the methods and tools geographers use in their science and practice.
The AP Examination in Human Geography is approximately two hours long, and consists of a 60-minute 75 question multiple-choice section, and a 75-minute free-response section consisting of three essays. Each portion of the examination will account for 50% of the student’s final score.
In preparation for the AP Geography examination, this course will be divided into eight sections: nature & perspectives, population, culture, politics, agriculture, urbanization, industrialization, and environmental/social issues. There will be approximately three to four tests per semester, as well as a semester exam. Grades are accrued on a point basis through test scores, quizzes, projects, and class participation.
All students enrolled in AP Human Geography will take a benchmark examination at the beginning of the year to illustrate how much they don't know about human geography - and how much they will learn throughout the year.
Required Text:
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY: CULTURE, SOCIETY, AND SPACE, 9th ed. H.J. de Blij, Alexander B. Murphy and Erin H. Fouberg. John Wiley and Sons, 2009.
Supplementary readings:
Cracking the AP Human Geography Exam, 2012 ed. Jon Moore.
Recommended Study Guides:
Student
Atlas of World Geography, John L. Allen. McGraw Hill College Div; ISBN 0072285680. 1999.
Geography
Coloring Book, Wynn Kapit. Addison-Wesley Pub Co; ISBN: 0321032810. 1999. |
