The purpose of the Advanced Placement course in Human Geography is to introduce students to the study of patterns and processes that have shaped human understanding, use and alteration of Earth's surface. Students learn to use the skills, methods and tools of a geographer to analyze human social organization and its environmental consequences.
TOPICS
¥ Geography: Nature and Perspectives history of geography; location of places; people and events and the connections among places and landscapes; geographic concepts such as location, space, scale, pattern, regionalization, and place; how to make and use maps; how to apply mathematical formulas, models and data to geographical concepts.
¥ Population why population is concentrated in some places and not others, fertility, mortality, migration, immigration, and environmental degradation ¥ Cultural Patterns and Processes the study of culture and cultural groups as defined by language, religion, race, ethnicity and gender
¥ Political Organization of Space forces that shaped the evolution of the contemporary world political map and the importance of the political organization of territory in the contemporary world
¥ Agriculture and Rural Land Use the origin and spread of agriculture, the characteristics of the worlds agricultural regions; reasons why these regions function the way they do; and the impact of agricultural change on quality of life and the environment
¥ Industrialization and Economic Development how models of economic development help to explain why the world is described as being divided into a well developed core (MDCs) and a less developed periphery (LDCs), globalization and contemporary issues surrounding economic activity
¥ Cities and Urban Land Use study of systems of cities including where they are located and why they are there; the form, internal structure, and landscapes of cities and what cities are like as places in which to live and work; and trends in urban development.
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
¥ Use and think about maps and spatial data sets to pose and solve problems
¥ Understand and interpret the associations among phenomena in places which includes recognizing and interpreting patterns, and assessing the nature and significance of the relationships among phenomena that occur in the same place; and to understand how tastes and values, political regulations and economic constraints work together to create particular types of cultural landscapes
¥ Define regions and evaluate the regionalization process including considering why and how they came into being
¥ Characterize and analyze changing interconnections among places
ASSESSMENT
This course is a preparation for the Advanced Placement Exam. To that end, students will be given a variety of assessments during the course which include making and analyzing maps, charts and graphs, writing essays and case studies, giving oral presentations, and completing quizzes and tests.
This course is open for all students.
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