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WelcomeWelcome to AP Human Geography at Midland Valley High School. My name is Bianca Woodard and I’ll be your teacher this year.
AP Human Geography is an advanced placement course designed to teach and expose students to college level course work. If you so chose, you can study to take the AP exam at the end of the year to gain college credit. This course is reading intensive and includes case studies, hands on projects and more. It is imperative that each student pace themselves accordingly as to not fall behind in coursework. Below, you will find an outline of the entire year of the course with learning objectives as well as course goals. Why study Geography? "Geography matters today more than ever, but only if we are looking at the right things. Geography matters more now than ever because students need to know human geography. They need to understand the relationships that exist between cultures. They need to see not just the differences in cultures, but the similarities. Students need to know that the kid sitting in a school in Afghanistan today probably doesn’t speak the same language, practice the same religion or live in a home that looks anything like a student in the United States, but they have a lot of things in common. They both love their families, the both want to play and they both want to learn. When we focus on the similarities instead of the differences, it changes the picture. Geography matters today more than ever because our students are growing up in a globalized world. Nearly all business is international. Our students will never work in isolation. They need to know that the other people they work with, whether in a cubicle down the hall or on a screen halfway around the world, all have ideas and value. While they might see the problem and solution differently, they still see the problem and have solutions. Geography matters now more than ever because of global crises that range from migration to climate change to pandemics. Geography matters because learning about problems isn’t enough; we have to take action to solve them. Geography matters because we are all connected. Geography matters because this is our world." Heffernan, C. (2018). Column: Why geography matters for students now more than ever. Retrieved from https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/column-geography-matters-students-now-ever Unit Schedule and DatesUnit 1- Nature and Perspectives (CHAPTER 1) 8/20 - 9/10
Unit 2 - Population and Migration (Chapter 2&3) 9/17 - 10/8 Unit 3- Culture (CHAPTERS 4, 5, 6, and 7) 10/15 - 11/26 Unit 4- Political Geography (Chapter 8) Weeks of 12/3 to 1/14 Unit 5- Agriculture and Rural Geography (CHAPTER 9) 1/21 - 2/11 Unit 6- Economic and Industrial Geography (CHAPTERS 10 and 11) 2/18 - 3/11 Unit 7- Cities and Urban Land Use (CHAPTERS 12 and 13) 3/18 - 4/29 The Five Goals of AP Human Geography
AP Human Geography Course Goals
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Textbooks Kubis, K., Harner, J., & Gober, P. (2002). Human geography in action (6th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. Rubenstein, J. (2013). Cultural Landscape (12th ed.). Harlow: Pearson Education UK. Tools
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Academic ResponsibilityThe educational process is a shared responsibility. My responsibility is to provide you the space and opportunities to learn and grow. It also means that you, as a student, must take ownership of your learning. How? You are expected to read, study, and complete homework assignments and projects, contribute to the collective learning environment, and put for effort to the best of your ability.
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