Welcome to AP Human Geography
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The AP Human Geography course introduces students to the systematic study of patterns and processes that have shaped human understanding, use, and alteration of Earth's surface. Students learn to employ spatial concepts and landscape analysis to examine human socioeconomic organization and its environmental consequences. They also learn about methods and tools geographers use in their research and applications. This course is designed as a curricular equivalent of an introductory level college course. This course is reading intensive and includes case studies, videos, research projects, written assignments and more. It is imperative that each student pace themselves accordingly as to not fall behind in coursework.
The “Why of Where” :
Human Geography is the study of where human activities take place on Earth and why they take place there.
The Five Goals of AP Human Geography
1. Use and think about maps and spatial data.
2. Understand and interpret the implications of associations among phenomena in places.
3. Recognize and interpret at different scales the relationships among patterns and processes.
4. Define regions and evaluate the regionalization process.
5. Characterize and analyze changing interconnections between places.
Why we study Human Geography
- From news to personal events - they all have a geographical aspect.
- Globalization affects us all and now more than ever.
- Challenged Based Learning: We must study problems and come up with solutions
- We are more connected than ever before.
- Culture matters and we need to understand/appreciate cultures outside of our own