AP Human Geography
How do we
look at our planet?
How and why
did we move to where we are?
How do we
have so many languages?
Why did
religions start where they did?
How are our
countries made?
What is
Culture?
Where does
our food come from?
How has
Industrialization changed our planet?
What is
Globalization?
AP Human Geography is a course open to all Frontier High School Students (9-12th grades). This course can provide
an opportunity for 9th and 10th graders to challenge themselves with an AP class as well
as offering Juniors and Seniors another Social Studies elective for those
interested in Geography. AP Human
Geography is equivalent to an introductory college-level course in human
geography. The purpose of the course is
to introduce students to the systematic study of patterns and processes that
have shaped human understanding, use, and alteration of Earth's surface.
Students employ spatial concepts and landscape analysis to examine human social
organization and its environmental consequences. They also learn about the
methods and tools geographers use in their science and practice. Students will use the topic we will study
that are listed below to prepare for the College Board 2 ½ hour exam in
May. The particular topics studied in
an AP Human Geography course revolve around the following five college-level
goals that build on the National Geography Standards.
On
successful completion of the course, the student should be able to:
1. Interpret maps and analyze geospatial
data.
2. Understand and explain the implications of
associations and networks among phenomena in places.
3.
Recognize
and interpret the relationships among patterns and processes at different
scales of analysis.
4. Define regions and evaluate the
regionalization process.
5. Characterize and analyze changing interconnections among places.
This course covers the following topics
through the use of case studies to meet the above National Geography goals:
1.
Geography: Its
Nature and Perspectives
2.
Population
3.
Cultural Patterns
and Processes
4.
Political
Organization of Space
5.
Agricultural and
Rural Land Use
6. Cities and Urban Land Use
7.
STUDENTS ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO COMPLETE A SUMMER ASSIGNMENT ON TIME FOR
ENTRY INTO THE CLASS.
