Welcome to Mr. Tredinnick's AP Human Geography Class
"Geography is everything, and everything is Geography"
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This year long class will introduce students to the systematic study of patterns and processes that have shaped human understanding, use, and alterations of the Earth’s surface. By looking at the relationships between cultural groups and their physical geography it is possible to find relationships that allow geographers to understand better how humans are shaped by their physical world, and change it in turn. We will be looking at different cultural phenomenon such as language, religion, government, and economic systems in order to make connections between different cultural set and how they interact with one another. By examining maps and other geographical tools students will examine correlations between the physical and human world and the interactions that have shaped our planet and human life. This course is designed to increase the students’ understanding of the world and develop their critical thinking skills. Upon completion of this course students will be given the opportunity to take the Advanced Placement test for the possibility of college credit.
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Note to Teachers* I am not presently teaching this course, so some modules may not be up to date - please do not hesitate to contact me with what you are looking for and I most likely have something that might help you out! - Kyle ([email protected])
Also check out the resources I have on my other website - Geography for Geographers! Be sure to also check out my Geography 1020 - Introduction to Human Geography course page for more materials that could be adapted for High School students |
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Unit I: Geography - Its Nature and Perspective
Unit I Schedule
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Week 1: Course Introduction
(Sept 7-11) Module 1.1: Course Introduction
- Student Introductions - Welcome to AP Human Geography + Carl Sagan - Pale Blue Dot - Course Expectations Activity: Where in the World? HW: World Regions quiz next class + Use World Regions Study Guide Module 1.2: Five Themes of Geography
- The Five Themes of Geography (Notes) + Five Themes Diagram (Notes) - Geography is Everywhere (Assignment) HW: Finding the Five Themes (Assignment) 
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Week 2: Cartography and Map Making
(Date-Date) Module 1.3: Cartography
- Basics of Cartography (Notes) + 1965 Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and Eastern Thailand Map - Using TODALSIGS (Assignment) HW: Rubenstein 14-15, 20-25 Module 1.4: Map Projections
- Dealing with a Spherical Earth (Assignment) - Map Projections and Types of Maps (Notes) + Maps That Prove You Don't Know Earth + 42 Amazing Maps + 19 Maps that tell a Story (Notes) HW: Bring computer Wednesday 
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Week 3: Modern Geography
(Date-Date) Module 1.5: Geographic Information Systems
- Dan Scollon Ted Talk (Assignment) + Dan Scollon: Geographic Information Systems - Basics of ArcGIS + Hiking Utah County GIS Example + Mapping your World (Assignment) + Present maps HW: Unit I Test Next Class + Unit I Study Guide: Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives Module 1.6: Celebration of Knowledge
- Unit I Test - Nature and Perspectives of Geography September 25th 
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Unit I Notes19 Maps that Tell A Story (Module 1.4)
Basics of Cartography (Module 1.3)
Five Themes Diagram (Module 1.2)
Map Projections and Types of Maps (Module 1.4)
The Five Themes of Geography (Module 1.2)
Welcome to AP Human Geography (Module 1.1)
Where in the World (Module 1.1)
Unit I Review
World Regions Study Guide (Module 1.1)
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Unit I Assignments
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Unit I Additional Resources
Unit II: Population and Migration
Unit II Course Schedule
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Week 4: Basics of Population
(Sept 28-Oct 2) Module 2.1: Introduction to Population
- Population Videos + National Geographic: 7 Billion + National Geographic: Are you Typical + National Geographic: Food for Thought + The Miniature Earth - The World If There Were Only 100 People - Blue Marble - Basic Population Vocabulary (Notes) HW: Population 7 Billion (Activity) HW: Bring a computer next class Module 2.2: Population Trackers
- Census Importance Discussion + Using the Census" (Activity) - Introduction to population tracking websites + CIA World Factbook + American Fact Finder HW: Using Factbook and FactFinder (Assignment) 
Week 7: Human Migration
(Oct 19-23) Module 2.7: Introduction to Human Migration
- Rubenstein Chapter 2 Vocabulary Quiz - Basics of Migration (Notes) - Push and Pull Factors Of Migration (Activity) HW: Rubenstein 92-97 Module 2.8: Models of Human Migration
- Ravenstein's Theory of Human Migration (Notes) HW: Rubenstein 102-107 |
Week 5: Growth of Human Population
(Oct 5-9) Module 2.3: Human Population Growth
- The Demographic Transition Model (Notes) + The Demographic Transition Model - Graph (Notes) + The Demographic Transition Model - Population Pyramids (Notes) - Reading A Population Pyramid - Russia (Activity) + Population Pyramids: Predictors of the Future + Reading a Population Map: China (Notes) HW: Sweden Demographic Transition (Activity) HW: Rubenstein 54-59 Module 2.4: Demographics
- Demography: The Geography of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender (Notes) - Using Demographic Maps + 2010 USA Population Density Map + The New York Times: Mapping America + The Cooper Center: Dot Map HW: Using Racial Dot Maps (Activity) HW: Optional Map Quiz Thursday: South America 
Week 8: Patterns of Migration
(Oct 26-30) Module 2.9: Case Study of Human Migration
- Case Studies of Human Migration (Assignment) + Calling Australia Home + Germans in America: Into the Promised Land + Letters from Karelia HW: Case Studies of Human Migration (The New Commonwealth Migrants) (Assignment) Module 2.10: Trends of Human Migration
- Trends in Human Migration to the United States (Notes) - Refugees in 2010 (Assignment) + Use 2010 US State Department statistics of Refugees to answer questions HW: Unit II Test on Monday |
Week 6: Demography and Ecumene
(Oct 12-16) Module 2.5:Population Growth Theory
- Population Theories (Notes) - Religions and Babies (Ted Talk) + Hans Rosling: Religions and Babies (Activity) HW: Population Policies: India and China (Activity) HW: Rubenstein 68-75 HW: Crash Course: Population, Sustainability, and Malthus Module 2.6: The Habitable World
- Patterns of Human Settlement + Analyzing population density maps (Activity) - The Habitable World (Notes) + World Mapper - Population Cartogram HW: Rubenstein 70-73 HW: Rubenstein Chapter 2 Vocabulary Quiz 
Week 9: Patterns of Migration
(Nov 2-6) Module 2.11: Unit II Review Day
- Work on Study Guides HW: Unit II Test on Monday Monday: Celebration of Knowledge
Unit II Test - Population and Migration November 2nd |
Unit II Notes
Unit II Review
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Unit II Assignments
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Unit II Additional Resources
Unit III: Cities and Urban Land Use
Unit III Course Schedule
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Week 10: Urban Development
(Nov 9-13) Module 3.1: Basics of Urbanization
- Basic Developments of Cities (Notes) + Unicef: An Urban World + What If the Entire World Lived in 1 City? - Chapter 13 Vocabulary (Test Prep) HW: Chpt 13 Vocab Quiz Next class Module 3.2: Urbanization and Migration
- Primate Cities and the Rank-Size Rule (Notes) HW: Rubenstein 438-441 HW: The World Urban Hierarchy Reading and Questions (Assignment) Week 13: Urban Change
(Nov 24-28) Module 3.7: Modern Cities
- Gentrification Effects (Assignment) - Growth Problems of Urban Development (Notes) HW: Rasmus Frisk: Designing Cities for People (Assignment) Module 3.8: Urban Case Studies
- Urbanized (Assignment) - CBS: From Amazon to Garden State - Human Planet - Cities (Assignment) |
Week 11: Urban Development Models
(Nov 16-20) Module 3.3: Central Place Theory
- Introducing Central Place Theory (Assignment) - Central Place Theory (Notes) - Business Distribution in Memphis, Tenn (Assignment) HW: Finish Business Distribution in Memphis, Tenn Module 3.4: Growing Cities
- Urban Growth Models (Notes) - Saint Paul Urban Growth (Assignment) + St Paul Average Income HW: Finish Saint Paul Urban Growth HW: Rubenstein 396-40t. Week 14: Complete Unit
(Nov 24-28) Module 3.9: Review Day
HW: Unit III Test - Cities and Urban Land Use Module 3.10: Celebration of Knowledge
- Unit III Test - Cities and Urban Land Use November 25th, 2014 
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Week 12: Urban Change
(Nov 24-28) Module 3.5: Roles of Cities
- Urbanization of Services (Notes) - Service Threshold: Loretto, Tn (Assignment) HW: Chapter 12 Vocabulary Quiz Module 3.6: Comparing World Cities
- Chapter 12 Vocabulary Quiz - Regional Urban Models (Notes) - Looking at Urbanization Around the World (Notes) HW: Rubenstein 441-447 
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Unit III Notes
Unit III Review
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Unit III Assignments
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Unit III Additional Resources
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Spring Break (April 1-10)
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Unit IV: Agriculture and Rural Land Use
Unit IV Course Schedule
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Week 15: Agricultural Developments
(Dec 7-11) Module 4.1: History of Agriculture
- Introduction to Agriculture (Notes) - Guns, Germs, and Steel - Episode 1 + Guns, Germs, and Steel (Assignment) HW: The Worst Mistake in History (Assignment) Module 4.2: Green Revolution and Biotechnology
- Discuss "The Worst Mistake in History" - Developments of Agriculture (Notes) HW: Produce Field Study (Assignments) 
Week 18: Resources
(Jan 11-15) Module 4.1: Fresh Water Resources
- Desertification (Assignment) - Case Study: Aral Sea (Notes) HW: Shrinking White Bear Lake (Assignment) Extra: Blue Gold: World Water Wars Module 4.9: Issues in Resources
- Natural Resources (Notes) HW: Unit IV Test Next Week |
Week 16: Geography of Agriculture
(Dec 14-18) Module 4.3: Modern Agricultural Issues
- Von Thunen's Model of Land Use (Notes) + Von Thunen Model (Notes) - Modeling Minnesota Agriculture (Assignment) HW: Rubenstein 350-351 HW: Bring textbook next class Module 4.4: Location of Agriculture
- Subsistence Agriculture (Notes) - Climate and Commercial Agriculture (Assignment) HW: Rubenstein 330-335 Module 4.5: Geography of Food Production
- Top Agricultural Producers and Exporters (Assignment) - Agricultural Regions of the United States (Assignment) HW: Rubenstein 335-350 
Winter Break
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Week 17: Agricultural Development
(Jan 4-8) Module 4.6: Agriculture and Development
- Agriculture in MDCs (Notes) - Rural Organizational Patterns (Notes) + Rural Land Systems Reference (Notes) HW: Rubenstein 403-410 Module 4.7: Hungry Planet
- Hungry Planet (Activity) + Hungry Planet (Handout) (Notes and Assignment) + Peter Menzel - Hungry Planet HW: Peter Menzel Ted Talk (Assignment) HW: Third World Farmer (Assignment) 
Week 19: Finals Week
(Jan 18-22) Module 4.10: Celebration of Knowledge
Unit IV Test - Agriculture and Rural Land Use January 21st, 2016 |
Unit IV Notes
Unit IV Test Preparation
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Unit IV Assignments
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Unit IV Additional Resources
Unit V: Industrialization and Economic Development
Unit V Course Schedule
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Week 19: Introduction to Industrialization (Semester 2 Begins)
(Jan 25-29) Thursday: Introduction to Industrialization - Preview of Semester Two + General Timeline and Expectations - Go over Tests - Introduction to Industrialism (Notes) HW: Rubenstein Chapter 11 Vocabulary Quiz Monday (Test Preparation) HW: Rubenstein 364-366 Friday: No Class "A" Day |
Week 20: Geography of Industry
(Feb 1-5) Monday: Growth of Industry - Chapter 11 Vocabulary Quiz - Developments in Industrialization (Notes) - New International Division of Labor (Assignment) HW: Finish Thought Questions Tuesday: No Class "A" Day Wednesday: Location of Industry - Site and Situation Factors of Industrialization (Notes) HW: Mongolia Rare-Earth Minerals (Assignment) Thursday: No Class "A" Day Friday: Location of Industrial Zones - Spatial Distribution of Industry (Notes) HW: Industrial Development of Pakistan (Assignment) HW: Rubenstein 367-373 & 386-389 |
Week 21: Industry and Development
(Feb 8-12) Monday: No Class "B" Day Tuesday: Understanding "Development" - The Brandt Line (Assignment) - Introduction to Development (Notes) + International Human Development Indicators HW: 2014 Human Development Index (Assignments) + 2014 HDI Report HW: Rubenstein 290-301 Wednesday: No Class "B" Day Thursday: Tracking and Classifying Development - Models of Economic Development (Notes) HW: Comparing Rostow and Wallerstein (Assignment) HW: Rubenstein 302-309 Friday: No Class "B" Day |
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Week 22: Impacts of Development
(Feb 15-19) Monday: No School - President's Day Tuesday: Modules of Development - Identifying Levels of Development (Assignment) HW: Identifying Rostow and Wallerstein (Assignment) HW: Rubenstein 309-318 Wednesday: No Class "A" Day Thursday: Issues of Development and Industry - Impacts of Development (Assignment) - The Lorax and Development (Assignment) HW: Charles Robertson TED Talk (Assignment) Friday: No Class "A" Day |
Week 23: Finish Unit V
(Feb 22-26) Monday: Review Day HW: Unit V Test - Industrialization and Economic Development Wednesday February 24th, 2016 Tuesday: No Class "A" Day Wednesday: Unit V Test - Industrialization and Economic Development February 24th, 2016 Thursday: No Class "A" Day Friday: Unit VI 
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Unit V Notes
Unit V Test Preparation
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Unit V Assignments
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Unit V Additional Resources
Unit VI: Cultural Patterns and Processes
Unit VI Course Schedule
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Week 23: Origins of Culture
(Feb 22-26) Module 6.1: Introduction to Culture
- Defining Culture (Assignment) - Introduction to Cultural Geography (Notes) HW: Reading a Cultural Landscape (Assignment) HW: Rubenstein 112-115 Module 6.2: Folk Culture vs. Popular Culture
- Go over Homework - Difference in Culture: Folk Culture (Notes) HW: Protecting Folk Cultures (Assignment) HW: Rubenstein 115-125 
Week 26: Cultural Geography
(Mar 7-11) Module 6.7: Geography of Language and Religion
- Language Discussion (Assignment) + "Let it Go" Google Translate - Geography of Language (Notes) - Reading Religious Maps (Assignment) HW: Kaplan 140-159 HW: Bring computers next class Module 6.8: Geography of Cultural Traits
- Housing Styles of the United States (Notes) - Festivals of Nations (Assignment) HW: Rubenstein 124-128 |
Week 24: Principles of Culture
(Feb 22-26) Module 6.3: Spatial Distribution of Pop Culture
- Differences in Culture: Popular Culture (Notes) HW: Crash Course: Globalization (Assignment) HW: Rubenstein 128-138 Module 6.4: Cultural Relativism
- Cultural Relativism Discussion (Assignment) - Cultural Relativism in Tattoos (Assignment) HW: Finish Cultural Relativism in Tattoos 
Week 27: Social Geography
(Mar 21-25) Module 6.9: Race Ethnicity and Culture
- Race and Ethnicity in Culture (Notes) HW: Thandie Newton TED Talk (Assignment) Module 6.10: Gender Roles and Sexuality
- Differing Ideas of Gender Norms (Notes) - Gender Equality FRQ (Assignment) HW: Rubenstein 309-313 
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Week 25: Principles of Culture
(Mar 7-11) Module 6.5: Cultural Diffusion
- Cultural Diffusion (Notes) HW: Cultural Diffusion Issues (Assignment) HW Rubenstein 138-141 Module 6.6: Case Study of Cultural Diffusion
- The Origins of Rock 'n' Roll (Notes) HW: Globalized Production (Assignment) 
Week 28: Social Geography
(Mar 28 - Apr 1) Module 6.11: Ethnocentrism and Racism
- Ethnocentrism and Racism (Notes) + Incredible Photos Of Parents From Around The World (Notes) - Racism in Sports (Assignment) + The Redskins' Name - Catching Racism HW: Begin Reviewing for Unit VI Test Module 6.12: Celebration of Knowledge
- Unit VI Test - Cultural Patterns and Processes Thursday March 26th HW: World Political and US Political Map Quiz |
Unit VI Notes
Unit VI Review
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Unit VI Assignments
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Unit VI Additional Resources
Unit VII: Political Organization of Space
Unit VII Course Schedule
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Week 29: Defining the State
(Apr 11-15) Module 7.1: Defining States
- US and World Political Map Quizzes - Introduction to Political Geography (Notes) - Problems of American Territories (Assignment) + Last Week Tonight: U.S. Territories (Warning: Language) HW: Rubenstein 254-264 Module 7.2: Nationalism
- Geographic Perceptions (Assignment) - The Geography of Nationalism (Notes) HW: Ukrainian Crisis (Assignment) HW: Rubenstein 230-237 Module 7.3: State Shapes and Borders
- Forming Borders (Notes) + The Most Complex International Borders HW: Borders FRQ (Assignment) HW: Rubenstein 268-274 Week 32: Finish Unit VII
(May 2-6) Module 7.8: Review Day
HW: Unit VII Test - Political Organization of Space Wednesday May 3rd, 2016 Module 7.9: Unit VII Test - Political Organization of Space
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Week 30: State Creation
(Apr 18-22) Module 7.4: State Shapes and Evolution
- Shapes of States (Notes) - Indicators of Failed States (Assignment) HW: Using the Corruption Perception Index (Assignment) HW: Rubenstein 260-268 Module 7.5: Territorial Disputes
- This Land is Mine (Warning: Animated Violence) - Takeshima/Dokdo Dispute (Assignment) + Korean Islands Dokdo - The Falkland Question (Assignment) HW: The Falkland Question Thought Question 
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Week 31: Hyper Nationalism
(Apr 25-29) Module 7.6: Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing
- Extremes of Nationalism (Notes) HW: Rubenstein 237-249 HW: Unit VII Test Wednesday April 29th Module 7.7: Multinational Organizations
- Supranational Organizations (Notes) HW: Criticism of Supranationalism (Assignment) 
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Unit VII Notes
Unit VII Review
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Unit VII Assignments
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Unit VII Additional Resources
Unit VIII: AP Test Review
Review Course Schedule
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Week 32: Test Review
(May 2-6) Monday: No Class "A" Day Tuesday: Unit VII Wednesday: No Class "A" Day Thursday: Cracking the Multiple Choice + Diagnostic Test + Discussion: Tips and Strategies Friday: No Class "A" Day 
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Week 33: Test Week
(May 9-13) Monday: Cracking the FRQ + Discussion: Tips and Strategies + Grading the FRQ (Activity) Tuesday: No Class "A" Day Wednesday: Theories and Models + Human Geography Models (Review Resources) Thursday: No Class "A" Day Friday: Test Day AP Human Geography Test Date: Friday May 13th, 2016 (8:00 am)
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Review Resources
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2014 National Geographic Geography BeeAbout the ExamAP Exam FRQ and Exam Score BreakdownNeed to know CountriesPost-Test Survey | ||||||
Unit IX: Post-Test
Post-Test Course Schedule
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Week 34: Seeing Geography in Invictus
(May 18-22) Module 9.1: Invictus
- Complete Invictus Reflection while watching Module 9.2: Invictus
HW: Invictus Reflection (Due next class) 
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Week 35: Fun with Geography
(May 23-27) Module 9.3: Post-Test Activity
- APHug Advertisement Module 9.4: Post-Test Activity
- The Urban Game Week 37: Fun with Geography
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Week 36: Geography Around You
(May 30 - June 3) Module 9.5: Post-Test Activity
- Lowertown Walking Tour 
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Post-Test Materials
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Auxiliary Documents
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