AP Human Geography
-Homework:
Graded Classwork/ Readings
Major Assessments (formal)
Recommended Study Schedule
Resources:
AP World Geography: Semester 2
Unit 4: Political Patterns and Processes
Week 1
Week 2 Topic 4.8, 4.9, 4.10
Week 3
Unit 5: Agriculture and Rural Land-Use Patterns
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Unit 7 Industrial and Economic Development Patterns and Processes
Week 8 --
Week 9
March 11-15 (Holiday)
Week 10
Week 11
Unit 6: Cities and Urban Land-Use Patters and Processes
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Review and test
Unit 5 Final Project
Week 16
Week 17
Week 28
-- Human Environmental Interaction Presentations
Final Project (15% of final grade)
AP World Geography: Semester 1
Unit 1: Thinking Geographically
Week 1: Introduction to Geography
Week 2: Maps and other Geographic Tools
Week 3: The Human- Environmental Interaction (Topic 1.5)
Unit 2: Population and Migration Patterns and Processes
Week 4: Population Distribution
Week 5-- Population Policies
Week 6 -- Migration
Week 7-- Migration Case Studies (topic 2.12)
Week 8-- Migration Case Studies (topic 2.12)
Unit 3: Cultural Patterns and Processes
Week 9-- Culture and Language
Week 10-- Religions
Week 11-- Religions
Week 12-- Ethnicities
Week 13-- Ethnic Conflict
Week 14-- Culture Presentations
Week 15-- Culture Presentations
November 20- 24 (Holiday)
Unit 4: Political Patterns and Processes
Week 16-- Political Patterns Introduction
Week 18--
December 19/ or 20-- Colonialization Maps and Readings
Final
- 4/19 Final MCQ Practice (47 questions, no timer)
- 4/24 Self Grade FRQ 7.2
- 4/26 Unit 4 FRQ (complete and score for points and Unit 6 MCQ)
- 5/2 Study Last 2 FRQ's: any Unit (100 points) Review guide here
- 5/7 Study: AP exam
Graded Classwork/ Readings
- 4/15 Ecotourism
- 4/22 Census Infographic
- 4/23, 4/24 Flagstaff Regional Plan
- 4/25 Flagstaff Regional Plan part 2
Major Assessments (formal)
- 4/26 Test: 25 multiple choice questions, 1 FRQ (Unit 6)
- 5/2 Last 2 FRQ's: any Unit (100 points) Review guide here
Recommended Study Schedule
- Optional
- Read Test taking strategies (chp. 1-2 Pg 62-113)
- Mr. Sinn full shortened review (42 Min. )
- Week of April 1
- Review Units 1-2 in AP Review Book and take the practice quizzes (Chp. 3-4 pg. 118-187)
- Week of April 8 Review Units 3 in AP Review Book and take the practice quiz (Chp. 5. 190-240)
- Week of April 8 Review Unit 4 in AP Review Book and take the practice quiz (Chp. 6 243-278)
- Week of April 15 Review Unit 5 in AP Review Book and take the practice quiz (Chp 7. 260-314)
- Week of April 15 Review Unit 7 in AP Review Book and take the practice quiz (Chp 9. 358-399)
- Week of April 25 Review Unit 6 in AP Review Book and take the practice quiz (Chp. 8 316- 355)
- By April Take and Review Answers for Practice test # 1 (pg. 12) and # 2 (Pg. 404)
- May 7th 8:00 AM exam
Resources:
- Classroom Policies
- How to Join AP Classroom
- AP College Board Website for Human Geography
- Geography Quiz Games
- Mr. Sinn Geography Review Videos
- Crash Course Geography (particularly episode 29-51)
AP World Geography: Semester 2
Unit 4: Political Patterns and Processes
Week 1
- January 1-- No Class
- HW: 1/6
- January 2-- No Class
- January 3- No Class
- January 4--- Colonization Maps and Readings
- January 5-- Political power and territoriality: Choke points, Neocolonialism, shatterbelts and Demilitarized zones (topic 4.3)
Week 2 Topic 4.8, 4.9, 4.10
- January 8-- Political power and territoriality: Choke points, Neocolonialism, shatterbelts and Demilitarized zones (topic 4.3)
- HW 1/10-- FRQ Practice Questions (AP Classroom)
- January 9 -- Forms of Governance
- January 10-- Forms of Governance
- January 11- Gerrymandering (Topic 4.6 )
- January 12-- EU WebQuest (and Map)
- HW: 1/17- EU WebQuest (and Map)
Week 3
- January 15 (Holiday)-- No class
- January 16-- Topic 4.9 Devolution
- January 17 -- The European Union (supranationalism) -
- HW: 1/19-- RG 329-351
- January 18-- Gaza Conflict
- January 19-- Gaza Reflection
Unit 5: Agriculture and Rural Land-Use Patterns
Week 3
- January 22-- Positive Prevention
- January 23-- Gaza Reflection
- January 24 (Early)-- The Cold War and NATO
- Graded Work-- Read Origins of the Cold War and Soviet-American Confrontation and Answer the discussion Questions
- HW1/26-- Study for FRQ (Unit 1, 2, 3, 4)
- January 25-- The Cold War and NATO
- January 26-- FRQ set (100 points) Units 1-4 (You will have one questions from unit 2 or 3 and one from unit 4 from this set)
Week 4
- January 29-- Sapiens Excerpt
- HW-- 1/31 Finish Sapiens Excerpt if not finished in class
- HW: 2/2 submit notes on Understanding Land Use Patterns
- January 30 - Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing
- January 31 -- Topic 5.3 The Agricultural Revolution
- HW: 2/8-- Consequences of Agricultural Production Current Events Topic 5.10)
- February 1- Topic 5.3 The Agricultural Revolution
- February 2- SNOW
Week 5
- February 5-- Topic 5.3 The Colombian Exchange
- Graded Classwork: Colombian Exchange and Europe Map Quiz
- HW: 2/9-- Consequences of Agricultural Production Current Events Topic 5.10)
- February 6-- Topic 5.2 Settlement patterns and Rural Survey Methods (Topic 5.8-- The Von Thünen Model)
- Graded work: Rural Settlement Patterns
- February 7- SNOW
- February 8-- SNOW
- February 9-- SNOW
Week 6
- February 12-- 5.1 Spatial Patterns of Agriculture and Topic 5.6 Agricultural Production Regions
- HW-- 2/14 MCQ unit 4 + Rural Settlement patterns MCQ (completion)
- February 13 -- Spatial Patterns of Agriculture and Topic 5.6 Agricultural Production Regions
- February 14-- The Second Agricultural Revolution (compare to the first) Topic 5.5-- The Green Revolution
- Graded Classwork: The Green Revolution
- February 15-- GMO Labling Response
- February 16- GMO Labling Response Formal: GMO response due 2/21
Week 7
- February 19-- (Holiday)
- February 20 -- Positive Prevention
- February 21-- Killing the Colorado Viewing Guide
- HW 2/23: Chp 10 reading guide 352-365
- February 22- Killing the Colorado Viewing Guide
- February 23-- Women in Agriculture
- Graded Classwork: Women in Agriculture
Unit 7 Industrial and Economic Development Patterns and Processes
Week 8 --
- February 26-- Topic 5.11 The Challenges of Contemporary Agriculture
- HW: 2/28 Chp 10 366-385
- February 27 -Positive Prevention
- February 28 -- 7.3 Go over FRQ Open notes: The Global System of Agriculture FRQ 2/28 Open Note FRQ
- 3/1 Chp 11 386-399
- February 29-- -Positive Prevention
- March 1 (Early) -- Measures of Development
- HW 3/6 RG 398- 413 + Agriculture FRQ (50 points)
- Graded Classwork: GDP WS
Week 9
- March 4--Theories of development
- March 5 -- Women and Economic Development
- March 6--7.1 Food Deserts FRQ
- HW: 3/20 RG 413-431
- March 7-- Graded Classwork: Industrialisation Readings
- March 8-- MCQ Test
March 11-15 (Holiday)
Week 10
- March 18-- 7.6 Industrialization
- Formal: 3/22 Retake for FRQ. This will come from a publicly available past AP exam between 2016-2023
- March 19-- 7.6 Industrialization
- March 20 -- 7.7 Changes as a Result of the World Economy
- HW: HW: 3/24 RG 432-443
- March 21-- Changes as a Result of the World Economy
- March 22-- Energy Fossil Fuels and Alternatives (7.8 Sustainable Economic Development)
- 3/27 RG 443-459
Week 11
- March 25 -- Energy Fossil Fuels and Alternatives (7.8 Sustainable Economic Development)
- March 26-Graded work-- Global Energy Use
- March 27-- 7.2 open note MCQ on AP Classroom
- Graded work: 7.2 open note MCQ on AP Classroom (20 points)
- HW: 3/29 RG 460-479
- Graded work: 7.2 open note MCQ on AP Classroom (20 points)
- March 28-- Graded classwork: 7.2 FRQ (25 per question)
- March 29-- Graded Classwork: Plastics and Recycling
Unit 6: Cities and Urban Land-Use Patters and Processes
Week 12
- April 1 6.3, Urbanization and the Growth Cities, Central Place Theory, Rank size, Primate (6.1, 6.4)
- HW 4/2 Last Reading Guide! 480-501
- April 2-- Urbanization and the Growth Cities, Central Place Theory, Rank size, Primate (6.1, 6.4, 6.5)
- HW: 4/5 2020 MCQ (60 min timer, closed notes completion grades)
- HW: 4/5 2020 MCQ (60 min timer, closed notes completion grades)
- April 3 (Early)-- Urbanization and the Growth Cities, Central Place Theory, Rank size, Primate (6.1, 6.4, 6.5)
- April 4-- Graded Classwork: Urbanization Data
- April 5-- TBA
Week 13
- April 8-- Urban Sprawl readings
- HW:4/10 Take 2 Quizzes on AP classroom
- April 9-- Suburbanization (6.2)
- April 10 -- Graded Classwork: (6.2 megacities) City FRQ (Use Pg. 444-445, and 456-457 to help)
- HW: 4/12 Study for exam (1 hr. min)
- April 11-- Sprawl (6.2)
- April 12 -- Test (all Units except 6) 100 formal: 25 multiple choice questions, 1 FRQ (Unit 7)
Week 14
- April 15-- Ecotourism: Watch the short video: Can Eco Tourism save the Ocean? Then complete the short assignment Ecotourism
- Graded classwork: Ecotourism
- HW: HW 4/17 AP Classroom Unit 7 MCQ and FRQ Unit 3 (25 formal)
- Graded classwork: Ecotourism
- April 16-- City Sustainability
- April 17 -- City Sustainability
- 4/19 Final MCQ Practice (47 questions, no timer)
- April 18-- Testing
- April 19 --Global Climate change
Week 15
- April 22 Census Infographic
- April 23-- Flagstaff Regional Plan
- April 24-- Flagstaff Regional Plan
- HW: 4/24 Unit 4 FRQ (complete and score for points and Unit 6 MCQ)
- April 25-- Flagstaff Regional Plan part 2
- April 26- Final MCQ
Review and test
- April 29 Review for FRQ's
- 4/25 Review for FRQ's
- April 30 -- Review Unit 1-3
- May 1-- Review Unit 1-3
- May 2--Last 2 FRQ's: any Unit (100 points) Review guide here
- May 3-- Independent Review
Unit 5 Final Project
Week 16
- May 6-- Review Unit 4-7
- May 7- Exam
- May 8-- Pot Luck
- May 9- Externalities
- May 10--Annotated Bibliography
Week 17
- May 13-- Annotated Bibliography
- May 14-- Annotated Bibliography
- May 15-- Annotated Bibliography
- May 16-- Group Work
- May 17 -- Group Work
Week 28
- May 20-- Group work
- May 21--Practice
- May 23/24--Presentations
-- Human Environmental Interaction Presentations
- Formal: -- Environmental Presentations (25 Formal)
- Human Environmental Interaction Presentation Research
Final Project (15% of final grade)
- Due by 5/10 Annotated bibliography in MLA format of at least 3 sources (25 points)
- Due 5/15 @ 11:59 PM : Annotated bibliography in MLA format of at least 6 sources, this includes your previous 3 (25 points)
- Due 5/17 @ 11:59 PM : Working Thesis and outline of your paper citing the SPECIFIC Evidence you will use in your paper (25 points)
- Due 5/22 @ 11:59 PM Draft for Peer Review. Use the linked worksheet for peer review (25 Points)
- Due 5/24@ 11:30 AM Final Paper (100 points)
AP World Geography: Semester 1
Unit 1: Thinking Geographically
Week 1: Introduction to Geography
- August 8-- Introduction to Class
- August 9 (Early Release)-- What is Geographic Thinking?
- August 10 Introduction to Maps (Topic 1.1)
- August 11-- Maps
- HW: 8/16 Reading Guide: Chp. 1 14-23 + GIS Appendix
- Graded Classwork-- Map Projection Activity
Week 2: Maps and other Geographic Tools
- August 14-- Maps Activity (Topic 1.1)
- Graded Class work: Map activity
- August 15--Introduction to Geography Slides (Topic 1.7)
- Graded Class work: Map activity
- August 16 (Early Release)-- -Introduction to Geography Slides
- HW: 8/18 Reading Guide Chp 1. 24-45 (double the length as the last two and twice the points)
- August 17-- The Ghost Map: The Power of Geographic Data (Topic 1.3)
- Graded Classwork: The Ghost Map
- August 18--Spatial Concepts (Topic 1.4)
- HW: 8/23-Reading Guide Chapter 2: 46-59
Week 3: The Human- Environmental Interaction (Topic 1.5)
- August 21-- Scales of Analysis (Topic 1.6)
- August 22 -- Environmental Determinism vs Possibilism
- August 23-- Practice Quiz on AP classroom
- HW: 8/25--Reading Guide Chapter 2: 60-77
- August 24-- Environment Case Study
- August 25-- Environment Case Study
- HW: 8/30 Work on Environment Case Study
Unit 2: Population and Migration Patterns and Processes
Week 4: Population Distribution
- August 28 -- Formal--AP Quiz # 1: 21 MCQ questions (25 formal) + ungraded FRQ
- August 29 -- Environment Case Study
- August 30 -- Population Distribution and Density models (topic 2.1)
- August 31-- The Demographic Transition Model (Topic 2.5) (Topic 2.3, 2.5, 2.8)
- Graded Work: The Demographic Transition Model
- September 1-The Demographic Transition Model (Topic 2.2, 2.4)
- HW: 9/6 Reading Guide Chapter 3: 78-93
Week 5-- Population Policies
- September 4-- No Class
- September 5 -- Finish The Demographic Transition Model
- Graded Work: The Demographic Transition Model
- September 6-- US Health Care work day (Topic 2.2)
- HW: 9/8-- Health Care response
- Formal: 9/8 -- Quiz # 1 Retake
- September 7 -- The Consequences of Population Distribution (Topic 2.2, 2.4)
- September 8-- Population Policies (Topic 2.6)
Week 6 -- Migration
- September 11-- 9/11 lesson
- September 12 -- Finish Population Policies (Topic 2.6) (Review epidemiological transition)
- September 13 -- Migration Introduction (2.10) ,
- HW: 9/15 Progress check on AP classroom (graded on completion)
- September 14-- Lockdown/US Immigration Laws (2.10)
- September 15-- US Immigration Laws (2.10)
Week 7-- Migration Case Studies (topic 2.12)
- September 18-- No class
- September 19-- US Immigration Laws (2.10)
- HW: 9/22--DACA Response
- September 20-- US Immigration Laws (2.10)
- Formal: 9/28: Migration Case Study Annotated Bibliography (25 Formal)
- September 21- FRQ
- September 22- Research for Immigration Case Study
Week 8-- Migration Case Studies (topic 2.12)
- September 25-- Research for Immigration Case Study
- 9/29-- RG Chp. 4 112-129
- September 26-- Research for Immigration Case Study
- September 27-- Research for Immigration Case Study
- September 28 -- Group work day for presentations
- September 29- -Test # 1
- HW: 10/4 RG 129-145
Unit 3: Cultural Patterns and Processes
Week 9-- Culture and Language
- October 2--Group work day for presentations
- October 3--Group work day for presentations
- October 4- Group work day for presentations
- October 5-- Immigration Case Study Presentations
- October 6-- Introduction to Culture
Week 10-- Religions
- October 9 (early)--- My Culture Reflection
- October 10 (early)--- Introduction to Languages (continued)
- October 11 (early)-- Introduction to Languages (continued)
- HW: 10/18---RG Chp. 6 184-200 (two videos required) and RG 200-229
- October 12,13 ( Holiday)
Week 11-- Religions
- October 16-- -Introduction to Languages (continued)
- HW: 10/18---RG Chp. 6 184-200 (two videos required) and RG 200-229
- October 17-- Kurdistan Case Study
- October 18- Work Day
- HW: 10/ 20-- RG Chp. 7 230-245
- October 19-- Work Day
- October 20-- Introduction to Languages (continued)
- HW: 10/25-- RG Chp. 7 246-267
Week 12-- Ethnicities
- October 23-- Religions introduction
- 10/25 Finsih Maps
- October 24-- Religions Part 2
- October 25(Early)-- Religions Part 2 + FRQ
- HW: 10/27-- RG Chp. 7 246-267 and Unit 3 Practice MCQ (completion only)
- October 26-- Presentation Work Day
- October 27-- Presentation Work Day
Week 13-- Ethnic Conflict
- October 30-- Presentation Work Day
- HW: 11/1 and 11/3-- No homework. Work on annotations and STUDY UNIT 1-3 for Mid-term
- October 31-- Ethnicity Introduction
- November 1-- Housing Segregation USA
- Graded Classwork-- Geography of Segregation
- HW: November 8-- RG Chp 8 268-287
- Graded Classwork-- Geography of Segregation
- November 2-- Housing Segregation USA
- November 3-- Ethnicity Recap and US Census
Week 14-- Culture Presentations
- November 6-- Review
- November 7-- FRQ Test (75 formal)
- November 8 (Early)-- MCQ Test (75 Formal)
- November 9-- Presentation Work Day
- November 10-- No Class
Week 15-- Culture Presentations
- November 13-- Presentation Work Day
- November 14 -- Presentation Work Day
- November 15--Presentation Work Day
- November 16-- Culture Presentations
- November 17-- Culture Presentations
November 20- 24 (Holiday)
Unit 4: Political Patterns and Processes
Week 16-- Political Patterns Introduction
- November 27-- Paper Work Day
- HW: November 29- RG 287-307
- November 28-- Introduction to Political Geography
- November 29--Introduction to Political Boundaries Pt. 2
- November 30-- Work Day
- December 1-- Work Day
- December 4 --Work Day
- December 5 -- Work Day
- December 6-- Grade FRQ and Discuss Outline
- December 7-- Work Day
- December 8--Political Geography Review: Borders and the Law of the Sea (4.4)
Week 18--
- December 11-- Topic 4.2: Colonialism and the Berlin Conference
- December 12: Work Day
- December 13 Work Day
- December 14th-- Peer Review
- December 15-- Final paper due
December 19/ or 20-- Colonialization Maps and Readings
Final
- Full Project Description
- Due by 12/1 @ 3:15 PM Annotated bibliography in MLA format of at least 3 sources (25 points)
- Due 12/8 @ 11:59 PM: Annotated bibliography in MLA format of at least 7 sources , this includes your previous 3 (25 points)
- Due 12/12 @ 11:59 PM : Working Thesis and outline of your paper citing the SPECIFIC Evidence you will use in your paper (25 points)
- Due 12/14 before class Draft for Peer Review. Use the linked worksheet for peer review (25 Points)
- Final Paper is due 12/15 @ 3:15 (100 points)