About the Course: An Introduction to AP Human Geography
Why study human geography? Human geography is a wide-ranging discipline that draws together many of the strands important for understanding the world today. It examines human societies and how they develop, their culture, economy and politics, all within the context of their environment.
This course introduces 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 socioeconomic organization and its environmental consequences. They also learn about the methods and tools geographers use in their research and applications. The curriculum reflects the goals of the National Geography
Standards (2012). College Course Equivalent The AP Human Geography course is equivalent to an introductory college-level course in human geography.
Standards (2012). College Course Equivalent The AP Human Geography course is equivalent to an introductory college-level course in human geography.
What you will know and understand at the end of the year:
AP Human Geography introduces high school students to college-level introductory human geography or cultural geography. The content is presented
thematically rather than regionally and is organized around the discipline’s main subfields: economic geography, cultural geography, political geography, and urban geography. The approach is spatial and problem oriented. Case studies are drawn from all world regions, with an emphasis on understanding the world in which we live today. Historical information serves to enrich analysis of the impacts of phenomena such as globalization, colonialism, and human environment relationships on places, regions, cultural landscapes, and patterns of interaction.
Specific topics with which students engage include the following:
thematically rather than regionally and is organized around the discipline’s main subfields: economic geography, cultural geography, political geography, and urban geography. The approach is spatial and problem oriented. Case studies are drawn from all world regions, with an emphasis on understanding the world in which we live today. Historical information serves to enrich analysis of the impacts of phenomena such as globalization, colonialism, and human environment relationships on places, regions, cultural landscapes, and patterns of interaction.
Specific topics with which students engage include the following:
- § problems of economic development and cultural change
- § consequences of population growth, changing fertility rates, and international migration
- § impacts of technological innovation on transportation, communication, industrialization, and other aspects of human life
- § struggles over political power and control of territory
- § conflicts over the demands of ethnic minorities, the role of women in society, and the inequalities between developed and developing economies
- § explanations of why location matters to agricultural land use, industrial development, and urban problems
- § the role of climate change and environmental abuses in shaping the human landscapes on Earth
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Your instructor: Mrs. Ness
I love teaching; in fact, I have been teaching for over three decades. I am currently teaching A.C.A.D History, AP Human Geography and Spanish I, at Willowcreek Middle School. In addition I am an instructor at BYU and an adjunct professor at Weber State University. I am passionate about teaching a viable, standards based curriculum. My hope is to facilitate students in better understanding the world and their role in it. I look forward to assisting you in knowing the content and preparing for the AP college exam. As you do so you will both improve your GPA and improve your odds of getting into the college of your choice.
