AP HuG Summer

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1 AP HuG Summer Welcome to AP Human Geography! I look forward to having you in class next year. For many of you an AP class is a new concept, and you may be wondering what AP entails. An AP course is an introductory college level course that you take in high school. AP courses are different than honors courses because the reading materials, tests and writing pieces are considered to be college level. You are also expected to be a self-motivated learner who values academia, not just grades! The College Board sets the standards that must be followed in order for the class to be considered AP. Considering that the expectation is for you to take the AP on Friday, May 18, 2018, the course is taught with that in mind. Accordingly, the expectations and rigor are high. There are also some perks for you as we will discuss. This course introduces beginning human geographic concepts. Geographers look at the patterns and processes that shape how we understand, use, and change the Earth s surface. In this course we will look at how geography affects humans. Topics we will cover include those such as population issues, culture, political geography, economics, agriculture, and urbanization. Supplies needed for this course: 1. Loose-leaf notebook paper & 3-ring binder (at least 1 ) 2. A box of sandwich plastic baggies 3. Sharpies 4. 3 ½ X 5 note cards (you will need at least 500). Purchase these while they are cheap right before school starts! SUMMER ASSIGNMENTS: Considering that this course is deemed to be a college level course, it is both writing-intensive and reading-intensive. If you think reading and writing is something that should be restricted to your English courses, you will be sadly mistaken, both now and in college! If you typically ignore the readings you have been assigned on the assumption that the teacher will go over all the important points in class, it is unlikely you will do well in future coursework. A typical reading consists of anywhere between pages of text plus additional readings from other sources. This summer you will be expected to complete assignments in preparation for the class in the fall. The assignments you will do this summer will be collected and recorded for grades that will be added to the first quarter. These assignments will be collected on the first FULL day of classes. Points will be deducted for late assignments. No late summer assignments will be taken within 3 weeks of the end of quarter 1. If you have questions, welcome contact me at any time (even over the summer) at kblan201@colchesterct.org. Summer Assignment 1: Take notes on the first chapter of the Barron s text. Use whatever style note taking you wish, but this should be done on loose-leaf white lined paper that will be put into your 3-ring binder. Summer Assignment 2: Unit 1 Vocabulary Vocab card requirements: 1. Vocab definitions DO NOT need to be in complete sentences. In fact, I suggest you pare it down to just the required necessities. 2. Turn them in the day they are due. All sets together will be equal to a quiz grade. Points will be deducted for late cards, or for those missing information specified below. The different colors shown in the chart below represent the way you will normally be given vocab cards to complete (i.e. a due date for red cards, and a due date for blue cards, etc.)

2 3. They should be hand-written and legible. They should be turned in in a plastic baggie with your name written in sharpie on the bag. Front side Word Unit name (i.e. Nature of geo., political, agriculture) Back side 1. Definition (top) - define using YOUR own words (don t copy the definition from the text or internet. Not all words will be located in the text. If you have to look it up online, you may want to include the words AP Human Geography + search term) 2. Example(s) (center) - i.e. An example of an isoline map is a topographic map. If it is a person you could include an accomplishment; if it is a model, you could include a realistic application of the model. 3. Picture (bottom) - this can be either black/white or color. It should fit on the card and represent the topic. For example: Front of card George Perkins Marsh Back of Card Def: One of America s first conservationists/environmentalists Ex: Known for book Man and Nature. 1st to suggest humans could be disturbing agents to Earth Pic: accessibility aggregation anthropogenic azimuthal projection cartograms cartography choropleth map cognitive map complementarity connectivity contagious diffusion cultural ecology Isoline maps large scale George Perkins Marsh Mercator Projection W.D. Pattison perceptual region Peter s Projection possibilism proportional symbol map Ptolemy qualitative data quantitative data

3 cultural landscape distance decay effect dot maps environmental determinism Eratosthenes expansion diffusion formal region friction of distance Fuller Projection functional region GIS GPS Gravity Model hearth hierarchical diffusion intervening opportunity quantitative revolution reference map relocation diffusion remote sensing Robinson Projection Carl Sauer sense of place sequent occupance site situation small scale spatial perspective stimulus diffusion time-space convergence Summer Assignment 3: Summer Current Events/Articles During the summer, you should keep track of news headlines and interesting articles. To narrow our search, use the following two websites: BBC: Or CNN: You should aim to read a variety of material that covers multiple topics (food, sports, world news, culture, trending, travel, economy, politics, Earth, etc.). Read approximately two articles/events per week for the summer and fill out the chart below. This will give us some discussion starters for when we begin class in the fall. In total, you should have at least 15 spread out throughout the summer (not 15 from the last week before school ). Make a copy of the chart below so that you can fill it in with as much room as you need. You should be able to LOCATE on a map the areas highlighted in the articles (i.e. country(ies), region(s)). Units of study this year: Geography, its nature and perspectives (chapt. 1), Population & migration (chapt. 2), Cultural geography (chapt. 3), Agriculture & rural geography (chapt. 6), Economic geography (industry & development, chapt. 5), Urban geography (chapt. 7), and Political geography (chapt. 4). Example** I looked under culture on the BBC and found this:

4 Author. Date. Article name. Source. Date accessed. Correlating unit(s) of AP study Location? Country(ies), region(s) Bullet summary **Bekhrad, Joobin. 6 April The Obscure Religion that Shaped the West. BBC. 6 June Culture Iran/Persia 1st monotheistic faith Concept of darkness/light Influenced writers like Voltaire, Mozart s Magic Flute, and pop singers like Freddie Mercury. Game of Thrones & Star Wars cosmic battle btwn dark & light sides.

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