Mr. Moody AP Human Geography 2016-2017 Course Overview The field of human geography involves the study of people and places. The course focuses on how people make places, i.e. how we organize space and society, how we interact with each other in places and across space, and how we make sense of others and ourselves in our localities, regions, and the world. (DeBlij, 10th Edition) Units of study and AP course requirements include: I. Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives II. Population and Migration III. Cultural Patterns and Processes IV. Political Organization of Space V. Agriculture and Rural Land Use VI. Development and Industrialization VII. Cities and Urban Land Use Contact Information Email: cody.moody@austinisd.org Room: #202 Phone: 841-8591 Classroom Website: http://lasamoody.weebly.com Conference Periods: 3A 2:20 3:50pm and 5B 9:45-11:20am. Please note that conference period times alter slightly on late start days and pep rally days. Office Hours: M, W, Fri. during lunch or by appt. Supplies Needed One 2 3-ring binder Binder should contain the following four tabs: notes, readings and assignments, models packet and AP handouts, Graded work. Pencils and blue or black pens Notebook paper A World Atlas for home use (optional) Grading 70% = Major Grades (tests and projects) 30% = Daily Grades (class assignments, quizzes, homework) for each unit will reflect the AP multiple choice questions and Free Response Question (FRQ) format. Mr. Moody s Unit Test Format I. In-Class Portion 1.) Combination of 50-75 Questions based on material from: a. the de Blij textbook and Ethel Wood Study Guide b. questions from class lecture, questions of the day, outside readings, and classroom assignments c. Ethel Wood Study Guide test bank 2.) Answering the 20-25 MCQs from Ethel Wood Study Guide for that unit. Important Note: On the day of each unit test, you will use your Ethel Wood Study Guide to independently answer the 20-25 multiple
choice questions at the end of the unit on your scantron; i.e. open note/book. DO NOT prepare the answers beforehand and/or have them written/circled anywhere beforehand. DO NOT write in the Ethel Wood Study Guide! 3.) Responding to one Free Response Question (You will not receive the prompt in advance) II. Outside of Class Portion 3.) Answer to the unit s free response question from Ethel Wood Study Guide (you bring to class completed on day of in-class portion) 4.) Vocabulary definitions at end of Ethel Wood units for extra credit (you bring to class completed on day of in-class portion prepared) Late Work and Absences All work is due on time. LATE WORK will lose 20 percent per day late. No late work will be accepted after five days. If you are absent with a legitimate, excused reason, you will have as many calendar days as you were absent plus one extra day to make up the work. It is your responsibility to find out what you missed the day you come back to school, especially if you miss a test. Always ask me before the bell rings for what you missed. If I am too busy during the passing period, it is your responsibility to ask me before school, during lunch, or after school. If you are absent or tardy more than three consecutive days during a six weeks period, I will notify your parent/guardian. Rules and Expectations: Be respectful Be present and on time Be prepared (BRING YOUR BINDER, TEXTBOOK, AND STUDY GUIDE WITH YOU TO EVERY CLASS MEETING) Be responsible All students will be responsible for adhering to these expectations. In order to maximize learning, students must appropriately conduct themselves in the classroom. Adhere to all LASA rules, including: No CD players, ipods, cell phones, etc. No use of profanity or obscene gesturing No food or drink in the classroom (with the exception of bottled water with a cap) No headgear of any kind NEVER hesitate to ask questions about the material, the procedures, or any frustrations/concerns you may experience throughout this year. I am here to teach you and I cannot do this effectively without knowing what you need. Required Materials for Students Textbook: Fouberg, Erin et. al. Human Geography: People, Place, and Culture. 11 th edition. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2015. Print. Study Guide: Wood, Ethel. AP Human Geography: A Study Guide. Reading, PA: WoodYard Publications, 2007. Print.
: Fellmann, Jerome Donald, and Jerome Donald Fellmann. Human Geography: Landscapes of Human Activities. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2010. Print. Hanson, Susan. Ten Geographic Ideas That Changed the World. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers UP, 1997. Print. Pulsipher, Lydia M., Alex Pulsipher, and Conrad M. Goodwin. World Regional Geography Concepts. New York: W.H. Freeman and, 2009. Print. The Power of Place: Geography for the 21st Century - Annenberg Series with Harm de Blij. The New York Times, Foreign Policy Magazine, BBC News, slate.com, maps101.com Geography in the News and Maps of the Week Course Outline: Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives 2 weeks de Blij, Ch. 1 EW Study Guide Unit I - Human Geog. as field of inquiry - evolution of key geographical concepts: possibilism, environmental determinism - thinking spatially with maps - location, place, region, scale - mental mapping - globalization, six components of industrialization -Go over syllabus and AP expectations - Introduction to arcgis - arcgis Globalization Geoinquiry - Thinking Spatially Activity - Questions of the Day Ch. 1 Test, EW 5-10% Journey Without Maps article Template for models handout - Models to cover: cultural landscape - Carl Sauer possibilism - Vidal De La Blache Globalization - David Harvey
Population and Migration 3-4 weeks - de Blij, Ch. 2 and 3 - EW Study Guide Unit II - geographical analysis of population - population growth: the history and current status, key theoretical growth models, patterns, regional variations, policies Four Megatrends article - Goldstone - migration: push and pull factors, major migrations at different scales, selectivity, models - Mini - Lecture on DTM with Snow, Jenner, Lister, Whitney, McCormick, Letter of Lady Mary Montegue - PRB sheet analysis, 1.) RNI 2.) IMR 3.) % under 15 and above 65 4.) LE 5.) % urban 6.) GNI PPP 13-17% Models: Warren Thompson - DTM, W.W. Rostow- 5 stages of development, John Snow - cholera, E.G. Ravenstein - Laws of Migration, Everett Lee - Migration, Malthus, Gunnar Myrdal Vice video: Winners and Losers: Mumbai Slums -Power of Place Chapter 2 and 3 Test, EW MCQs, S. Hollier s PRB
3. Cultural Patterns and Processes (Local/Folk and Popular Culture, Language, Religion, Ethnicity) (5-6 weeks) - de Blij Chapters: 4, 5, 6, 7 - EW Study Guide Unit III Culture Concepts - Folk (clustering) and Popular Cultures (distributed widely) - Problems associated with globalization of popular culture - traits, cultural hearth, types of diffusion, acculturation, commodification, distance decay, time-space compression Language Concepts - Indo-European Language Hearth, Distribution on Languages, language boundaries, Distribution of English language speakers, language preservation, lingua france, isogloss, pidgin Ethnicity and gender - identity and ethnicity, distribution of ethnicities, ethnicity and nationality, intrastate warfare, race and urban segregation, gendered places Religion - distribution of world religions, universalizing vs. folk religions, sacred spaces and places, intrafaith boundaries and conflict Culture and Language Veil of Ignorance questions Chapter 4 and 6 Test, EW FRQ - Humans and Cultural Landscapes Ethnicity, Gender and Religion Case study on Balkanization Tracing the Steps of the Hajj Rise of Eastern Orthodox Church Chapter 5 and 7 Test, EW FRQ - Territorial Conflicts 13-17% Culture Outliers excerpt on Appalachia, compared to AfPak region Veil of Ignorance and Why Do They Hate Us? Foreign Policy magazine Power of Place video - Ethnic Fragmentation in Canada, Globalization The Persuaders - Russell Simmons Language The Linguists video clip Models to cover: Clifford Geertz, Dogopolsky (Nostratic lang.), Donald Meining, David Harvey
Political Organization of Space (4 weeks) - de Blij, Ch. 8 - EW Study Guide Unit IV - territory, nation, state, location of states, types of boundaries and accompanying problems, supranational coordination, unitary vs. federal, devolution, electoral geography, centripetal and centrifugal forces South China Sea activity Case Study Future of EU Borders and Boundaries Geography in the News activities Chapter 8 Test, EW FRQ - Boundaries and Boundary Disputes 13-17% Geography in the News - Revival of Chechnya, Poor Mali The South China Sea is the Future of Conflict Foreign Policy magazine Connectography Parag Khanna The Lure of Nationalism Robert Kaplan Models to cover: Rimland Theory, World Systems Theory/Wallerstein, Ratzel, Mackinder, territorial morphology Agricultural and Rural Land Use (4 weeks) - de Blij Ch. 11 - EW Study Guide Unit V - origins of agriculture, types of agriculture, locations of agricultural regions in less developed countries (LDCs) and more developed countries (DCs), subsistence vs. commercial agriculture, green revolution, GMOs, food Monsanto, GMOs, and Agribusiness Farm to Fork individual project - analysis of the food we consume, where does it come from and 13-17% Documentary: King Corn Where Have all the Farmers Gone article Geography in the News articles- Global Land Grab, Saffron: Culinary Red Gold, Farm
deserts, organic agriculture why? Chapter 11 Test, EW FRQ - Levels of Economic Activity Subsidies, Worldwide Wheat, Modern Hunter-Gatherers Vice video on GMOs and Svalbard Seed Vault Models : von Thunen, Boserup, Ernest Burgess, Judith Carney, Walter Christaller Development and Industrializatio n (3 weeks) - de Blij, Ch. 10 and 12 - EW Study Guide Unit VI - GDP, GNI, dependency, MDGs, neoliberalism, NAFTA, islands of development - Industry origins and Industrial Revolution, least cost theory, break-of-bulk point, agglomeration, commodity chains, global division of labor, deindustrialization, postindustrial To Have and Have Not: Colonialism and Core-Periphery Relations Activity Applying Rostow s Model Comparative Analysis: + and - of Globalization in MDCs and LDCs Chapter 10 and 12 Test, EW FRQ - Rostow s Theory vs. Wallerstein s Theory 13-17% T-Shirt Travels documentary The Geography of Poverty and Wealth Jeffrey Sachs The First Law of Petropolitics T. Friedman Maquiladora location analysis Geography in the News: Qatar s Rising Influence World in the Balance China Revs Up Models to cover: Rostow, Willy Brandt(Brandt Report), August Losch, Richard O Brien, G. Myrdal,
Cities and Urban Land Use (4 weeks) - de Blij, Ch. 9 - EW Study Guide Unit VII - hearths of urbanization, distribution within cities, inner cities, suburbs, functions of contemporary cities, manmade env. and social space, urban growth and responses, world cities, rank-size rule, primate city, central place theory, functional zonation, other urban models Boomburg activity Urban Models Handout and groupwork Chapter 9 Test, EW FRQ - Urban Pattern Models 13-17% Power of Place video - Urban and Rural Contrasts The Shopping Mall: A Look Back - Reason magazine The Good News About Gas Foreign Affairs Models to cover: bid-rent theory, John Borchert, de Blij (Sub-Saharan African city), AP Review (2-3 weeks) Ch. 1-14 Practice AP N/A Models handout, textbook, EW Study Guide Keep the Course Information above in binder all year long.