2017-2018 Curriculum Catalog - for use with AP courses 2017 Glynlyon, Inc.
- for use with AP courses Table of Contents HUMAN GEOGRAPHY COURSE OVERVIEW... 1 UNIT 1: GEOGRAPHY NATIVE AND PERSPECTIVE... 1 UNIT 2: POPULATION AND MIGRATION... 2 UNIT 3: CULTURAL PATTERNS... 2 UNIT 4: CULTURAL PROCESSES... 2 UNIT 5: POLITICAL ORGANIZATION OF SPACE... 2 UNIT 6: REVIEW SEMESTER EXAM... 2 UNIT 7: AGRICULTURE AND RURAL LAND USE... 3 UNIT 8: INDUSTRIALIZATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT... 3 UNIT 9: CITIES AND URBAN LAND USE I... 3 UNIT 10: CITIES AND URBAN LAND USE II... 3 UNIT 11: REVIEW AND SEMESTER EXAM... 3 UNIT 12: AP EXAM PREP... 3 2017 Glynlyon, Inc. i
- for use with AP courses Course Overview Course Design: is taught as an introductory-level college course intended to prepare students for the Advanced Placement exam. This two-semester course will teach students the basic concepts of human geography and give them a geographic framework for the analysis of current world problems through case studies, computer applications, and fieldwork. The students will learn to use the tools of a geographer to ask geographic questions; acquire, organize, and analyze geographic information; and answer geographic questions. They will also take online, multiple-choice quizzes, and practice free-response questions (FRQs) in preparation for the AP exam. Applications: Though this course is online, it is very hands-on and inquiry-based. Students will conduct field studies both virtual and on location and work with a geographic information system (GIS) and various types of maps, graphs, charts, and other forms of data display and organization to solve geographic problems. They will view geographic videos and utilize online resources to learn more about human geography. They will learn to apply geographic concepts and models to real-life problems by using case studies and activities that require them to apply geographic analysis. Course Materials: The basic text for the course is : Landscapes of Human Activities, by Jerome Fellmann, Mark Bjelland, Arthur Getis, and Judith Getis, 11th edition, McGraw-Hill, 2010. Application activities for each unit will come from in Action, by Michael Kuby, John Harner, and Patricia Gober, 6th edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012. Both books must be purchased. The students will need access to map collections, atlases, encyclopedias, and other reference materials both online and in their local libraries. Online Geography Vocabulary List: The terms geographers use are very important because they form the building blocks for understanding concepts integral to geography. Each chapter of the textbook contains a keywords section at the back of the chapter. Each week, students should add these words and their definitions to a list for review for the exam in the spring. This assignment will not be graded nor receive points. It is a suggestion to help students succeed. Students should keep a list of ALL the vocabulary words in each chapter in a computer file. They should put the words and the definitions in an Excel spreadsheet so they can be sorted alphabetically as each new chapter s list of vocabulary is added. This will yield an excellent tool for review as the AP exam time approaches. AP IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF THE COLLEGE BOARD, WHICH WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE PRODUCTION OF, AND DOES NOT ENDORSE, THIS PRODUCT. Unit 1: Geography Native and Perspective 1. Course Overview 8. Project: Thematic Maps Activity 2. Chapter 1 Introduction: Background Basics 9. Spatial Interaction and Spatial Behavior 3. Quiz: Chapter 1 - Fellmann 10. Quiz: Chapter 3 - Fellmann 4. Project: Site and Situation 11. Tracking the AIDS Epidemic 5. Project: A Sense of My Place 12. Project: Mapping the Diffusion of AIDS 6. True Maps, False Impressions 13. Special Project* 7. Project: Map Scale Computations 14. Test 2017 Glynlyon, Inc. 1
- for use with AP courses Unit 2: Population and Migration 1. Population: World Patterns, Regional Trends 6. Project: Demographic Description with Population 2. Population Geography: Mexico and Guatemala Pyramids 3. Quiz: Chapter 4 - Fellmann 7. A Death in the Desert 4. Project: Demographic Transition Model 8. Project: Principal Migration of Recent Centuries 5. One Billion and Counting 9. Special Project* 10. Test Unit 3: Cultural Patterns 1. Roots and Meaning of Culture 5. Project: Layers of Tradition: Culture Regions 2. Quiz: Chapter 2 - Fellmann 6. Special Project* 3. India: The Missing Girls 7. Test 4. Layers of Tradition Unit 4: Cultural Processes 1. Cultural Postcard 9. Imagining New Worlds 2. A Migrant s Heart 10. Folk and Popular Culture: Diversity and Uniformity 3. Language and Religion: Mosaics of Culture 11. Quiz: Chapter 7 - Fellmann 4. Project: Local Park 12. St. Petersburg: Russia's Window on the West and 5. Quiz: Chapter 5 - Fellmann Vologda 6. Ethnic Geography: Threads of Diversity 13. Special Project* 7. Quiz: Chapter 6 - Fellmann 14. Test 8. Ethnic Fragmentation in Canada Unit 5: Political Organization of Space 1. Political Ordering of Space 8. Project: The Rise of Nationalism and the Fall of 2. Quiz: Chapter 12 - Fellmann Yugoslavia 3. From Rags to Riches 9. Do Orange and Green Clash? 4. Project: Economic Development and Human 10. Berlin: Changing Center of a Changing Europe Development Models 11. Project: Mapping Religious Affiliation in Northern 5. Inside the Global Economy Ireland 6. Supranationalism and Devolution 12. Special Project* 7. Breaking Up is Hard to Do 13. Test Unit 6: Review Semester Exam 1. Alaska: The Last Frontier? 5. Project: Regional Multipliers 2. Help Wanted 6. Global Firms in the Industrializing East 3. Quiz: Chapter 6 - Kuby 7. Semester Exam 4. Project: Regional Economic Specialization 2017 Glynlyon, Inc. 2
- for use with AP courses Unit 7: Agriculture and Rural Land Use 1. Livelihood and Economy: Primary Activities 7. Quiz: Chapter 8 - Kuby 2. Quiz: Chapter 8 - Fellmann 8. Brazil: The Sleeping Giant 3. Project: Von Thunen s Model of Land Use 9. Changes on the Chang Jiang 4. Water is for Fighting Over 10. Special Project* 5. Food for Thought 11. Test 6. Project: Global Sources in your Supermarket Unit 8: Industrialization and Economic Development 1. Patterns of Development and Change 5. Quiz: Chapter 9 - Fellmann 2. Quiz: Chapter 10 - Fellmann 6. Project: The Transforming Industrial Heartland 3. Developing Countries 7. Special Project* 4. Livelihood and Economy: From Blue Collar to Gold 8. Test Collar Unit 9: Cities and Urban Land Use I 1. Urban Systems and Urban Structures 7. Project: Analysis of Census Tract Data 2. Quiz: Chapter 11 - Fellmann 8. The Challenge for Two Old Cities 3. Cityscapes, Suburban Sprawl 9. Take Me Out to the Ballgame 4. The Disappearing Front Range 10. Project: Central Place Function Thresholds 5. Project: The Role of Transportation in Urban Growth 11. Small Farms, Big Cities 6. Reading the Urban Landscape: Census Data and Field 12. Special Project* Observation 13. Test Unit 10: Cities and Urban Land Use II 1. Market Area Geography 4. Oil and Water 2. Global Tourism 5. Special Project* 3. Project: Building Blocks: A Density Game 6. Test Unit 11: Review and Semester Exam 1. Project: World Geography Interactive Games 2. Final Exam Unit 12: AP Exam Prep 1. Project: Models Review 3. Practice Exam 2. Project: Review Games (*) Indicates alternative assignment AP IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF THE COLLEGE BOARD, WHICH WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE PRODUCTION OF, AND DOES NOT ENDORSE, THIS PRODUCT. 2017 Glynlyon, Inc. 3