COURSE INFORMATION
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GRADING PROCEDURES
Students will be assessed in their proficiency on course learning outcomes, multiple choice assessments, and spoken and written responses to course-specific prompts.
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A student’s grade in World History will be directly linked to how “proficient” he/she is at using the information covered in this class. Each assignment will reflect the proficiency scales for that specific unit
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OVERVIEW: This course is designed to expose and prepare students for college-level work and the AP Human Geography examination in May. The content for AP Human Geography centers around seven major themes presented by the College Board. These themes include: 1) Geography: Its Nature & Perspective, 2) Population & Migration, 3) Cultural Patterns & Processes, 4) Political Organization of Space, 5) Agriculture, Food Production, & Rural Land Use, 6) Industrialization & Economic Development, 7) Cities & Land Use. Furthermore, content within these themes is provided thematically around the disciple’s main subfields; economic geography, cultural geography, political geography, and urban geography.
COURSE GOALS: The overarching goal of this course is to encourage Students to be much more geoliterate as they examine contemporary issues. Furthermore, Students should understand the underlying complexities influencing global human phenomena and behavior. Additional goals include but are not limited to having students:
READING EXPECTATIONS: Students entering an AP Human Geography course should be capable of reading and comprehending texts written at the college level to summarize and evaluate textual information. They should also be able to read and interpret maps and graphic data. The ability to perform basic mathematical operations is also useful in this course (AP Human Geography course description, 2015). All readings must be completed PRIOR to the beginning of the week in which it is listed.
WRITING EXPECTATIONS: Students entering an AP Human Geography course should possess fundamental skills in composition and inquiry (research). In both short-answer (i.e., one-paragraph) and multi-paragraph essay formats, they should be able to clearly articulate their summaries, analyses, interpretations, and evaluations of information (AP Human Geography course description, 2015).
COURSE GOALS: The overarching goal of this course is to encourage Students to be much more geoliterate as they examine contemporary issues. Furthermore, Students should understand the underlying complexities influencing global human phenomena and behavior. Additional goals include but are not limited to having students:
- be more multicultural in their viewpoints
- use geospatial skills to analyze problems
- use cartographic and geospatial technologies
- interpret cultural landscapes
- apply geographic concepts
- think critically about texts and graphic images
READING EXPECTATIONS: Students entering an AP Human Geography course should be capable of reading and comprehending texts written at the college level to summarize and evaluate textual information. They should also be able to read and interpret maps and graphic data. The ability to perform basic mathematical operations is also useful in this course (AP Human Geography course description, 2015). All readings must be completed PRIOR to the beginning of the week in which it is listed.
WRITING EXPECTATIONS: Students entering an AP Human Geography course should possess fundamental skills in composition and inquiry (research). In both short-answer (i.e., one-paragraph) and multi-paragraph essay formats, they should be able to clearly articulate their summaries, analyses, interpretations, and evaluations of information (AP Human Geography course description, 2015).