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Concise overview of the scope and purpose of the AP Human Geography course.
AP Approved Textbooks
AP Approved Textbooks
(all meet AP Course Audit curricular requirements; specific text depends on district adoption policy and is provided)
Knox, Paul L., and Sallie Marston. Human Geography: Places and Regions in Global Context. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2016.
AP Human Geography Units
AP Human Geography Units
Unit 2: Population and Migration Patterns and Processes
Migration is the movement of humans, who bring change with them, but are also changed by new locations
Unit 3: Cultural Patterns and Processes
Culture is the unique artifacts of humans that are shared with the common group
Unit 4: Political Patterns and Processes
Politics involves the handling of power and governance of and for people
Unit 5: Agriculture and Rural Land-Use Patterns and Processes
Agriculture deals with farming plants and domesticating livestock; key to sedentary civilization
Unit 6: Cities and Urban Land-Use Patterns and Processes
Cities and relatively dense settlements of human with distinct needs and consumption habits
Unit 7: Industrial and Economic Development Patterns and Processes
Dealing with the improvement of quality of life in economic terms; developmental well-being and growth
AP Human Geography Course Skills
AP Human Geography Course Skills
Skill 1:
Concepts and Processes
Analyze geographic theories, approaches,concepts, processes, or models intheoretical and applied contexts.
Skill 2:
Spatial Relationships
Analyze geographic patterns, relationships,and outcomes in applied contexts.
Skill 3:
Data Analysis
Analyze and interpret quantitativegeographic data represented in maps,tables, charts, graphs, satellite images,and infographics
Skill 4:
Source Analysis
Analyze and interpret qualitativegeographic information represented inmaps, images (e.g., satellite, photographs,cartoons), and landscapes.
Skill 5:
Scale Analysis
Analyze geographic theories, approaches,concepts, processes, and models acrossgeographic scales to explain spatialrelationshipsPage updated
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