QUARTER ONE
8/26 - First day of school
Textbooks/How to use the textbook
Turn in summer work
AP expectations
Articles to present
8/27 or 8/28 - What is a CRQ?/Structure of the AP Exam
Article Presentations
8/29 - CRQ
9/2 or 9/3 - CRQ
Diffusion models (relocation, expansion, hierarchical, contagious, stimulus)
Due: Chapter 1 vocabulary
9/4 or 9/5 - Chapter 1 Test
9/8 or 9/9 - CRQ
9/10 or 9/11 - Map Quiz: Physical and Human Geography (practice here)
Due: Core Map - Major population agglomerations
9/12 - CRQ
Due: Chapter 2, Key Issues 1 and Key Issue 2
9/15 or 9/16 - CRQ
Due: Supermarket spatial analysis (compare supermarket to article)
9/17 or 9/18 - CRQ
Video Case Study - Egypt: Gift of the Nile
Study for Chapter 2 Test
9/19 - Chapter 2 Test
Due: Chapter 2, Key Issue 3 and Key Issue 4
9/22 or 9/23 - CRQ
9/24 or 9/25 - Map Quiz: US and Canada
9/26 - CRQ
Due: Chapter 3, Key Issues 1 & 2
9/29 or 9/30 - CRQ
10/1 or 10/2 - CRQ
Video Case Study - Mexico: Motive to Migrate
Answer the following questions with a paragraph each:
What "push" factors are at work in the Mesa del Norte?
How do migration routes lead to Monterrey's Maquiladoras?
What is the future of Mesa del Norte?
Due: The Culture of Being Rude (ESPeN)
10/3 - Chapter 3 Test (Study Guide)
10/6 or 10/7 - CRQ
10/8 - CRQ
10/13 or 10/14 - CRQ
Sequent occupance model and Core-domain-sphere model
Due: Chapter 4 Vocabulary
10/15 or 10/16
Chapter 4 Test (study guide)
10/17
Video Case Study - Singapore: Gateway to Southeast Asia
Indonesia case study
10/20 or 10/21
CRQ (not done)
Read: Languages - read and take Cornell notes
Due: Language Discrimination Goes Beyond Just Grammar (ESPeN)
10/22 or 10/23
CRQ (not done)
Map Quiz: South America
Case Study: Celtic Languages (pushed to next week)
10/24
CRQ (not done)
QUARTER TWO
10/27 or 10/28
CRQ (English Dominant)
Video Case Study- Montreal: An Island of French (13:50 onward)
Answer these two questions in paragraph form:
1. What role does nationalism play in the preservation of the French language?
2. What argument is used to promote English?
Notes: Celtic Languages
10/29 or 10/30
10/31
Chapter 5 Test (open book) - 86 multiple choice questions in 66 minutes, be sure to print-out and highlight Languages article. Textbooks available in the classroom.
11/3 or 11/4
Notes: Judaism/Christianity
Due: Mini-Project Component #1 (Your Cultural Diagram)
11/5 or 11/6
Map Quiz: Western Europe
Notes: Islam
Enroll on turnitin.com (period 2: class id = 9007645, password = bacon) (period 6: class id = 9007649, password = bacon)
Categorilla: Islamic Countries
Due: Mini-Project Component #2 (Interview of a Family Member)
11/7
Notes: Buddhism/Hinduism
Due: Categorilla: Islamic Countries
11/12 or 11/13
CRQ (Hinduism/Buddhism)
Notes: Taoism/Confucianism
Classwork: Core Activity - World Religions; Make a strong connection between 3 pieces of data and your notes/reading; at least one from each chart.
Video Case Study: Sharia Law in Canada?
Due: Mini-Project Component #3 (Research Paper); See rubric for grading guideline
11/14
Interfaith Presentation (10:30AM-12:00PM)
Video: Jesus of Jerusalem
Homework: Interfaith Questionaire
Homework: Study Guide
11/17 or 11/18
Video Case Study: Sharia Law in Canada? / Christians of the Holy Land
Homework: Study Guide
Due: Endangered Site: Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem (ESPeN)
11/19 or 11/20
Due: Study Guide
Chapter 6 Test (75 multiple choice - 60 minutes / Break - 5 minutes / 1 CRQ - 25 minutes)
11/21
Test Corrections
Central Question: What determines shared characteristics of nationality and ethnicity?
Video Case Study: "The Sweater"
THANKSGIVING BREAK
12/1 or 12/2
12/3 or 12/4
Socratic Seminar: Fix the Census’ Archaic Racial Categories (Extra Credit Opportunity for students with As or Bs (10 points in assignments category), write 5 questions for a critical class discussion)
Homework: Reading Questions
12/5
12/8 or 12/9
Video: Turkey: Polygamy in Kurdish Lands (6 minutes)
Video: Israel and Palestine and the West Bank (6 minutes)
Due: Chapter 7 Vocabulary
Homework: Study for Map Quiz
12/10 (Day of Service - 40 minute class)
Map Quiz: Eastern Europe
CRQ: Nation-State (Finish Question 1 by next class)
12/11 or 12/12
Nation-State Discussion
Video: The Outsiders (23 minutes)
CRQ: Sri Lanka
Due: Kurdish Heritage Reclaimed (ESPeN)
12/15 or 12/16
12/17 or 12/18
Chapter 7 Test (70 multiple choice - 60 minutes / Break - 5 minutes / CRQ - 25 minutes)
Extra-Credit (15 points in either test or assignments category): one page evaluation of "The Other Dream Team" or "Once Brothers"
WINTER HOLIDAY BREAK
1/5 or 1/6
Assign: Position Paper Assignment
Country List:
ISSUE A: Nicarauga, Costa Rica, USA, India, Pakistan, Canada (6)
Period 2 [Mikko, Erin Q., Charles, Chris, Angelina]
Period 6 [Sam, Emma, Maz Z., Sadie, Ahdi, Turner]
ISSUE B: North Korea, South Korea, Japan, USA, China, Russia (6)
Period 2 [Charlin, Tea, Nicole, Jaime, Josh, Fox]
Period 6 [Max D., Charlotte, Graham, Taylor, Grace, Neil]
ISSUE C: Israel, Palestine, USA, UK, Sweden, Russia, China, France (8)
[Sierra, ???, Rashmi, Chase, Mark, Russia, China, Sara]
[Alex, Shawn, Denver, Kansha, Shayla, Elijah, Marianne, Maya]
Assign: Ch 08 Reading Guide
Notes: Political Geography Part I
Project time: Model UN
1/7 or 1/8
Map Quiz: North Eurasia
Mental Map Activity
Notes: Political Geography Part II
Project time: Model UN
1/9
Border Battle: Nicarauga vs. Costa Rica - Google Goofs and Google's response: Google Lat Long: Regarding the boundary between Costa Rica and Nicarauga
Due: Ch 08 Reading Guide Key Issues 1 + 2
1/12 or 1/13
Map Assignment: Create map w/bounaries
Map Assignment: Paragraph
Project time: Model UN
1/14 or 1/15
Ted Talk: Maps of Future Countries
1/16
Video: North Korean Gulags (60 minutes) (14 minutes)
Video: US criticism of North Korea at the UN (14 minutes)
At UN, West seeks to have North Koreans tried for rights violations
Due: Ch 08 Reading Guide Key Issue 3
1/20 (4, 5, 6) or 1/21 (1, 2, 3) - 80 minutes
Three (3) open-note, open-book, open-discussion CRQs (75 minutes)
Due: Rubenstein Ch. 08 Reading Guide 4
1/22 (4, 5, 6) or 1/23 (1, 2, 3) - 80 minutes
Chapter 8 Test (63 multiple choice questions - 68 minutes)
1/26 (1-6) - 66 minutes
Chapter 8 Test (1 CRQ - 25 minutes)
Due: Position Paper Due
Test Corrections
1/27 or 1/28 or 1/29 (Final Exam Dates) - 120 minutes
Model UN
QUARTER THREE
2/2 or 2/3
Study: Middle East Map
Notes: Development
Video: What is GDP?
2/4 (CAHSEE) or 2/5
Map Quiz: Middle East (Period 6)
Assignment: HDI (CRQ), Labor Structure (CRQ), Education Gap (CRQ) - Stamped (Period 2 and 6)
Project: LDC Development Policy (Period 2 and 6) - use UN Developmental Program to access information
Period 2: Lamisa (Bangladesh), Rashmi (Laos), Angelina (Cambodia), Charles (Liberia), Charlin (Nepal), Mark (Madagascar), Mikko (Somalia), Sara (Myanmar), Jamie (DR of Congo), Nicole (Ethiopia), Erin (Equatorial Guinea), Chris (Chad), Fox (Niger), Tea (Djibouti), Josh (Guinea), Sierra (Haiti)
Period 6: Sadie (Haiti), Marianne (Madagascar), Shawn (Afghanistan), Elijah (Tuvalu), Max D. (Yemen), Grace (DR Congo), Charlotte (Sierra Leone), Maya (Nepal), Niel (Djibouti), Graham (Somalia), Sam (Niger), Alex (Uganda), Denver (Liberia), Kansha (Bhutan), Ahdi (Laos), Shayla (Angola), Taylor (Cambodia), Max Z. (South Sudan), Emma (Ethipia), Turner (Myanmar)
2/6
Map Quiz: Middle East (Period 2)
Assignment: HDI (CRQ), Labor Structure (CRQ), Education Gap (CRQ) - Stamped (Period 2)
Project: LDC Development Policy (Period 2 and 6)
Ted Talk: Hanna Rosin: New Data on the Rise of Women (Period 2)
2/9 or 2/10
Notes
Ted Talk: A Country with No Water
Project: LDC Development Policy
2/11 or 2/12
Notes
Lecture: Core-periphery Model
Notes: Rostow's Modernization Model of Development
Ted Talk: Jacqueline Novogratz: On Escaping Poverty
Assignment: Brandt Line (CRQ) and South Korea vs. India - Indicators of Development (CRQ) - Stamped
Project: LDC Development Policy
2/13
Project: LDC Development Policy
Due: Flag and Position Paper
2/17 or 2/18
LDC PPT Presentations
Homework: Ch. 9 Study Guide
2/19 or 2/20
Due: Ch. 9 Study Guide
Chapter 9 Test (55 Questions - 2 CRQs)
2/23 or 2/24 (Chapter 10 - Food and Agriculture)
Lecture: Inventing Agriculture
Ted Talk: The Other Inconvenient Truth
Project: Agriculture Advertisment
Example 1: Avocado Draft
Example 2: Avocado's from Mexico
Example 3: Juan Valdez Colombian Coffee
Example 4: Pistachio
Example 5: Whole Foods: Organic
Example 6: McDonalds Beef
2/25 or 2/26
Lecture: CRQ
Lecture: The Foods We Consume
Project Time
2/27 (Half Day)
Due: Written Component (email me for an extension til Monday)
Map Quiz: North and West Central Africa
Quiz: Meta-CRQ
CRQ - Van Thunen's Model
3/2 or 3/3
Notes: Inventing Agriculture
Take notes on slide 26 + 27 entitled '11 Agricultural Regions'
Your notes should include descriptions of all 11 regions
Read In-Class: How the Potato Changed the World
Core Map - Major Agricultural Zones
Project Time
3/4 or 3/5
Due: Video Component
Lecture: Challenges for Farmers
Boserup's model of agricultural development
Homework: Ch. 10 Study Guide
3/6
Due: Ch. 10 Study Guide
Chapter 10 Test (Multiple Choice ONLY)
CRQ Assignment
3/9 or 3/10 (CH. 11 - Industry and Manufacturing)
Notes: Industry and Manufacturing I
Video Case Study - Bratsk: Legacy of Central Planning
Video Case Study - Liverpool: A Tale of Two Cities
Core Map - Major Industrial Regions
3/11 or 3/12
Notes: Industry and Manufacturing II
Vidoe: Story of Stuff
Videos
Maquiladora CRQ
Homework: Study for Map Quiz
3/16 or 3/17
Notes: Industry and Manufacturing III
Map Quiz: South and East Africa
Project: Industry and Service
3/18 or 3/19
Ted Talk: Manufactured Landscapes
Ted Talk: Tough Truth About Plastics
Study Guide: Manufacturing
Project: Industry and Service
3/20
Projects Due: Industry and Service (Part I)
Due: Study Guide
3/23 or 3/24
Read: Policing America's Ports
Lecture: Differentiated Services + Range/Threshold
Projec Timet: Choose Partner + Service, Work on A-D
Project: Industry and Service (Finish Paragraph)
3/25 or 3/26 (Ch. 12 Services and Settlements)
Lecture: More and More Services
Ted Talk: The Power of the Informal Economy (12 minutes)
Project: Industry and Service (Finish Paragraph)
Projec Timet: Work on A-D
3/27 (Half Day)
Map Quiz: South Asia
CRQ Packet 1
Due: Industry and Service (Paragraph)
QUARTER FOUR
4/7 or 4/8
Map Quiz: East Asia
Lecture: Services for People
4/9 or 4/10
Map Quiz: East Asia
Lecture: A World of Urban Services
Final Exam (20% of overall grade)
30% = performative lecture
10% = note-taking, listening, attention, and quality inquiry during peers performative lectures
60% = In class mock AP exam (preceding the actual exam)
(5% extra credit for Saturday study session - see below, Saturday 5/9)
Work on Performative Lectures
4/13 or 4/14
Homework: Ch. 12 Study Guide
Work on Performative Lectures
4/15 or 4/16
Due: Ch. 12 Study Guide
Chapter 11-12 test (Multiple Choice + CRQs)
4/17 (Half Day)
4/20 or 4/21 (Ch. 13 Urban Patterns)
Video Case Study - Sao Paulo: The Outer Ring
Notes: Borchert's Epochs of Urban Evolution
Video + notes: Daily Conversation MegaProjects
Article: Dazzling Dubai
Core Map - Largest cities/megalopoli
4/22 or 4/23
Map Quiz: Australia and the Pacific
Activity: North American vs. Latin American Cities
Models of North American cities
Model of a typical European city
Video Case Study - Delhi: Bursting at the Seams
4/24
4/27 or 4/28
Work on Performative Lectures
4/29 or 4/30
Finalize Performative Lectures
5/1
Cornell Notes Packets
Quiz #1-3 Handouts (Not Graded)
Period 2
Speaker 1 - Lamisa - Basic Concepts, p. 2
Speaker 2 - Rashmi - Population and Health, p. 42
Speaker 3 - Charlin - Migration, p. 76
Period 6
Speaker 1 - Marianne (+Sadie) - Basic Concepts, p. 2
Speaker 2 - Shawn (+Elijah)- Population and Health, p. 42
Speaker 3 - Max D. - Migration, p. 76
5/4
Key People and Concepts Handout
Quiz #4-7 Handouts (Not Graded)
2nd period
5/5
Key Peoples and Concepts Handout
Quiz #4-7 Handouts (Not Graded)
6th period
Speaker 4 - Grace - Folk and Pop Culture, p. 106
Speaker 5 - Charlotte - Languages, p.140
Speaker 6 - Maya (+Ahdi) - Religions, p. 180
Speaker 7 - Taylor (+Neil) - Ethnicities, p. 224
5/6
Geographic Models Handout
Quiz #8-11 Handouts (Not Graded)
2nd period
Speaker 8 - Nicole (+Charles) - Political Geography, p. 258
Speaker 9 - Erin - Development, p. 298
Speaker 10 - Chris - Food and Agriculture, p. 344
Speaker 11 - Tea - Industry and Manufacturing, p. 392
5/7
Geographic Models Handout
Quiz #8-11 Handouts (Not Graded)
6th period
Speaker 8 - Alex (+Sam) - Political Geography, p. 258
Speaker 9 - Kansha (+Denver) - Development, p. 298
Speaker 10 - Max Z. - Food and Agriculture, p. 344
5/8
CRQ Test Taking Tips Handout / Past CRQs / Multiple Choice Test Taking Tips
Quiz #12-13 Handouts (Not Graded)
Period 2
Speaker 12 - Josh - Services and Settlements, p. 428
Speaker 13 - Sierra - Urban Pattern, p. 458
Period 6
Speaker 11 - Emma Z. - Industry and Manufacturing, p. 392
Speaker 12 - Turner - Services and Settlements, p. 428
Speaker 13 - Graham (+Shayla) - Urban Pattern, p. 458
5/9 - Saturday Library Cram Session - Civic Center Library (up to 5% extra credit on final exam; partial credit given for each hour in attendance)
10am-11am - Quiet Study Time
11am-1230pm - Quiet Study Time
1230pm-1pm - Lunch
1230pm-2pm - Quiet Study Time
2pm-3pm - Practice Multiple Choice Exam
5/11 or 5/12 - Final Exam (Multiple Choice)
5/13 or 5/14 - Final Exam (CRQs)
5/15 - TEST DAY
AP Human Geography Test
5/18
Migration and Movement Project Day 1
5/20
Migration and Movement Project Day 2
5/25
Migration and Movement Project Day 3
5/27
Migration and Movement Project Day 4
5/29
Migration and Movement Project Day 5
6/1
Migration and Movement Project Day 6
6/3
Migration and Movement Project Day 7
6/5
Migration and Movement Project Day 8
6/8
Migration and Movement Project Day 9
6/9
Migration and Movement Project Day 10
6/12
Migration and Movement Project Due
6/15 - AP Olympics
6/17 - AP Olympics
Repository
Urban Geography Lesson (46 pages)
Life and Debt: Stephanie Black
Jonathan Foley: The Other Inconvenient Truth (Agriculture)
Barry Shuler: Genomics 101 (Food)
Chimanda Adichi: Danger of A Single Story
Chris Abani: On Humanity
Dan Ariely: Our Buggy Moral Code
Devdutt Pattanaik: East vs. West (Religion)
Hans Rosling: Global Population Growth Box by Box
Mark Bittman: What's Wrong With What We Eat (Food)
Nina Jablonski Breaks the Illusion of Skin Color (Ethnicity)
Parag Khanna Maps the Future of Countries (Political Geography)
Richard Wilkinson: How Economic Inequality Harms Societies
Stefan Wolff: The Path to Ending Ethnic Conflicts (Ethnicity)