AP Human Geography

Welcome to AP Human Geography! Your summer assignment will focus on building a strong foundation of key vocabulary that will help you understand geographic patterns, processes, and concepts throughout the course. As you learn these terms, you’ll begin to see how they connect to real-world topics like population, culture, and migration. We’re excited to support your growth as you develop the language and thinking skills needed to analyze the world through a geographic lens.

Course Overview

AP Human Geography studies how people interact with the world by examining patterns of population, culture, politics, and economic activity across space. Students learn to analyze maps, data, and geographic models to explain why things are located where they are and how they change over time. The course emphasizes real-world issues like migration, urbanization, and global development. It builds strong analytical and writing skills through data interpretation and evidence-based responses. Overall, it prepares students to think critically about global patterns and connections.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisite courses for AP Human Geography. Students should be able to read a college-level textbook and write grammatically correct, complete sentences.

Grading  |  Your AP Human Geography teacher will review your progress on the Summer Assignment. They will ensure that you have completed all parts of the assignment. It's important to remember that if you don't finish the work, you won't receive credit for it. The completion of this summer assignment is essential for your success in this course. It will also count as a summative assessment grade for the first quarter of the school year.  Due dates can be found here.