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Welcome to AP Human Geography

Welcome to AP Human Geography. Find a seat - set up your territory :-) Start the Icebreaker activity- try to meet at least five people as you fill in the sheet. Presenter: David Palmer. AP Human Geography. David Palmer Eaglecrest High School Aurora, Colorado.

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Welcome to AP Human Geography

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  1. Welcome to AP Human Geography • Find a seat - set up your territory :-) • Start the Icebreaker activity- try to meet at least five people as you fill in the sheet. • Presenter: David Palmer

  2. AP Human Geography David Palmer Eaglecrest High School Aurora, Colorado

  3. Welcome to AP Human Geography • Icebreaker • Introduction • Skill Board • FRQ’s discussed within units • Units - Content and Applied Lessons • Debrief big themes • Sharing ideas as we go • Field Study

  4. Course Outline • Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives 5-10% • Population 13-17% • Cultural Patterns and Processes 13-17% • Political Organization of Space 13-17% • Agricultural and Rural Land Use 13-17% • Industrialization and Economic Development 13-17% • Cities and Urban Land Use 13-17%

  5. What is this class like? • Rigorous, interactive course that teaches students how to think geographically. • Students will develop excellent thinking and problem solving skills and gain a new perspective on the world in which we live. • Web enhanced course where students will take many of their assessments online and participate in numerous online discussions. • Interactive Notebooks - show me what you know • Students will learn the content of geography plus we will do geography. • We take at least two field studies during the year- One is to Park Meadows to complete a spatial analysis of the mall and the other is an urban field study where we ride the light rail and visit Littleton, 16th St Mall and LoDo.

  6. The Exam - Friday May 14th 2009 8:00 am • two-hours and 15 minutes • 75 multiple choice (60 minutes) • 3 essays in free response section (75 minutes- answer all 3 FRQ’s) • Students who score high enough on the exam can receive college credit for taking the course.

  7. What is Geography? Created by David Palmer Eaglecrest High School

  8. Definitions - Use Cornell • Literal Definition: a description of the earth • Emmanuel Kant: “History looks at change across time. Geography looks at change across space.” • Hartshorn: “Geography is the discipline that seeks to describe and interpret the variable character from place to place of the earth as the world of man.” • Greenland: “Geography is the study of the distribution and interrelationships of the elements of the human environment and the relationships between humans and the physical environment.” • Your Definition:

  9. Method vs Perspective • Geographic Method: using geographic information to describe the earth • Geographic Perspective: a geographic grid through which information is interpreted • Example: The Earth at Night

  10. Geographic Investigation Process - 4 Level Analysis • Level 1 - What? Where? When? • Level 2 - Pattern Identification • Level 3 • Why there? • How did it get there? • Level 4 (prediction) • So what? • What if?

  11. Earth at Night - Global Scale

  12. North America at Night - Regional Scale Online: 6/27/2006 - http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/49261main_usa_nightm.jpe

  13. Your State at Night - Local Scale Online: 6/27/2006 -http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/usanight_dmsp_big.gif

  14. Geographic Investigation Process • Level 1 - What? Where? When? • Level 2 - Pattern Identification • Level 3 • Why there? • How did it get there? • Level 4 • So what? • What if? • Skills? • Population Data Sheet - profile chart

  15. Retail Locational Factors • Pair up and create a list of the important factors to consider relating to retail mall locations?

  16. Crossroads Mall Level 4 Analysis - 1)Where - based on what you see in map 2) Patterns 3)Why? 4) What if the scale changes?

  17. Larger Scale Level 4 Analysis - 1)Where - based on what you see in map 2) Patterns 3)Why? 4) What if the scale changes?

  18. Smaller Scale Level 4 Analysis - 1)Where - based on what you see in map 2) Patterns 3)Why? 4) What if the scale changes?

  19. Westroad Mall Level 4 Analysis - 1)Where - based on what you see in map 2) Patterns 3)Why? 4) What if the scale changes?

  20. Westroad Mall Level 4 Analysis - 1)Where - based on what you see in map 2) Patterns 3)Why? 4) What if the scale changes?

  21. Personal Income Level 4 Analysis - 1)Where - based on what you see in map 2) Patterns 3)Why? 4) What if the scale changes?

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