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International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program AP Human Geography

International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program AP Human Geography. A Course Overview. Please read through 3-4 letters of advice. Exchange letters with one another. What observations did you make as you read the letters? What generalizations can you make about this course?. 1. IB Diploma

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International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program AP Human Geography

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  1. International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program AP Human Geography A Course Overview

  2. Please read through 3-4 letters of advice. Exchange letters with one another. What observations did you make as you read the letters? What generalizations can you make about this course?

  3. 1. IB Diploma 2. Freshmen Year 3. AP Human Geography 4. APHG Exam 5. ACT College Readiness Standards Abbreviations IB Fresh Yr APHG AP Test ACT Main Ideas for Cornell Notes

  4. Geography is everything and everything is geography! Where the heck is Matt?

  5. Mental Maps and Music • Listen to the music • Share with someone next to you what it makes you think of • Place • People • Culture • Other music • Cities

  6. IB Diploma/MYP Aims

  7. IB Hist Assessment • Paper 1 • 1 DBQ Exam • Paper 2 • 2 Essays • Paper 3 • 3 Essays

  8. IB Learner Profile

  9. IB Learner Profile

  10. How Can Freshmen Year Help? • Understand Scope and Sequence of Human Interaction with the Earth • Practice Timed Writing • Practice Timed Reading • Practice Presentations • Practice Fast Paced Learning • Keep your notes!!

  11. Writing in History Next Year

  12. AP Human Geography Goals • Use and think about maps and spatial data • Understand and interpret the implications of associations among phenomena in places • Recognize and interpret at different scales the relationships among patterns and processes • Define regions and evaluate the regionalization process’ • Characterize and analyze changing interconnections among places

  13. Sem 1 Orientation 4wks Population and Migration 6wks Cultural Geography 7wks Political Geography 5wks Finals and Review 1wk Sem 2 Basics of Economics 1wk Geography of Agriculture 3wks Geography of Industry 3wks Urban Geography 3wks Review and AP Exam MAY 18th!!!! 2wks Natural Resources and Sustainability 2wks APHG Units

  14. Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) 60 Minutes 75 Questions 5 Choices per Question -1/4 for Incorrect Answers 50% of Exam Score Free Response Questions (FRQ) 75 Minutes 3 FRQs Not an Essay Identify, Describe, Explain 50% of Exam Score APHG Exam May 18th!!!!

  15. WHAT ARE THEY AND WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT? ACT’s College Readiness Standards • The College Readiness Standards are the skills that you will be tested on when you take the ACT • The ACT predicts how well you will do in college • In other words, the ACT test lets colleges know if you are “ready” for “college.” That’s why they are called the “College Readiness” skills. 

  16. WHAT ARE THESE READING STANDARDS? ACT’s College Readiness Standards • ACT’s College Readiness Standards in reading are identifying the following: • Main Idea and Author’s Approach • Supporting Details • Inference Skills: • Sequential Relationships (what happened first, second, etc.) • Cause/Effect Relationships • Compare/Contrast Relationships • Meaning of Words • Generalizations and Conclusions • This quarter, we will be focusing on Main Idea & Supporting Details • We will work on various skills throughout the year

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