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Dive into the systematic study of processes and patterns that shape human understanding, social organization, and environmental impacts. Gain essential skills in interpreting relationships among phenomena in places, cultures, politics, and economics on local to global scales.
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AP Human Geography Geographical Essential Skills Know and Be Able to
Purpose of AP Human Geography course: • Introduce systematic study of processes and patterns that have shaped human understanding, use, and alteration of Earth’s surface; • Social organization and resulting environmental impacts/consequences; • Geographic tools and data-collection methods
Students will be able to . Know how to use and think about maps and geospatial data sets • How Earth’s surface effects/affects humans • Influence human history and reflect Earth (science)
Students will be able to . Understand and interpret the implications of associations among phenomena in places • Culture = Politics (boundaries) + Values (religion, foods, architecture, etc.) + Economics (development)
Students will be able to . Recognize and interpret at difference scales the relationships among patterns and processes • Local National Regional Global • Local: towns, neighborhoods • National: country • Regional: region/area • Global: planet EARTH
Students will be able to . Define regions and evaluate the regionalization process • Not just identification! • How regions work together or “antagonize” • Regional history and development • Characteristics of humans on Earth
Students will be able to . Characterize and analyze changing interconnections among places • Influences from past present • Influences from region region • How / Why changes occur
KEY CONCEPT • Human Geography is all about… RELATIONSHIPS • Relationships among people and places, regional relations, and global interactions