AP Human Geography Curriculum Guide - Public

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2	AP Human Geography
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4	Unit 1: Thinking Geographically	PLC Questions I: What is it the student is to know and do? Students will learn the ways information from data sources such as maps, tables, charts, satellite images, and infographics inform policy decisions. Students will learn how people influence and are influenced by their environment. Students will learn the basic language of geography and apply that language to real world scenarios.		DOK	Introduce (I) Dev. Mastery (DM) Master (M) Reinforce (R)
5	Essential Question:	Why do geographers study relationships and patterns among and between places? How do geographers use maps to help them descover patterns and relationships in the world? How do geographers use a spatial perspective to analyze complex issues and relationships?		DOK	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
6	Curriculum Source	College Board: AP Central		DOK	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
7		IMP-1.A	Identify types of maps, the types of informationpresented in maps, and different kinds of spatial patterns and relationships portrayed in maps.	1	I
8		IMP-1.B	Identify different methods of geographic data collection.	1	I
9		Skill 3.A	Identify the different types of data presented in maps and in quantitative and geospatial data.	1	I
10		IMP-1.C	Explain the geographical effects of decisions made using geographical information.	2	I
11		Skill 3.B	Describe spatial patterns presented in maps and in quantitative and geospatial data.	2	I
12		PSO-1.A	Define major geographic concepts that illustrate spatial relationships.	1	I
13		PSO-1.B	Explain how major geographic concepts illustrate spatial relationships.	2	I
14		Skill 1.B	Explain geographic concepts, processes, models, and theories.	2	I
15		PSO-1.C	Define scales of analysis used by geographers.	1	I
16		PSO-1.D	Explain what scales of analysis reveal.	2	I
17		Skill 5.A	Identify the scales of analysis presented by maps, quantitative and geospatial data, images, and landscapes.	1	I
18		SPS-1.A	Describe different ways that geographers define regions.	2	I
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20	Unit 2:Population and Migration Patterns	PLC Questions I: What is it the student is to know and do? Students will learn why populations increase or decrease over time and the factors that contribute to these changes such as births, deaths, ecoonomic situations, and migration patterns. Students will analyze the long and short term effects of population changes on a place's economy, culture, and plitics. Students will learn about various policies to increase or decrease population growth over time.		DOK	Introduce (I) Dev. Mastery (DM) Master (M) Reinforce (R)
21	Essential Question	How does where and how people live impact global cultural, political, and economic patterns? How does the interplay of environmental, economic, cultural, and political factors influence changes in population? How do changes in population affect a place’s economy, culture, and politics?			1st	2nd	3rd	4th
22	Standard Source:	College Board: AP Central
23		PSO-2.A	Identify the factors that influence the distribution of human populations at different scales.	1	I
24		PSO-2.B	Define methods geographers use to calculate population density.	1	I
25		PSO-2.C	Explain the differences between and the impact of methods used to calculate population density.	2	I
26		PSO-2.D	Explain how population distribution and density affect society and the environment.	2	I
27		PSO-2.E	Describe elements of population composition used by geographers.	2	I
28		PSO-2.F	Explain ways that geographers depict and analyze population composition.	2	I
29		IMP-2.A	Explain factors that account for contemporary and historical trends in population growth and decline.	2	I
30		IMP-2.B	Explain theories of population growth and decline.	2	I
31		SPS-2.A	Explain the intent and effects of various population and immigration policies on population size and composition.	2	I
32		SPS-2.B	Explain how the changing role of females has demographic consequences in different parts of the world.	2	I
33		SPS-2.C	Explain the causes and consequences of an aging population.	2	I
34		IMP-2.C	Explain how different causal factors encourage migration.	2	I
35		IMP-2.D	Describe types of forced and voluntary migration.	2	I
36		IMP-2.E	Explain historical and contemporary geographic effects of migration.	2	I
37		Skill 3.A	Identify the different types of data presented in maps and in quantitative and geospatial data.	1	DM
38		Skill 2.C	Explain a likely outcome in a geographic scenario using geographic concepts, processes, models, or theories.	2	I
39		Skill 2.A	Describe spatial patterns, networks, and relationships.	2	I
40		Skill 3.C	Explain patterns and trends in maps and in quantitative and geospatial data to draw conclusions.	2	I
41		Skill 3.B	Describe spatial patterns presented in maps and in quantitative and geospatial data.	2	DM
42		Skill 2.B	Explain spatial relationships in a specified context or region of the world, using geographic concepts, processes, models, or theories.	2	I
43		Skill 1.D	Describe a relevant geographic concept, process, model, or theory in a specified context.	2	I
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