AP Human Geography What is AP Human Geography

AP Human Geography

What is AP Human Geography? • Culture - religion, ethnicity, language, etc. ) • Humans and their environment • Population and Migration • Political landscape (not just red and blue states) • Urban Landscapes • Agricultural land use/sustainable development • Economics

Why is this important?

Expectations • College Board curriculum/pacing & our textbook • Self-advocates/emailing • Remind 101 – Text @killough 44 to 81010 to join – OR text @Fails. APHG to 81010 to join • Tutoring M/W 3: 40 -4: 15, T/TH 7: 458: 15 • Website

Grading Procedures • Unit Test break down – 75 MC – 1 hour –Vocab pts –Test Retakes • Quizzes – 3 to 5 each unit

AP Test • Friday, May 18 th, 2018 @8: 00 AM • 75 MC – 60 minutes • 3 Free Response Questions – 75 minutes

So Why English Pre-AP? • Writing • Literature allows for more examples to pull from • As an AP Reader, what I saw…. – Not enough description – Not enough background knowledge

The Struggle is and will be Real • This year they will grow as learners because of the challenges they’ll face. – Homework, style of questions, concepts or content, working collaboratively in groups to solve problems • Some will learn what learning style fits them best, others may learn the best way to study, and still others will start to understand what it takes to take difficult classes.

“Freshmen really shouldn’t be taking this class because they just don’t know enough. ” – random AP reader I beg to differ

By the numbers. . . • 6 years of Freshman - over 500 so far • Every year we beat the global average – First year average 3. 615 • Every year our scores get better – Last years average 4. 161 – Over 50% earned a 5 on the exam • Every year we find new ways to get concepts across – End of course Evaluation

“It’s a marathon, not a sprint”