World GEO Show Mr Kenney your coverpage before
World. GEO: Show Mr. Kenney your coverpage before the bell rings APHUG: Show Mr. Keneny your Ch 3 vocab and hand in your CH 3 reading ONE LINER: guide WORK IS A PRETTY SIMPLE CONCEPT IF ONE KNOWS WHAT IT IS, THEN LEARNS IT, AND THEN USES IT…. . AND THEN THE REAL ISSUE IS TO NOT STOP USING IT. (WRITE THIS DOWN ON PAGE 22 IN YOUR ISN) ? of the Day What is the official language of the US?
THE BASICS Pre-AP/GT World Geo & AP Human Geo • 1, 3, 4, 5 th & 2 nd Periods 281 -237 -2895 • please leave phone number in emails Conference Period: 12: 50 -1: 30 scottakenney@katyisd. org Tutorials are next… • Tuesday AM and Wed PM
systemati c study of patterns & processes ALL LINKED TOGETHER…. . human understanding, use, & alteration of Earth spatial concepts and landscape analysis human social organization and its environmental consequences methods & tools geographers use College Board Advanced Placement Human Geography Examination
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Thinking Geographically • How do geographers describe where things are located? • Where do people live and why? Population • How does the cultural landscape reflect the people who live there? Political Organization • How is territory organized politically and why? Agricultural Geography • What is the global pattern of agriculture and agribusiness? Urban Geography • Where are cities located and why? • How are cities organized and how do they function? Development/Industry • How does geography explain patterns of industrialization? Review/AP Exam • What do I need to know to be successful on the AP Human Geography Exam? Current Issues • What current issue in human geography would I like to know more about?
OVERVIEW • • • College Board Website Friday, May 17, 2013 Spring Review sessions 3 or higher FRQ-Current Issues • Human Geography by Fouberg, Murphy, and de Blij • Online & Check-out • Every night • The Wood Book • Part of Unit Tests • Review & AP Prep AP Test The Wood Book The Text Book Unit Tests • 70% • Vocabulary-Mastery • Region Maps • Wood Book, MC, FRQ • College Board Website • Test Corrections up to 70%
FOX NEWS PLUG IN CNN Christian Science Monitor TEDTalks GAPMinde r PLUG IN The Economist (reading) (listening) (watching) NPR 88. 7 Foreign Policy & Slate
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