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Social Studies AP Human Geography Instructor: Danielle Sing Syllabus for 2016-2017Office/Tutoring hours: Monday 3:00-3:45 p.mCourse description: This AP Human Geography course is taught as an introductory level college course. This two-semester course will teach students the basic concepts of human geography and give them a geographic framework for the analysis of current world problems through case studies, computer applications, and fieldwork. The students will learn to use the tools of a geographer to ask geographic questions, acquire, organize, and analyze geographic information, and answer geographic questions. They will also take on-line multiple choice quizzes and practice free-response questions (FRQ’s) in preparation for the AP exam.Applications: Because this course is on-line, it is very hands-on and inquiry-based. Students will conduct field studies – both virtual and on location, and work with GIS and various types of maps, graphs, charts, and other forms of data display and organization to solve geographic problems. They will view geographic videos and utilize on-line resources to learn more about AP Human Geography. They will learn to apply geographic concepts and models to real-life problems through use of case studies and activities that require them to apply geographic analysis.Course Materials:You will need to have access to map collections, atlases, encyclopedias, and other reference materials both on-line and in their local libraries. On-line Geography Vocabulary List - The terms geographers use are very important because they form the building blocks for understanding the concepts that are integral to geography. Each chapter of your textbook contains a Key Words section at the back of the chapter. Each week, you should add these words and their definitions to a list for review for the exam in the spring. This is not an assignment that will be graded or receive points. It is a suggestion for your success. Keep a list of ALL the vocabulary words in each chapter in a computer file. Put the words and the definitions in an Excel spreadsheet so you can sort them alphabetically if you wish as you add each new chapter’s list of vocabulary. This will give you an excellent tool for review as the AP exam time approaches.Required textbooks: Human Geography: Landscapes of Human Activities, Jerome Fellmann, Arthur Getis, and Judith Getis, 11th edition, McGraw-Hill, 20010ER. Human Geography in Action, Michael Kuby, John Harner, and Patricia Gober, 6th edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012.Required Materials:2” 3-ring binderPocket Dividers 1 subject notebook: For HomeworkColor Pencils and Markers College Ruled loose leaf paper3”x 5” note cards for vocabulary2 highlighters, different colors1 package of pens3 packages of pencilsPost-it Notes for annotating book4 white poster boards for projects. HeadphonesLaptop1st Semester (August to January) UNIT 1: GEOGRAPHY NATIVE AND PERSPECTIVE1. Course Overview2. Chapter 1 Introduction: Background Basics3. Quiz: Chapter 1 – Fellmann4. Project: Site and Situation5. Project: A Sense of My Place6. True Maps, False Impressions7. Project: Map Scale Computations8. Project: Thematic Maps Activity 9. Spatial Interaction and Spatial Behavior10. Quiz: Chapter 3 – Fellmann11. Tracking the AIDS Epidemic12. Project: Mapping the Diffusion of AIDS13. Project: Special Project14. TestUNIT 2: POPULATION AND MIGRATION1. Population: World Patterns, Regional Trends 2. Population Geography: Mexico and Guatemala Pyramids 3. Quiz: Chapter 4 - Fellmann 4. Project: Demographic Transition Model 5. One Billion and Counting 6. Project: Demographic Description with Population 7. A Death in the Desert 8. Project: Principal Migration of Recent Centuries 9. Project: Special Project* 10. TestUNIT 3: CULTURAL PATTERNS1. Roots and Meaning of Culture 2. Quiz: Chapter 2 - Fellmann 3. India: The Missing Girls 4. Layers of Tradition5. Project: Layers of Tradition: Culture Regions 6. Project: Special Project7. Test UNIT 4: CULTURAL PROCESSES1. Cultural Postcard 2. A Migrant’s Heart 3. Language and Religion: Mosaics of Culture 4. Project: Local Park 5. Quiz: Chapter 5 - Fellmann 6. Ethnic Geography: Threads of Diversity 7. Quiz: Chapter 6 - Fellmann 8. Ethnic Fragmentation in Canada9. Imagining New Worlds10. Folk and Popular Culture: Diversity and Uniformity11. Quiz: Chapter 7 – Fellmann12. St. Petersburg: Russia's Window on the West and Vologda13. Project: Special Project*14. TestUNIT 5: POLITICAL ORGANIZATION OF SPACE1. Political Ordering of Space 2. Quiz: Chapter 12 - Fellmann 3. From Rags to Riches 4. Project: Economic Development and Human 5. Inside the Global Economy Ireland 6. Supranationalism and Devolution 7. Breaking Up is Hard to Do 8. Project: The Rise of Nationalism and the Fall of 9. Do Orange and Green Clash? 10. Berlin: Changing Center of a Changing Europe Development Models 11. Project: Mapping Religious Affiliation in Northern 12. Project: Special Project* 13. TestUNIT 6: REVIEW SEMESTER EXAM1. Alaska: The Last Frontier? 2. Help Wanted 3. Quiz: Chapter 6 - Kuby 4. Project: Regional Economic Specialization5. Project: Regional Multipliers 6. Global Firms in the Industrializing 7. Semester Exam 2nd Semester (January to May) UNIT 7: AGRICULTURE AND RURAL LAND USE1. Livelihood and Economy: Primary Activities 2. Quiz: Chapter 8 - Fellmann 3. Project: Von Thunen’s Model of Land Use 4. Water is for Fighting Over 5. Food for Thought 6. Project: Global Sources in your Supermarket7. Quiz: Chapter 8 - Kuby 8. Brazil: The Sleeping Giant 9. Changes on the Chang Jiang 10. Project: Special Project* 11. Test UNIT 8: INDUSTRIALIZATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELEOPMENT1. Patterns of Development and Change 2. Quiz: Chapter 10 - Fellmann 3. Developing Countries 4. Livelihood and Economy: From Blue Collar to Gold Collar 5. Quiz: Chapter 9 - Fellmann 6.Project: The Transforming Industrial Heartland 7. Project: Special Project* 8. Test UNIT 9: CITIES AND URBAN LAND USE I1. Urban Systems and Urban Structures 2. Quiz: Chapter 11 - Fellmann 3. Cityscapes, Suburban Sprawl 4. The Disappearing Front Range 5. Project: The Role of Transportation in Urban Growth 6. Reading the Urban Landscape: Census Data and Field 7. Project: Analysis of Census Tract Data 8. The Challenge for Two Old Cities9. Take Me Out to the Ballgame 10. Project: Central Place Function Thresholds 11. Small Farms, Big Cities 12. Project: Special Project*13. TestUNIT 11: REVIEW AND SEMESTER EXAM1. Project: World Geography Interactive Games 2. Final ExamUNIT 12: AP EXAM PREP1. Project: Human Geography Models Review 2. Project: Review Games3. Practice Human Geography Exam The AP Exam: The AP exam will take place sometime between May 6th and May 17th. It is 3 hours and 5 minutes in length, and will include a 55-minute multiple choice section and a 130-minute free-response section, including a document-based question (DBQ), a continuity and change-over-time essay (COT), as well as a comparative essay. Each section accounts for half of your exam grade. Your exam score is converted into the College Board AP Central’s 5-point scale.Academic policy: Classwork (notes and in-class assignments) 20 %Homework 30%Chapter quiz/ tests: 40%Participation (absences, tardies, required materials, behavior, class discussions): 10%Notes and in-class assignments: Note-taking and the completion of in-class assignments are mandatory. The instructor will not print notes, so if the student misses a class session, he/she is responsible for getting the notes from Edmodo afterschool to make up notes. As time permits, in-class assignments should be completed during class and may not be taken home as homework. Homework assignments: Homework is assigned nearly every day to reinforce the material. All assignments, along with their due dates, are posted online and will be checked for correctness. Homework assignments may include vocabulary assignments, Thinking Geographically Questions, current events articles, or short essays. All work must be typed and properly cited using APA style.Quizzes, chapter tests, and projects: Students are informed of quiz and chapter test dates ahead of time. All dates are posted on the whiteboard in the classroom, as well as online, in the instructor’s One-Week Schedule or OWS. Quizzes are usually given in the middle of a textbook chapter (after 1-2 sections). Pop quizzes (unannounced assessments) will be given at the instructor’s discretion. Chapter tests are administered after the completion of a textbook chapter (2-5 sections). In addition to regular in-class instruction, students will prepare for tests by completing a mandatory, handwritten study guide before each test, as well as reviewing the material during a class period before the chapter testIn addition to quizzes and chapter tests, students will also be required to complete various projects during the course, which will allow students to apply the material learnt in the classroom. These projects will require independent outside research and will be counted as test grades.Finally, to ensure retention of the material, students will be administered two comprehensive tests, covering all material in the course, after the first and third nine weeks of the course.Due dates: All assignments and due dates are available online in the form of one-week schedules (OWSs), on the “Classes/Homework” page of the school website (for links, see above at “Homework assignments” and “Quizzes and chapter tests.”) Therefore, students are required to turn in all assignments by their due dates in order to receive full credit for them. Late assignments are only accepted for partial credit and by prior arrangement. Make-up work: Students must take their quizzes and chapter tests on the days. Students should make every effort to be present on those days. If they must miss a quiz/chapter test day, they must make arrangements with the instructor to make up for the missed assessments. If a pattern of absences is detected on quiz/test days, the student will be required to sign a contract with the instructor, where he/she will only be allowed to make up a quiz/test if he/she has a valid physician’s note. Students, who only missed the review day, but were present for instructional days, must take the test.Academic dishonesty: It includes cheating/plagiarism. There is a zero tolerance policy on dishonesty: copying, paraphrasing, or sharing work with any student without proper citation – or explicit permission from the instructor – is unacceptable, and will result in receiving a zero on the assignment and a referral to the Dean of Students for disciplinary action. The parent/guardian will also be notified. The policy applies to all past or present papers, tests, quizzes, exams, in-class, and homework assignments, as well as to all students involved in academic dishonesty, including the student(s) who aided another student(s) in cheating or plagiarizing.Grading Breakdown per Marking Period:The Universal Grading Systems will be followed, which is outlined below:Summative Assessments: 70%Formative & Homework Assessments: 30%Conduct10%Types of Assignments that Constitute as Summative, Formative & Homework:Summative Assessments70%Formative & Homework Assessments30%Examples:Chapter testsUnit TestsResearch PapersMajor Projects (which reflect the end standard of a Unit)DBQMajor Essays (constitutes as a 5 paragraph essay) (TURN IN ONLINE)Free Response Questions (FRQ)Debate (with scored rubric)CR1bExamples:Paragraph ReflectionsRecall AssignmentsCheck for Understanding ActivitiesQuizzesBell WorkDebate PreparationMini-DebateProject CheckPointsHomework Examples:Any assignment that is completed at home, collected, and reviewed.CR1cClassroom policy: Positive attitude only, please!Come to class with all required materials. Be seated when the bell rings.Bathroom breaks, water breaks, and nurse visits will only be permitted in emergencies. Follow instructions from the teacher, as well as the school code of conduct, at all times.Only one person speaks at a time. Respect all opinions during discussions.No electronic devices in the classroom, including but not limited to: cameras, cell phones, iPods, and laptops. Rewards: I will make a phone call/send an e-mail home, and/or to the Principal about your positive contributions to the class, which may include outstanding academic work, participation or behavior, as well as significant improvements in any or all of the above areas. Consequences: They depend on the seriousness of the infraction, but generallyVerbal warning.Teacher-student conference.Seat change.Phone call home.Referral to the Principal ................
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