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AP Human Geography

High School

Students investigate spatial relationships using maps, models, and datasets; analyze cultural, economic, and political processes at multiple scales; and develop geographic thinking skills to interpret real-world issues.

Topics include geographic tools and methods, population and migration, cultural patterns, political organization, agriculture and rural land use, cities and urban processes, and industrial/economic development. Emphasis is on spatial analysis, evidence-based argument, and using geographic methods.

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Unit 1: Thinking Geographically 5 Lessons | Total 150 min

1. 1: Thinking Like a Geographer: Key Concepts & Questions 30 min

2. 2: Maps, Scales & Coordinate Systems 30 min

3. 3: Map Projections, Distortions & Map Design 30 min

4. 4: Geographic Data & GIS Basics 30 min

5. 5: Regions, Patterns & Spatial Analysis Tools 30 min

Unit 2: Population & Migration Patterns and Processes 5 Lessons | Total 150 min

1. 1: Population Distribution & Density 30 min

2. 2: Demographic Indicators & Population Structure 30 min

3. 3: Models of Population Change (DTM & Malthusian ideas) 30 min

4. 4: Migration: Types, Causes & Consequences 30 min

5. 5: Population Policies & Planning 30 min

Unit 3: Cultural Patterns & Processes 5 Lessons | Total 150 min

1. 1: Cultural Landscapes & Cultural Ecology 30 min

2. 2: Diffusion: Types & Examples (relocation, expansion) 30 min

3. 3: Language: Families, Distribution & Linguistic Landscapes 30 min

4. 4: Religion & Ethnicity: Spatial Patterns & Identity 30 min

5. 5: Cultural Change, Globalization & Cultural Diffusion Today 30 min

Unit 4: Political Patterns & Processes 5 Lessons | Total 150 min

1. 1: Nation, State & Nation-State Concepts 30 min

2. 2: Boundaries, Borders & Territoriality 30 min

3. 3: Geopolitics & Regional Power (Heartland, Rimland ideas) 30 min

4. 4: Supranational & International Organizations 30 min

5. 5: Electoral Geography & Gerrymandering 30 min

Unit 5: Agriculture & Rural Land-Use Patterns and Processes 5 Lessons | Total 150 min

1. 1: Origins of Agriculture & Agricultural Revolutions 30 min

2. 2: Agricultural Systems & Typologies 30 min

3. 3: Von Thünen & Land-Use Models 30 min

4. 4: Green Revolution, Technology & Agribusiness 30 min

5. 5: Rural Settlement Patterns & Land Tenure 30 min

Unit 6: Cities & Urban Land-Use Patterns and Processes 5 Lessons | Total 150 min

1. 1: Urbanization: Causes, Patterns & Global Trends 30 min

2. 2: Models of Urban Structure (Burgess, Hoyt, Multiple Nuclei) 30 min

3. 3: Urban Land-Use: CBD, Suburbs, & Periphery 30 min

4. 4: Urban Problems & Planning (housing, transportation, sustainability) 30 min

5. 5: Global Cities, World Systems & Urban Networks 30 min

Unit 7: Industrial & Economic Development Patterns and Processes 5 Lessons | Total 150 min

1. 1: Economic Sectors & Measuring Development 30 min

2. 2: Models of Development (Rostow, Core–Periphery, Dependency) 30 min

3. 3: Industrialization: History & Location Theories 30 min

4. 4: Globalization, Trade, & Spatial Organization of Production 30 min

5. 5: Development Policy, Sustainability & Measuring Change 30 min

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