Week of Apr. 28-May 2

4/28/14
Ch. 1 quiz (What is Human Geography?)
volunteers will speak on sketches
collect urban morphology sketches and model they conform to
What are the problems of urban sprawl?
What are the top cities today?  Compare to Barron's.
collect city charts
Homework:  Review Ch. 2 vocab and concepts for quiz tomorrow

NOTE:  LESSONS PLANS MAY HAVE TO BE READJUSTED ACCORDING TO FCAT SCHEDULE.

4/29/14
Ch. 2 quiz  (Maps, Scale, Space, and Place)
Groups will sketch their city model on poster board.
Use google map and/or city map to plot paths, edges, districts, nodes, and landmarks.
Which sector model does it most resemble?
Drawing on Barron's, what kind of city is it?
Homework:  Review Ch. 3 quiz

4/30/14
Chs. 1-3 test
Finish and present sketches.
Homework:  Review Ch. 4

5/1/14
Ch. 4 quiz (Culture)
cityscape presentations
Homework: Review Ch. 5

5/2/14
Ch. 5 quiz (Political)

In preparation for May 13 exam, students need to:
•    Fill in AP answer sheets carefully and consistently. Especially important are name, date of birth, sex, mailing address, and email address.
   
•    Sign up for a College Board account at [ http://noreply.collegeboard.org/1c760b555layfousiao3irhyaaaaaaawoescqtabyoayaaaaa ]apscore.org. Students must have an account to access their scores. Some students may already have an account. Have them confirm this by signing in.
   
•    Remember their College Board username and password and their 2014 AP number (or student ID number if they provided it on their AP answer sheet).
   
•    Look for an email at the email address they put on their AP answer sheet reminding them how and when to access their scores.    

Finish cityscape presentations

Discussion topics:

• What are megacities?
• Where are they?
• What are their problems?
• Who has lived/visited a megacity?
• Do you want to live in a megacity in the future?  Why or why not?

Homework: Review Ch. 6





   

Scoring Guidelines for Human Geo. exam

http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/sg_human_geo_02_11558.pdf

Week of Apr. 21-25

Human Geography
Learning Goal:  to understand the processes of agriculture; to introduce student to urbanization processes.

4/21/14
Address the following in a paragraph: 

• Who is Lynn Henning? 
• What did she do? 
• When did she do it? 
• Where did she do it?
• Why did she do it?
• Do you agree with her actions?

Urban Geography vocab. and reading quiz.
Finish Promethean Board Review
Homework: Start reviewing agricultural vocabulary.  Pay particular attention to practice quizzes at end of chapter in Barron's.

4/22/14
Promethean Board vocab review
Draw a von Thunen model and label the following: 

• highest rent
• lowest rent
• intensive land use
• extensive land use
• inexpensive transportation costs
• expensive transportation costs
• dairying
• grazing
• fruit and vegetable gardening
• cattle ranching
• orchards

Homework: Review all aspects of Agriculture in Barron's.  Test tomorrow. 

4/23/14

Agriculture crossword test

Agriculture MC test

Agriculture essay test

Homework:  reread "Historical Geography of Urban Environments"

4/24/14
warm up:  How did cities first appear? In chronological order, list how cities came to be.
Compare your list with LP
Make timeline of events which includes the following:


Neolithic Revolution
deindustrialization
colonial period
feudal cities
renaissance
US cities explode due to migration
Industrial Revolution
CA Gold Rush




Homework:  Make a chart with the following heading:  Types of Cities. Subheadings:  Colonial, Gateway, Medieval, Islamic, Latin American.  Under each subheading list characteristics and then bullet 5 examples.

4/25/14
Check homework
Think about the town in which you live
Group students depending on town
Sketch a depiction of your town's urban morphology.  Which model does it mostly conform to?
Homework:  Reread remaining Urban Geography chapter.  List 5 problems of urban sprawl.
Make a chart with the following subheadings:  Primate cities; megacities; top-tier world cities; second-tier world cities.  Research the top 5 cities today and compare their populations to your Barron's book.

Starting Monday, be prepared for a vocabulary quiz beginning with Ch. 1 in Barron's.

Week of Apr. 14-17

Human Geography

MAKEUP UKRAINE TEST TODAY AFTER SCHOOL!

4/14/14
Learning Goal:  to understand Boserup's land use progression
Quick write:  Explain Boserup's 5-stage land use progression.
Share with partner.
Promethean Board:  Boserup's 5-stage model
Ticket Out:  Explain Boserup's model of agriculture.
Homework:  Focus on Von Thunen's model; review Green Revolution

4/15/14
Learning Goal:  to understand the consequences of the Green Revolution
Oral Review of Agricultural Revolutions
Introduce Podcast vocab.
Podcast of Indian Green Revolution
Homework:  How has the Green Revolution affected your cultural hearth?  Write one paragraph to address this problem.


4/16/14 Independent Study (substitute)
Outline/Main Idea "Urban Geography" in Barron's.  When finished, begin studying vocabulary.
Finish for homework.



4/17/14
Learning Goal:  to understand the consequences of modern agricultural practices.
Collect urban notes.
Review Boserup's Model, etc. on Promethean board.
Think, Pair, Share Von Thunen's model
Lenn Henning video
Homework:  In Barron's read Urban Geography.  Be ready for vocab. and reading quizzes on Monday. Write two connections to agriculture practices and urbanization

Ukraine Quiz

http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/geography/geography_of_ukraine/quiz4841.html

WEEK OF APR. 7-11

AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

Learning Goals:  To research from various sources.
Standard:  LA910.1.7.3

4/7/14
Collect agri. questions
Monday Vocab. test
Ukraine presentations: Carlos' and Cameron's groups
Homework:  Complete the Multiple Choice Agricultural Practice Tests

4/8/14
Ukraine presentations: Jared's and Cameron's groups
Construct two individual Ukraine questions (one can be T/F)
Homework:  Review the Green Revolution.  Find a web site that addresses the problems with it. Summarize it in a paragraph. Make sure you cite the source.

4/9/14
Ukraine presentations: Vishnu's, Marie's groups.
Meet with groups and choose the two MC/TF for the student-made Ukraine test.  Send them to me via email with all the names of your group.  Make sure you designate the correct answer.
Homework:  study for Friday's test

4/10/14
Promethean Board Agriculture presentation
Homework:  Review Ukraine knowledge and connect it to human geography vocab.  You will be asked one of those questions for a 15-minute write test on the subject of Ukraine.

4/11/14
Ukraine knowledge test.
Ukraine MC/TF test.
Homework:  finish/study Agricultural Questions.  Be ready to discuss Esther Boserup's theory.





Begin reviewing all vocab. words in Barron's and Rubenstein for AP test.


MAKEUP UKRAINE TESTS WILL BE MONDAY AFTER SCHOOL!