AP Geography -- Proposed Course Outline

Textbook -- Human Geography: Culture, Society, & Space (5th edition), H. J. deBlij, Wiley

The following outline is designed for an 18 week semester using an 80 minute class block schedule.

Week Chapters Topics

1. Course Introduction Course topics

Course expectations

Reading requirements

Skills checks

2. World Regional Review (Prerequisites) Themes of geography

Geographic skills

Pre-test

3. Basic Concepts Maps

Scale

Vocabulary

Geographic data

4. Physical Geography Landforms

Weather and climate

5. Environment and Humanity Ch. 2-5 Ecosystems

Impact on water

Impact on plants and animals

Solid waste disposal

6. Population and Space Ch. 6-9 Using population data

Population trends and projections

Population policies

Demographic transition models

7. Streams of Human Mobility Ch. 10-12 Barriers to migration

Migration patterns

Immigration and emigration

Spatial searches

8. Patterns of Nutrition and Health Ch. 13-15 Regional aspects of nutrition

Distribution of health

Spatial patterns of disease

9. Geography and Inequality Ch. 16-17 Causes of human variation

Geography of gender

Education and opportunity

10. Landscape and the Geography of Culture Ch. 18-20 Innovation

Diffusion

Acculturation

Cultural diversity

11. Patterns of Language Ch. 21-23 Language origins

Language spread and change

Distribution of languages

12. Geography of Religion Ch. 24-26 Universalizing and ethnic religions

Classification/distribution of religions Religious impact on the land

Religious conflicts

13. Cultural Landscapes of Farming Ch. 27-29 Development/diffusion of agriculture

Subsistence and commercial farming

Intensive and extensive agriculture

Agricultural models

14. The Urbanizing World Ch. 30-33 Urban land use and planning

Systems of urban settlements

Suburbanization

World urban diversity

Inside the modern city

15. Cultures, Landscapes, & Regions of Industry Ch. 34-36 Origination and diffusion of industry

Locational considerations

Manufacturing regions of the world

Models of industrialization

16. The Political Imprint Ch. 37-40 Political systems

Boundaries

Geographic characteristics of states

Political cohesiveness

17. Research projects

18. Course Review All previous material