Week of Jan. 7-11

1/7/13
Address questions
Culture review
Homework:  study culture chapter

1/8/12
Barrons test
trace Eng. language
name 11 macro-cultures
Promethean Board discussion
Homework:  Study culture vocab.

1/9/12
Crossword puzzle
Culture Geography Vocabulary Test
Study all of Ch. on culture

1/10/12
Promethean Board
Homework:  Study

1/11/12
Cultural Geo. Test
Homework:  Review Population and Political Geography
Essay question study review:

1.  Identify and compare alternate solutions to world population growth.
2.  Compare birth control policies of India and China.
3.  Discuss the European Union and the UN.  Describe each.  What is each one's purpose?  How are they alike and different?
4.  What are some factors that bind a state together?  What causes disunity within a state?  Explain and give examples.

Week of Dec. 17-21

12/17/12
Collect extended response questions
Review essays
     Show sample paper and go over proper citations
     Promethean Board citing common paper problems
Review questions and collect responses
Homework:  begin working on question 4.
4.  The population pyramids of Kenya and Denmark (Barron's around p. 128) represent two countries at different stages of the demographic transition and economic development.
A. Explain the demographic characteristics of each country above with respect to the demographic transition model.
B. Discuss ONE positive impact of EACH country’s population structure on its economic development.
C. Discuss ONE negative impact of EACH country’s population structure on its economic development.

12/18/12

Address the following:
 The map on page 84 in Rubenstein shows net migration at the country level.
A. Identity two regions that have experienced net in-migration,
B. identify two regions that have experienced net out-migration.
C. Explain the processes that contribute to the general patterns of migration within the United States shown on the map above in terms of each of the following:
1. Economic structure
2. Friction of distance


12/19
Newtown connections to Human Geography
Finish Part C of above question
Homework:  Review Section 3 of Political Geo. for quiz tomorrow

12/20/12
Sec. 3 quiz
Paper suggestions on Promethean Board
Homework:  Start reading cultural geo. 1st section

12/21/12
Seminar Cultural Geo. Section 1
Homework:  Read  all of Barron's Cultural Geo.
  

 
 

Sample AP Test Questions Political

1. 
A. Define the following concepts as they are used in political geography.
         1. Nation--
         2. State--
         3. Nation-state--
 
B. For each of these concepts, name a specific example for each. (List of example could include your hearth, Mexico, Canada, Syria, Israel, Egypt, China, Greece, Germany, or Spain, etc.)
 
C. Explain how the pursuit of the nation-state ideal during recent decades or current times has led to conflict in each.


2. The visibility of any state depends on a balance between centripetal and centrifugal forces.
A. Define the concepts “centripetal force” and “centrifugal force.”
B.  Give a specific example of and explain a centripetal force that affects its viability.  (Here you can use your hearth or another state.)
C. With reference to a different specific example, explain a centrifugal force that affects the visibility of any of the major states. 

 

3.  The modern state system is engaged in a struggle between the forces of supranationalism and devolution.
A. Define both terms and give a geographic example for each.
B. With reference to the political and economical geography of Europe, briefly discuss three changes resulting from supranationalism.
C. With reference to the political and economical geography of Europe, briefly discuss three changes resulting from devolution.

4.  The population pyramids above represent two countries at different stages of the demographic transition and economic development.
A. Explain the demographic characteristics of each country above with respect to the demographic transition model.
B. Discuss ONE positive impact of EACH country’s population structure on its economic development.
C. Discuss ONE negative impact of EACH country’s population structure on its economic development.

5.  Find a map that shows the distribution of three religious groups on the contiguous United States,
A. Using the letters in the legend, name the three religious groups shown on the map.
B. For one of the three religious groups, first identity and then explain TWO factors that have influenced the distribution shown on the map.
C. Explain how the map as presented at this scale is an incomplete representation of the geography of religion in the United States,  

Directions for turnitin.com

1.  Go to turnitin.com
2.  click "create account"
3.  insert email address
4. click student and follow prompts

The paper will be uploaded so that I can see the results.

Class IDs and passwords
Period 3: 5863627  password dbhshg
           4:  5863642  password is dbhs

Week of Dec. 10-14

Dec. 10
Finish T-Shirt Travels
T-Shirt Travels discussion of critical issues
T-Shirt Travels quiz

Dec. 11
Political Geography chapter game

Dec. 12
directions for turnitin.com
Political Geo. Test
Homework:  Read first two sections of Cultural Geography "Cultural Basics" and "Language." Construct one question about a confusing issue and one question you would like to raise for discussion.

Dec. 13
Review critical AP Political Geo. exam questions.
Model how to answer questions
Practice question on nation-state and internal conflict.
Library research. 

Dec. 14
Continue media center research on model AP questions. (question 1,C)
Homework: 
correct colonization essays
finish question 1C
upload papers to turnitin
study vocab.