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Advanced Placement
Human Geography
Explore how people have shaped the earth!
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- Authors and Reviewers
- Introduction
- Unit/Topic Structure
- College Readiness Skills
- Visual Support
- Assessment
Teacher Resources
p. iii
Authors and
Reviewers
AMSCO consultants, writers, and reviewers are known throughout the country as exemplary teachers and leaders within their respective disciplines. AP Human Geography Senior Consultant, David Palmer, is a College Board® national consultant and has served as a question leader, lead table leader, and test item creator for the AP Human Geography exam. He has been a classroom teacher for more than 20 years.
pp. iv-xix
Table of
Contents
The coursebook is divided into seven units that build on the Big Ideas and Enduring Understandings from the AP Human Geography College Board Curriculum Framework.
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pp. xxi-xxxiv
Introduction
A comprehensive Introduction outlines course and exam requirements, offers strategies for answering varied question types, and details a review schedule for effective exam preparation.
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pp. xxv-xxvii
Course
Content
Questions on the AP exam are aligned to seven broad topics related to human and physical geography. These topics follow the College Board’s framework for systematic study of human geography.
pp. xxvii-xxxiii
Guide to
Answering
Different
Question
Types
Students are provided with scaffolded guidance through a step-by-step development guide which explains how to answer the two types of questions on the exam: MCQs and FRQs.
p. xxxiv
Review
Schedule
A review schedule helps keep both students and teachers on track for success!
Student Edition
Unit/Topic Structure
pp. 1-7
Unit 1
Overview
This unit introduction has been expanded to highlight the Course Skills needed in AP Human Geography. These are taken from the College Board’s Course and Exam Description and are critical to success on the AP exam.
p. 53
Unit
Introduction
Each unit begins with a brief overview of the content and a list of the Enduring Understandings that are covered in the unit.
pp. 55, 60
Essential
Question
The stage is set for each chapter with an Essential Question. This guiding question prepares students for comprehensive learning. Additionally, at the conclusion of each chapter, a Reflect on the Essential Question prompt offers students the opportunity to analyze and synthesize topic content and build critical writing skills.
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pp. 55-60
Instructional Content
The narrative instructional content is concise and focused on just the information covered on the AP Course and Exam Description with the use of appropriate and relevant language. Topics are divided into manageable sections for enhanced student comprehension.
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Readability and Accessibility
The narrative instructional content is concise and focused on just the information covered on the AP Course and Exam Description with the use of appropriate and relevant language. Topics are divided into manageable sections for enhanced student comprehension.
p. 60
Key Terms
Each chapter’s conclusion features a list of key terms identified in the chapter narrative. This is included to aid in review.
Student Edition
College Readiness Skills
p. 70
Geographic Perspectives
In each chapter, the Geographic Perspectives feature introduces students to the systematic study of patterns and processes that have shaped human understanding, use, and alteration of the earth’s surface by highlighting the spatial perspective that is distinctive to the field.
p. 70
Think As a
Geographer
The end-of-chapter Think As a Geographer feature builds on one of the methods and skills used by geographers in science and practice—such as interpreting maps, understanding networks, recognizing scales of analysis, and defining regions.
p. 129
Write As a
Geographer
The Write As a Geographer feature in the Unit Reviews focuses on one of the writing skills needed to answer a free-response question on the AP exam. Scaffolded guidance is provided to prepare students to write effective answers.
Student Edition
Visual Support
pp. 22, 24, 38, 39
Maps and
Graphics
Maps, charts, graphs, and other visual materials are integrated into the text to help students practice their analytical skills.
PowerPoint
Slides
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Teacher Edition
Customizable PowerPoint slides are provided of all visuals in the student text. ​
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Assessment
pp. 71-74
Formative
Assessment
End-of-chapter formative assessment includes seven multiple-choice questions all based on stimulus material and one stimulus-based
free-response question.
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pp. 518-546
Summative
Assessment
Practice Exam
Following the final chapter is a complete practice examination mirroring the exact question types, timing, and instructions of the current AP Human Geography exam.
Teaching Edition
pp. 1-10
Answer Key and Scoring Rubrics
A comprehensive Answer Key identifies the best choice for each multiple-choice question and provides examples of good responses to the free-response questions. Each question is correlated to the three elements of the AP Human Geography Curriculum Articulation—learning objectives, course skills, and the most relevant related textbook pages.
pp. 198-236
CED
Correlation
A detailed page-by-page correlation of the AMSCO coursebook content to the AP Human Geography course content, course skills, and Big Ideas as presented in College Board’s Course and Exam Description (CED).