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AP Human Geography Mrs. Hogarth

Unit Five Pacing Guide

UNIT FIVE: Agriculture and Rural Land Use

RUB – Ch. 10 & 12

• B Day has lesson 1st THROUGHOUT pacing guide!

Friday/Tuesday, 1/17 & 1/21/20 (No Reading)

1. EQ: Introduction to agriculture

a. agricultural origins and diffusions

b. agricultural production regions

c. intensive and extensive farming practices

2. Article Review: Feast and Famine: The Global Food Crisis.

Wednesday/Thursday, 1/22 & 1/23/20 (Rub pgs. 329-334…Key Issue 1)

READING QUIZ #1!

1. Map Analysis: U.S. Census of Agriculture Maps

a. Guess regions by nodes, climate, vernacular characteristics

2. Kuby computerized chapter activity: “Agricultural Landscapes & Production Methods” (Handout)

a. DUE: This activity due for homework by midnight on Sunday, 1/26/20 if not finished in class

Friday/Monday, 1/24 & 1/27/20 (Rub pgs. 335-342…Key Issue 2)

1. READING QUIZ #2!

2. FINISH: Ag Census Maps/Discussion/Questions

3. INTRO/DISCUSSION: “The Rent-a-Country”

4. Lecture: Types of Economic Activities & FIRST Agricultural Revolution

a. Video: CrashCourse “Agricultural Revolution” (YouTube)

b. Notes/overhead maps/list of hearths

5. Hand out article, “A Tiny Country Feeds the World” National Geographic (September 2017)

Tuesday/Wednesday, 1/28 & 1/29/20 (Rub pgs. none)

1. Case Study: Green Revolution in India

a. Video: “The Green Revolution” (YouTube – Nat’l History Day doc)

b. Reading/questions

Thursday/Friday, 1/30 & 1/31/20 (Rub pgs. 351-360…Key Issue 4)

READING QUIZ #3!

1. DUE: National Geographic article review

2. EQ: How are crops grown around the world?

a. Reading: Double cropping/intertillage/crop rotation

3. Graphic Organizer: Types of Agriculture (partner/text)

a. Types of agriculture NOTES

b. Overheads: Mapping Agricultural Regions; Tractor density; % of farmers

c. Vologda: Russian Farming in Flux (Power of Place video)

i. Discuss transition from communal to private agriculture

Monday/Tuesday, 2/3 & 2/4/20

1. Sub-Saharan Africa (Part 1) Map Quiz (above the squiggly line!)

2. Opening essential questions: Shifting Cultivation & Subsistence intensive wet rice

3. Shifting Cultivation

a. Amazonia: Living in the Forest (Discovery channel video)

i. With video questions/discussion (for both of today’s videos)

4. Green Revolution Revisited/”White Revolution”

a. Dikhatpura: Help Through Irrigation (Power of Place video)

Wednesday/Thursday, 2/5 & 2/6/20 (Rub pgs.; 403-406 – Ch. 12)

1. Key Issue #4: Why do farmers face economic difficulties?

a. Von Thunen Model

b. Issues for Subsistence Farmers

c. Strategies to Increase Food Supply

2. Rural land use: Settlement patterns

a. PowerPoint presentation

b. Video/map/NPR: Where are all the farmers?

Friday/Monday, 2/7 & 2/10/20

1. VOCAB QUIZ – (½ short answer; ½ fill-in)

1. Key Issue #3: Where are agricultural regions in more developed countries?

a. Nomadism vs. Modern ranching

i. The Meatrix animations & 45 Days in Life of Broiler Chicken

ii. EQ: What effects have the advent of factory farming had on our society in relation to livestock raising?

b. Documentary: King Corn &/or Food, Inc. (American agricultural emphasis on corn)

Tuesday, 2/11/20 GOVERNMENT TEST – ALL SECTIONS!

Wednesday 2/12/20

1. Finish any necessary activities/review unit information

2. Review Vocab Quiz Results

Thursday, 2/13/19 SPLIT CLASS

1. Finish any necessary activities/review unit information

2. Review Vocab Quiz Results

Friday, 2/14/20, ALL STUDENTS TEST IN ALL SECTIONS!

1. UNIT TEST (50 multiple choice) – 40 minutes

2. FRQ 1 (25 min) – 25 minutes

3. FRQ 2 (25 min) – 25 minutes

Monday-Friday, 2/17-2/21/19 FEBRUARY BREAK!!!

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