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AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY 2ND QUARTER PLAN Brian Miller and Kyle LinderDatesStandard/SOLTopicsSummative Assessments11/9-11/3012/1-12/21Unit 3: Parts I and II: CulturePart IDefine and give specific examples of various concepts which help to frame the study of cultural processesEvaluate the extent to which prevailing concepts help us to understand and explain cultural processesExplain how location affects cultural processes and practices—in the areas of language, ethnicity, gender, religion and social lifeExplain how culture creates symbols and meaning out of the geographic landscape, accounting for history, heritage, and values of cultural groupsIdentify specific symbolic landscapes and explain how and why certain cultural processes and practices are connected to themCulture – folk v. pop (origin, diffusion, and regions), examine specific examples of folk and pop cultureLanguage – how languages are classified and related, map the distribution of major language families worldwide, English as a case study and a modern lingua franca, explain the how/why/where of language change, local variations of language (slang, isogloss, and accents), language extinction, toponymsPart IIReligion – Study major religions (origin, diffusion, distribution, landscape expression), map religious regions globally and in the U.S., discuss Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Judaism, Hinduism, Sikhism (i.e. origins, branches, and distribution), look at how environment influences religion and how religion influences environment, religious conflicts (political, intrafaith, and interfaith) Ethnicity and Gender – describe distribution of major ethnicities in the U.S., examine how gender related issues are expressed spatially, ethnic conflict from different regions, discuss how nation-state configurations enhance ethnic conflict (i.e. stateless nations, multination states, etc.)Assess the way culture shapes human-environment relationships (i.e. religion can influence environmental perception and modification) (i.e. the varying impact on environment of traditional folk customs versus popular culture)Understand varying cultural landscapes – how culture is expressed in landscapes and how landscapes in turn represent cultural identityWhere do cultures originate and diffuse?Why is folk culture clustered?Distribution of cultureGlobalization of cultureDistribution of EnglishRelation of English to other languagesOther language familiesLocal languagesDistribution of religionsPatterns of space amongst religionsTerritorial conflictsDistribution of ethnicitiesEthnicity vs. NationalityConflictsEthnic cleansingCulture & Language TestReligion TestVocabulary QuizzesCurrent EventsTBD1/3-1/26Describe the ways in which different nations draw or label maps to protect or advance their interestsDescribe the effects of national boundaries on the lives of people in boundary regions—in terms of trade, security and livelihoodList and describe the geographical reasons why nations and peoples claim and construct territorial boundaries—explaining the difference between “state” and “nation”Explain how physical geography affects the creation of, and territory claimed by, nation-states and city-statesDescribe the ways in which the configuration of territories or “zones” can enhance or diminish political power—at both the local level and the supra-state level. Define “geographical sovereignty” with specific examples of people claiming, losing, or gaining itExplain the differences between Colonialism, Expansionism, and Globalization, describing the details of their economic and environmental components with the use of specific examplesDefine democratization and describe its role in ethnic geography, political cooperation or unification, and political devolution. Explain specific examples of eachSummarize the history of the United Nations and identify issues of current importance to itConsider the forces that are changing the role of individual countries including ethnic separatism, economic globalization, the emergence of regional economic blocs, and the need to confront environmental problem that cross national boundariesExplore political units above, below, and beyond the state (i.e. above the state = regional schemes and alliances such as NATO and the EU) (i.e. below the state = electoral districts, municipal boundaries, gerrymandering)Where are states located?Why do boundaries between states cause problems?Why do states cooperate with each other?Why has terrorism increased?Political Geography TestVocabulary QuizzesCurrent EventsTBD ................
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