AP Human Geography (APHG)
Human Geography is the study of human’s imprint on the landscape of earth. Furthermore, it is the study of how people make places, how people organize space and society, how people interact with each other in places and across space, and how people make sense of others and ourselves along the lines of locality, region, and world. There are 5 themes that will be covered in all units of Human Geography. The 5 themes are location, human-environment interactions, region, place and movement. These themes will be addressed in how they interact and mold landscape in concerns of scale and place when dealing with the 14 chapters of our Human Geography text. Some groupings include but are not limited to the following:
· Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives
· Population
· Cultural Patterns and Processes
· Political Organization and Space
· Agricultural and Rural Land Use
· Industrialization and Economic Development
· Cities and Urban Land Use
American National Government (ANG)
Course Description
American National Government is a course that is designed to help students understand the basic framework and concepts important to the American system of government. The course will be arranged into five basic units:
· Historical development of U.S. Government
· Federalism and the Constitution
· The Legislative Branch
· The Executive Branch
· The Judicial Branch