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AP Human Geography

Seven units. 73 topics. 64 CED-verified lesson plans. Every lesson cites verbatim Learning Objectives and Essential Knowledge codes from the College Board Course and Exam Description, with case studies drawn from CountryReports country data, AP-format practice questions, and four-block Standards Alignment for cross-framework use.

Units7 of 7Complete CED coverage
Lessons64One per CED topic
CED Topics73All topics covered
Total Time~60 hrs120-140 class periods
The 7 Units

浏览完整单元库

每个单元均链接至其专属中心页,包含完整课程序列、CED主题索引、考试技巧及可打印学习指南。

Unit 101

Thinking Geographically

The foundational toolkit — map types and projections, geographic data collection, geospatial technologies, spatial concepts, human-environment interaction, scales of analysis, and regional analysis.

7 lessons8-10% of exam
Unit 202

Population and Migration Patterns and Processes

Distribution, density, composition, demographic dynamics, the Demographic Transition Model, Malthus, population policies, aging, and the push-pull structure of migration.

8 lessons12-17% of exam
Unit 303

Cultural Patterns and Processes

Culture, cultural landscapes, types of diffusion, historical and contemporary drivers of diffusion, diffusion of religion and language, and the effects of cultural diffusion.

8 lessons12-17% of exam
Unit 404

Political Patterns and Processes

State sovereignty, political boundaries and their functions, forms of governance, devolution, challenges to sovereignty, and the consequences of centripetal and centrifugal forces.

10 lessons12-17% of exam
Unit 505

Agriculture and Rural Land-Use

Agricultural origins and diffusion, the Second Agricultural Revolution, the Green Revolution, production regions, the von Thünen model, the global food system, and challenges of modern agriculture.

12 lessons12-17% of exam
Unit 606

Cities and Urban Land-Use

Origins of urbanization, world cities, rank-size and primate-city rules, central place theory, six internal-structure models, density, infrastructure, urban sustainability, and urban challenges.

11 lessons12-17% of exam
Unit 707

Industrial and Economic Development

The Industrial Revolution, economic sectors, measures of development (GDP, GNI, HDI, GII), gender and microloans, theories of development, global trade, SEZs and deindustrialization, and sustainable development.

8 lessons12-17% of exam
三大核心理念

每个单元反复出现的框架问题

PSO

Patterns and Spatial Organization

How does where and how people live impact global cultural, political, and economic patterns? This big idea asks students to describe distributions and explain why they exist across scales.

IMP

Impacts and Interactions

How does the interplay of environmental, economic, cultural, and political factors influence changes in population, agriculture, urbanization, and industrialization? This big idea asks students to explain causality.

SPS

Spatial Processes and Societal Change

How do changes in a topic affect a place's economy, culture, and politics? This big idea asks students to apply models to predict likely outcomes of specific geographic scenarios.

五大技能类别

学生在考试中必须练习的内容

Skill 1

Concepts and Processes

Analyze geographic theories, approaches, concepts, processes, or models in theoretical and applied contexts. Sub-skills 1.A through 1.E.

Skill 2

Spatial Relationships

Analyze geographic patterns, relationships, and outcomes in applied contexts. Sub-skills 2.A through 2.E.

Skill 3

Data Analysis

Analyze and interpret quantitative geographic data represented in maps, tables, charts, graphs, satellite images, and infographics. Sub-skills 3.A through 3.F.

Skill 4

Source Analysis

Analyze and interpret qualitative geographic information in maps, images, satellite imagery, cartoons, and landscapes. Sub-skills 4.A through 4.F.

Skill 5

Scale Analysis

Analyze geographic theories, approaches, concepts, processes, and models across geographic scales to explain spatial relationships. Sub-skills 5.A through 5.D.

每节课包含的内容

完整严格课程模板

  • Sidebar verified-card — compact listing of the CED Topic, Suggested Skill, Enduring Understanding, Learning Objective, and Essential Knowledge codes.
  • Verbatim EK pullquote in the Key Concepts body, so the source language is right in front of the student.
  • Four country case studies per lesson, linked to the corresponding CountryReports country pages for live data grounding.
  • Discussion questions, classroom activities, and vocabulary cards with EK citations.
  • Four-block Standards Alignment with verbatim AP HG codes plus National Cross-Walks (NCSS, C3, CCSS), Discipline-Specific (Geography for Life, NCEE), and Other Assessment Frameworks (IB Geography, AP World, AP Euro).
  • AP-format practice set — at least one multiple-choice question and one free-response-question stem per lesson, scored to the College Board rubric.
  • Print stylesheet on every lesson so teachers can hand out a clean PDF without the site chrome.