AP Human Geography INTRO ASSIGNMENT 2017-2018

Selected Readings and Video Reflections • Students will read 1 geography-related book from the provided list. • Students will read 2 articles from the provided list. • Students will watch 1 video selected from the provided list.

Journal/Scrapbook Project • Students will create a composition book project with the following:

1. Table of Contents (1 page) 2. Local Geography Analysis (~5-10 pages)

§ Population § Popular Culture § Language § Religion

§ Ethnicity/Race § Development / Urban Patterns § Agriculture § Industry / Services

3. 4 Reading and Video Reflections from the assigned readings (4-8 pages) § 1 Book Review § 2 Article Notes and Reflections § 1 Video Reflection

4. Country Profile (2-4 pages) 5. Unit 1 Vocabulary Flashcards (60 terms)

*Journal/Scrapbook Projects may be typed, handwritten, hand-drawn, collage-style, arranged in a composition book, binder, scrapbook, and journal. Be creative.

• Students should also read Chapter 1, Thinking Geographically from Rubenstein’s Cultural Landscape, available online through G-Classroom. This will be assessed.

Students will need access to the following in order to complete their Summer Assignment:

• 1 book (from the provided list) • 1 composition book (or folder, binder, or scrapbook) • printer access

• paper & index cards (for printing and flash cards) • pens & colored pencils (possibly glue) • Internet (for research, articles, videos, book)

Approximately 10-20 hours of Internet access will be necessary to complete this assignment. If there is a long-term issue with Internet access, alternative arrangements must be made with Ms. Rowan before 6/12/2017.

Table of Contents

Local Geography

Written Reflections

Country Profile

Unit 1 Flashcards

Total Points

Weight 5 40 50 20 15 130 Overall *Creativity = 10 Cited Sources = 10 150

Submitting this assignment on the 1st day of class will result in additional 10% extra credit being added to the student’s overall grade. All students MUST turn in work for an assessment grade by the deadline below:

DUE DATE FOR Q1 EXTRA CREDIT: 1st Day of Class DEADLINE FOR REGULAR CREDIT: Thursday, September 14th

ASSIGNMENT SCORING

REQUIRED RESOURCES/MATERIALS

ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW

Part 1: SELECTED READING AND VIDEO DIRECTIONS: Choose the number of books, articles, and videos specified below to complete the Summer Assignment.

Select 1 book to read and review (though you’re welcome to read more than 1):

• A History of the World in 12 Maps – Jerry Brotton • A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier – Ishmael Beah• Afghanistan from the Cold War through the War on Terror – Barnett R. Rubin • Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water – Marc Reisner • China Goes Global: The Partial Power – David Shambaugh • Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World – Mark Kurlansky • Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization – Parag Khanna • Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States – Kenneth Jackson • Dispatches from Pluto: Lost and Found in the Mississippi Delta – Richard Grant • Empire of Cotton: A Global History – Sven Beckert • Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal – Eric Schlosser • From the Ruins of Empire: The Revolt Against the West and the Remaking of Asia – Pankaj Mishra • How the States Got Their Shapes – Mark Stein • I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban – Malala Yousafzai • In the Time of Butterflies – Julia Alvarez • Operation Gatekeeper and Beyond: The War On "Illegals" and the Remaking of the US-Mexico

Boundary – Joseph Nevins • Please Don’t Come Back From The Moon – Dean Bakopoulos • Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World – Tim Marshall • Salt: A World History – Mark Kurlansky • Street of Eternal Happiness: Big City Dreams Along a Shanghai Road – Rob Schmitz • The Beekeeper's Lament: How One Man and Half a Billion Honey Bees Help Feed America – Hannah

Nordhaus • The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America – Erik

Larson • The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World – Eric Weiner • The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World's Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to

Silicon Valley – Eric Weiner • The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape – James

Howard Kunstler • The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus – Richard Preston • The New Geography of Jobs – Enrico Moretti • The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals – Michael Pollan • The Potato: How the Humble Spud Rescued the Western World – Larry Zuckerman • The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against

Fate – Robert D. Kaplan and Tim Marshall • The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century – Thomas L. Friedman • Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and

Happier – Edward Glaeser • Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty – Daron Acemoglu and James

Robinson

BOOK CHOICE LIST

Select 2 articles (or excerpts) to read:

• A Bumpy Road: The Challenges of Naming Streets for Martin Luther King, Jr. by Derek H. Alderman, Steve Spina. and Preston Mitchell (January 2008) | Find in the link below: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286186299_A_Bumpy_Road_The_Challenges_of_Naming_Streets_for_Martin_Luther_King_Jr

• Can We Feed The World & Sustain The Planet? by Jonathan Foley (Nov. 2011) | Find here: http://www.geog.psu.edu/sites/default/files/Scientific%20American%20Article.pdf

• Could What Happened in Flint Happen Anywhere? by Randy Lee Loftis (Jan. 2016) Find here: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/160125-flint-michigan-water-crisis-lead-poisoning/

• New Map Shows The Dark Side of Artificial Light by Lee Billings (June 2016) | Find below: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-map-shows-the-dark-side-of-artificial-light-at-night/

• Tapping the Power of Place by Tim Lockette (Fall 2010) Find here: http://www.tolerance.org/sites/default/files/general/Tapping_The_Power_38.pdf

• The 5 Big Questions About Europe’s Migrant Crisis by Naina Bajekal (Sep. 2015) Find here: http://time.com/4026380/europe-migrant-crisis-questions-refugees/

• The Big Questions in Geography by Susan Cutter, Reginald Golledge, and William L. Graf (2002) Find here: http://webra.cas.sc.edu/hvri/pubs/2002_TheBigQuestionsInGeography.pdf

• These 14 Walls Continue to Separate the World by Rick Noack (Nov. 2014) | Find below: www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2014/11/11/these-14-walls-continue-to-separate-the-world/

• Washington’s Ferguson Next Door, Lessons from Prince George’s County’s history of police brutality by Ruben Castaneda (September 2014) Find here: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/09/washingtons-ferguson-next-door-110707

Select 1 video to watch:

• Baltimore and Beyond (Brookings Creative Labs, 2015) Find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDawOJVm-is

• History through the Rise of the Potato (TED-Ed, 2015) Find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xROmDsULcLE

• In Detail: Sunnis vs. Shiites (CBS News, 2015) Find here: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/in-detail-sunnis-vs-shiites/

• Marxist vs. Malthusian Theories of Population Growth (study.com | Christopher Muscato, 2015) Find here: http://study.com/academy/lesson/marxist-vs-malthusian-theories-of-population-growth.html

• Pat Mulroy on Lake Mead, Water Scarcity, and Climate Change (Brookings Institution, 2015) Find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_uANbjviYs

• The Myth of Race, Debunked in 3 Minutes (Vox.com, 2015) Find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnfKgffCZ7U

• What happens when continents collide? (TED-Ed, 2015) Find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PddQvyiBfdc

VIDEO CHOICE LIST

ARTICLE CHOICE LIST

Part 2: JOURNAL/SCRAPBOOK PROJECT

ß I. TABLE OF CONTENTS

DIRECTIONS: Use the first page of your project for the Table of Contents. In this page, you should include the following (each of the following are worth 1 point): 1. Include the title of the page.

2. The name of each section of your project. 3. List the page # where each section starts. 4. Neat or readable handwriting. 5. Accurate page numbers. This is the first page of your Journal Scrapbook Book Project. It is worth 5 points of your overall Summer Assignment grade.

ß VII. WORKS CITED PAGE

DIRECTIONS: Use the final page of your project for the Works Cited page or Bibliography. In this page, you should include the following (1 points each from #2-8): 1. Cite multiple sources (3 or more). (3 pts.) 2. Use formal citations (APA or MLA). 3. Annotate or explain how you used sources. 4. Explanations are thoughtful. 5. Sources are valid and credible. 6. Source page shows in-depth research. 7. Sources are written neatly or typed. 8. Demonstrates accurate information. This page of your assignment is worth 10 points of your overall grade.

Works Cited

Last Name, First Name. Title of Source. Year. http://www.website.edu/source1/. This source was helpful because it provided definitions for geographical terms from Ch. 1. Last Name, First Name. Title of Source. Year. http://www.website.edu/source2/. The site provided a chart of the racial demographics in my town. Last Name, First Name. Title of Source. Year. http://www.website.edu/source/. This site helped me better understand my country of choice.

Table of Contents

My Local Geography … 1 Reading/Video Reflections … 11 Yemen Country Profile … 22

Unit 1 Foldable Glossary … 44 (or include set of flashcards) Sources … 65

ß II. LOCAL GEOGRAPHY

DIRECTIONS: Start the Local Geography section on the 2nd page of your Composition Book. In this Section, you should address (and list the sources of) specific information/facts about the following concepts: • Population • Language • Religion • Ethnicity • Development

• Urban Patterns • Agriculture • Industry • Services • Popular Culture

Be sure to be the area as specific as possible to where you live. Alternatively, you may pick a place you were born in if you are able to find all the specific information required. Describe as much as you can about where you live, the people who live there, and the features of your community. (5-10 p, 40 Points) In covering all the topics – including images, charts, and maps – cite your sources *(such as www.census.gov).

ß III. REFLECTIONS DIRECTIONS: You will write a reflection or review on 4 items: 1 book, 2 articles, and 1 video. See the Choice Lists for your options for each item. You must select your book, articles, and video from the list provided. Each of your 4 reflections should include the following: • Summary of Reading/Video • Evaluation or Review • Connection to Class/Geography

Each of the above sections should be 1-3 paragraphs each. In other words, for each reflection, you should have 3 sections, ranging from a total of 3 paragraphs (minimum) to 9 paragraphs (though there is no limit). The reflections are 50 points of your final project grade. The book reflection makes up 15 points, each article is 12.5 points, and the video reflection is 10 points.

Hyattsville, MD

I live in an area known as the Historic District in Hyattsville, Maryland. In the following sections, I will include information about the city of Hyattsville and the people who live in it. Population: According to 2010 Census, there are approx. 17k residents of Hyattsville. Languages Spoken: English 41% of households speak languages other than English at home, according to the Census.

Local Geography

EXAMPLE PAGE

Salt: A History of the World

by Mark Kurlansky

Summary: In his writing, Kurlansky demonstrated how salt has changed the course of human history… Evaluation: At first, I thought this book would not hold my attention. However, I quickly became interested on the topic of… Connections to Class: In studying geography this year, this book may relate to class in many ways. The first connection …

Book Reflection (Abbreviated) EXAMPLE PAGE

ß IV. COUNTRY PROFILE DIRECTIONS: Using the CIA World Factbook and other online resources, complete a profile any country of your choice. Your profile should include the following: - Map - Population Pyramid

- Other Characteristics from chart below.

Use the site below to complete research for the other characteristics: www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ar.html This section of your project is worth 20 points and range 2-4 pages.

Characteristics to include in the Country Profile:

Country Profile: South Sudan

Reflection EXAMPLE PAGE

PopulationEthnicGroups…Languages…Religions…

People & Society Energy Transportation - Population - Ethnic groups (%) - Languages - Religions - Median Age - Population Growth - Sex Ratio - Life expectancy (at birth)

- Physician Density - Drinking water (improved)

- HIV/AIDS population

Crude oil: - exports - imports - reserves

- Airports - Railways - Roadways - Container Ports

Economics Communication - GDP (purchasing power) - GDP (per capita) - GDP (by sector) - Agriculture products - Industries

Telephone: - Total fixed lines - Total mobile cellular lines TV Broadcast Internet Users: - Total - % of Population

VI. CH. 1 VOCABULARYà DIRECTIONS: Before your Works Cited page, you will create a Glossary Section for Unit 1: History and Research Methods in Psychology. Using the terms listed, follow the steps below: 1. List the term. (.5 point) 2. Find and define the term in your own words! (1 point) 3. Modify your Unit 1 Glossary so that the

section functions as a foldable (be creative). Alternatively, you may create a separate set of flashcards. (1 point)

The Unit 1 Glossary section of the Summer Assignment is worth a total of 150 points.

Define all of the terms below in the remaining pages of your project. • Agricultural density • Arithmetic density • Base line • Cartography • Concentration • Connections • Contagious diffusion • Cultural ecology • Cultural landscape • Culture • Density • Diffusion • Distance decay • Distribution • Environmental determinism • Expansion diffusion • Formal region • Functional region • Geographic Information

System (GIS)

• Global Positioning System (GPS)

• Globalization • Greenwich Mean Time • Hearth • Hierarchical diffusion • International Date Line • Land Ordinance of 1785 • Latitude • Location • Longitude • Map • Mental map • Mercator Projection • Meridian • Parallel • Pattern • Physiological density • Place • Possibilism • Polder

• Prime meridian • Principal meridian • Projection • Region • Regional studies • Relocation diffusion • Remote sensing • Resource • Robinson Projection • Scale • Section • Site • Situation • Space • Space-time compression • Stimulus diffusion • Toponym • Township • Transnational corporation • Uneven development • Vernacular region

Ch 1. Thinking Geographically Key Vocabulary

Agricultural density

(flip for definition)

Projection (flip for definition)

Scale (flip for definition)

Longitude (flip for definition)

GPS (flip for definition)

Cartography (flip for definition)