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APHG Unit 5

Unit focus

Unit 5 Enduring Understandings - What you need to know & understand

  • The development of agriculture led to widespread alteration of the natural environment
  • Major agricultural regions reflect physical geography and economic forces
  • Settlement patterns and rural land use are reflected in the cultural landscape
  • Changes in food production and consumption present challenges and opportunities
Source: CollegeBoard AP Human Geography Course Description 2015.
Unit Concepts: Agriculture, Food Production & Rural Land Use
A. Development and diffusion of agriculture
1. Neolithic Agricultural Revolution
2. Second Agricultural Revolution
3. Green Revolution
4. Modern Commercial Agriculture
B. Major agricultural production regions
1. Agricultural systems associated with major bioclimatic zones
2. Variations within major zones and effects of markets
3. Linkages and flows among regions of food production and consumption
C. Rural land use and settlement patterns
1. Models of agricultural land use, including von Thünen’s model
2. Settlement patterns associated with major agriculture types
3. Land use/land cover change, irrigation, conservation (desertification, deforestation)
D. Modern commercial agriculture
1. Biotechnology, including genetically modified plants and animals
2. Spatial organization and diffusion of industrial agriculture
3. Organic farming and local food production
4. Environmental impacts of agriculture
Targeted Learning Activities
Key Learning Activities
Socratic seminar on a current issue central to agriculture today.  Given the key nature of agricultural issues in the world today, this is an important unit.
Assessment Strategies
Unit Test including MCQ and FRQ

Resources for study & preparation


APHG TextBOOK resources

Fouberg (9th)
​CH. 11 Agriculture (Pages 349 to 381)  
Rubenstein (10th) 
CH. 9 Agriculture 12th Edition:
  • CH. 9, Key Issue 1 (PDF)​
  • ​CH. 9, Key Issue 2 (PDF)
  • CH. 9, Key Issue 3 (PDF)
  • ​CH. 9, Key Issue 4 (PDF)
    • ​​note: Key Issue #4 of the 12th edition is really different from the old edition. Be sure you are familiar with this! 
CH. 10  Agriculture ​(Pages 306 to 341)
Wood (2nd)        
Unit 5: Agriculture: Primary Economic Activities   (Pages 131 to 161)

presentation Slides

Presentations:
  • Unit 5 - Agriculture (Rubenstein) Lecture Slides
  •  Von Thunen Model
  • Amish vs. Industrial Farming​

Flashcards & study guides

Flashcards (Quizlet):
  • Unit 5 Vocab (50 terms with images)
  • ​Unit 5 Vocab (33 terms)
Study Guides/Reading Guides
  • Unit 5 Vocabulary - Defined with specific examples
  • APHG Unit 5 Test Study Guide
  • Unit 5 Lecture Notes
  • Chapter 9 Agriculture (Rubenstein) Reading Guide
  • ​Formative FRQ HINTS PPT
  • ​Formative MCQ HINTS PPT
  • SUMMATIVE Hints Presentation (combined for MCQ + FRQ)

Websites

  • Factory Farming Map (Interactive)
  • ThirdWorldFarmerSIM (simulation)​​​

Misc.  news Articles, etc. 

  • "Desperate workers on a Mexican mega-farm: 'They treated us like slaves' (LA Times shows the dark side of large-scale commercial farming in Mexico).​​
  • Seeds of Suicide: How Monsanto Destroys Farming (GlobalResearch.ca)
  • "We are What We Eat: Follow Corn through the industrial food system"

Practice Quizzes & Tests

  • CH. 11 (Fouberg) Agriculture & Rural Landscape - Practice Quiz
  • Traditional Agriculture Quiz - GeographyQuiz.org​
  • Modern Agriculture Quiz - GeographyQuiz.org
  • Landscapes of Human Activity Practice Quiz (Hill-McGraw Textbook)
  • Key Issue #1 Kahoot
  • Key Issue #2 Kahoot
  • Key Issue #3 Kahoot
  • Unit 5 Review Kahoot (40 questions)

Videos

Tutorial videos (Rubenstein Chapter Tutorials Provided by Andrew Patterson Educational Channel)​​​
-- Good for Review --or-- If you Were Absent from Class: ​
  • CH. 10 Agriculture Key Issue 1: Where did agriculture originate?
  • CH. 10 Agriculture Key Issue 2: Why do people consume different foods?
  • CH. 10 Agriculture Key Issue 3: Where is agriculture distributed?
  • CH. 10 Agriculture Key Issue 4: Why do farmers face economic difficulties?​
Other Useful Videos:
  • Types of Agriculture and Farming Practices (Slideshare review video)
  • Different Types of Farming - intro video to Agriculture, GCSE Geography review
  • Power of Place: "Chicago: Farming on the Edge" (start at 11:35min.)
  • Food, Inc. "Too Broke to Eat Well?"















Use the following videos for taking notes on the pros/cons of various types of agricultural practices.
  • Michael Pollan: “In Defense of Food” Trailer (teaser video clip to kick off pros/cons debate on the Future of Farming)
Foraging
  • "Lessons from Nature" (pro foraging)
Subsistence Agriculture
  • Subsistence Agriculture
  • Slash & Burn -- old method & new, more sustainable method
Agribusiness vs. Sustainable Farming
  • High tech Agribusiness (pro Agribusiness & GMO bias)
  • Large Scale Intensive Farming, BBC ​
  • Commercial vs. Sustainable Farming (pro Sustainable Farming bias)
  • Extensive Farming, short video 
  • Bugs or Burgers? Exploring Edible Protein (pro "bug" bias)
  • Food of the Future (pro insect bias, promoted by the Food & Agriculture Association of the UN)
GMOs
  • Bt Cotton: Seeds of Suicide (GMO seeds, India)
  • Pros & Cons of GMOs, According to Bill Nye (tries to present neutral position discussing both pros & cons of GMOs)
Pastoralism, Ranching & Grazing vs. Intensive livestock feedlots:
  • Pastoralism in Africa
  • Pastoral Nomadism: "Against All Odds", Oxfam East Africa
  • "Living Lightly: The Journey with Pastorilists", India
  • Nomads in Modern Society: Reindeer Herding
  • Modern Indigenous People: The Sami Today
  • Ranchlands: Crossroads, Colorado Bison and Cattle Ranching
  • "Why is it necessary to feed cattle in feedlots?", Australia (pro feedlot bias)
  • Temple Grandin HBO movie trailer (pro feedlot bias)
  • Temple Grandin - Humane Cattle Livestock Feedlot/Slaughterhouse documentary (pro feedlot bias)

​Commercial Fishing & Aquaculture:
  • "End of the line" (short version) documentary clip (critical look at commercial fishing & overfishing)
  • Singapore Urban Aquaculture short promo video (pro Aquaculture bias)
  • “Aquaculture is Changing Lives in Bangladesh”, “The Importance of Sustainable Aquaculture, TEDx (pro Aquaculture bias)
  • “Unsafe Shrimp and the question of Seafood Farming” Aljazeera (critical view/bias of aquaculture)
  • “Farmed Salmon, Unsafe and Unsustainable”, OceanFuturesSociety (critical view/bias of aquaculture)
  • “Should You Avoid Farmed Fish?” (video attempts to remain neutral on issue of aquaculture)
​Case Studies of Food Deserts, Urban Food Shortages:
  • U.S.: Millions of Americans Still Live in Food Deserts (ABC)
  • U.S.: No Easy Access: Food Deserts in D.C. (NPR)
  • U.S.: Building an Oasis in a Philadelphia Food Desert (PBSNewsHour)
  • Venezuela: How Long does it take to buy 8 basic food items? (BBC News)
  • Venezuela: Shortage of Basic Products in Venezuela (CNN)

​Interesting for "edutainment" value:​​
  • "The Meatrix" Relaunched -- Factory Farming Parody
  • "Store Wars" - An even cornier farming parody
  • Jamie Oliver: Nugget Experiment Epic Failure
  • Chipotle Ad - (critical ad of GMOs and agribusiness)
    • ​Chipotle Ad Review - (Positive Review)
    • Chipotle Ad Agribusiness Lashback (Negative Chipotle Parody Ad)
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