The Cultural Landscape

A Refined Learning Path

• Each chapter is organized around four Key Issues that highlight the “big questions.”
• UPDATED Learning Outcomes begin each chapter and emphasize skills and knowledge students should gain from each section.
• NEW Summary & Review ends each chapter and includes:
• A brief summary of the chapter’s four Key Issues
• A new critical-thinking question that invites students to relate their learning to the big ideas from the AP Human Geography Curriculum Framework

Discovery Based Learning

UPDATED Doing Geography and the accompanying What’s Your Geography? features discuss geographic tools, techniques, and skills used to address real-world problems. Students then play the  role of geographers by applying these skills and techniques to their own experiences and environments. This discovery-based learning connects the global to the local, and help students apply human geography to their everyday lives.

UPDATED Debate It! features two sides of a complex topic to engage students in active debate around the most critical issues explored in  human geography today. New topics include the latest nuanced debates of issues such as Universal Health Care, privacy rights, immigration controls, and more. The features now also conclude with Questions for Research & Analysis.