GeoActivity Types in APHG: Introduction

Geography teachers use various instructional strategies to pro-mote students’ geography learning, from reading maps to making of West Georgia, in this study we aimed to collect instructional strategies for geography learning—GeoActivity types—to be implemented in College Board’s Advanced Placement Human Geography (APHG) courses. Collaborating with five experienced APHG teachers, we identified several GeoActivity types and documented detailed instructional processes, implementation strategies, assessment methods, expected learning outcomes, and tips and recommendations for APHG teachers. Through this symposium, we introduce five GeoActivity types (i.e., analysis of maps and photos, discussions, field study, exam preparation, end-of-year culminating project) to the readers of The Geography Teacher and share specific approaches successfully implemented in classrooms by experienced APHG teachers.