9th grade AP Geography
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Anonymous
| My kids took AP Human Geo in 9th, it was a good intro to an AP class. “Apple HuG” it’s called. |
Anonymous
| Is it more difficult than the Honors World History class? A little more difficult? A lot more difficult? |
Anonymous
| Mine took in 9th grade a few years ago. It was one of his favorite classes of all time. It is a good intro to AP and not as hard as AP US History or AP World History. Required more work and more critical thinking than Honors World History though. |
Anonymous
| It's not easy. The only A- and now B+ on my ninth grader's otherwise straight A grade book. |
Anonymous
What makes it more difficult specifically? My kid is also considering taking it. She likes reading and papers. Are you talking about a lot of that or really difficult tests? How does the work load compare to other classes? |
Anonymous
| If you take AP Human Geography in 10th, what's the course trajectory after? AP World 1 in 11th and APUSH in 12th? |
Anonymous
You need 2 worlds and 2 US. Geo counts as a world. Assuming that the kid took world in 9th, they take US in 11th and Government in 12th |
Anonymous
AP world is 10th grade. AP human geography would then take your 10th grade elective slot |
Anonymous
| Our counselor said you could take either AP world OR Ap human geography. Meaning, AP Human Geography could be subbed for one of the two world history requirements. Is that wrong? |
Anonymous
Maybe you can but I wouldn't. It's very different content. AP Human Geo is more an elective and doesn't cover core world history content. Just an interesting and easier extra AP class if your kid is looking for one. Ours took it 9th because it was the only AP allowed in 9th grade. They don't allow it any more at our school. |
Anonymous
Thanks, this makes sense. |
Anonymous
That is correct - it replaces one year of world history. So my kid is taking 9th grade - honors world history 10th grade - AP Human Geography 11 grade - AP US history 12th grade - government |
Anonymous
The new track at schools offering it for freshman is going to be 9th grade AP human geo 10th grade AP world 11th grade AP US 12th grade AP government |
Anonymous
AP world is more rigorous, and in my opinion, the best class in FCPS to transition your kid into a more mature level of thinking, writing, and studying. I have had 3 kids go through AP World. It is a challenging class, but one I would not recommend skipping if your kid is a strong, college bound student. I would definitely choose AP World over AP Hunan Geography if you feel it is one or the other. |
Anonymous
I would keep AP World if you have a college bound kid. |