Human Geography
AP 539.104 | Online | Liliana Monk
During this online AP Human Geography APSI, you’ll explore the course framework, the
exam, and the new AP resources that will help you plan and focus instruction—and give
you feedback throughout the year on the areas where individual students need additional
focus. You’ll also learn about completing the digital activation process at the start
of the school year that will give you immediate access to the new resources and will
help ensure that your students can register for AP Exams by the new fall deadlines.
By attending this APSI, you’ll gain deeper insight into the following key takeaways,
among several others: Understand the Course; Plan the Course; Teach the Course; Assess
Student Progress; and Engage as a Member of the AP Community. In addition, specific
attention will be paid to the following AP Classroom resources: unit guides, personal
progress checks, AP teacher community, and the AP question bank.
Liliana Monk
Lili has conducted numerous AP® teacher workshops and summer institutes, including two workshops at the College Board AP® National Conference. She has worked as an AP® Human Geography reader, table leader, question leader, and Assistant Chief Reader for 18 years and served on the AP® Human Geography Test Development Committee from 2006-2013. She recently served as an editorial consultant on several AP textbooks and has worked on the ancillary materials for the Human Geography for the AP Course published by Bedford Freeman Publishers. In 2018, she also created lessons on global agriculture for the educational website, AgCultures. In 2011, Lili received a Distinguished Teacher Award from the Fulbright Foundation for research and teaching in Argentina. Her research on the impact of trains on the depopulation of small towns led to the publication of an article in The Geography Teacher magazine in 2013, which received the Best Content Article award from the National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE) in 2014. Lili is the author of several other geography articles including "Beijing: A City in Search of its Destiny", also published in Geography Teacher in 2015, and New Trends in Cities and Suburbs in Advanced Placement Human Geography co-authored with Lisa Benton-Short and published in the Journal of Geography in 2016. Lili received a Distinguished Teaching Award from the National Council for Geographic Education in 2012 and was named one of 50 national Geography Teacher Fellows by the American Geographical Society in 2016 and 2017. She was also a member of the advisory committee of the Maryland Geographic Alliance and the AGS national Geography Teacher Fellows Committee. Lili Monk taught both high school and college in Maryland and the District of Columbia. She taught AP Human Geography at Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda, MD, and now teaches geography at George Washington University. Lili Monk received her B.A. in History and Political Science (Magna Cum Laude) from the State University of New York at Buffalo. She has a Master’s in International and Public Affairs (MIPA) from Columbia University (1978) and a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) from Johns Hopkins University (2000). Lili speaks six languages including Spanish, Portuguese, French, Chinese, and Hebrew. Lili is married and has two children. She enjoys hiking, biking, swimming, and of course, traveling.