Human Geography |
This page is meant to serve as a spot for teachers to come and find materials/lesson ideas to help teach concepts for Human Geography. This page is not by any means exhaustive, and is being continuously built onto. Please fully review the resources before incorporating them into your own classroom to ensure appropriateness for age group and student composition. If you are teaching Advance Placement Human Geography please also make sure to check the Course and Exam Description to see what needs to be included in your class.
"I'm pullin for ya, we're all in this together, keep your stick on the Ice" - Red Green
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Sample Course Structures
My personal AP Human Geography website
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An on-level (non-AP) Human Geography course
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Online Human Geography taught at the university level
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A world regional approach to teaching Human Geography
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*Note - These courses are in varying degrees of doneness and redesign. I have taught all of these courses at one time or another, and am currently in the process of updating some of them. If you're looking for specific materials please let me know.
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Unit 1: Thinking Geographically
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1.1 Introduction to Maps
The True Size Of.... (Resource)
Map Men (Resource)
1.3 The Power of Geographic Data
TED Talk: Dan Scollon - GIS (Resource)
1.5 Human–Environmental Interaction
1.7 Regional Analysis
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1.2 Geographic Data
1.4 Spatial Concepts
1.6 Scales of Analysis
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Unit 2: Population and Migration Patterns and Processes
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2.1 Population Distribution
Gapminder (Resource)
Cooper Center: The Racial Dot Map (Resource)
2.3 Population Composition
Population Pyramids.net (Resource)
TedEd: Population Pyramids (Resource)
100 People: A World Portrait (Resource)
2.5 The Demographic Transition Model
2.7 Population Policies
2.9 Aging Populations
2.11 Forced and Voluntary Migration
LWT: Migrants and Refugees (Resource - Warning: Language)
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2.2 Consequences of Population Distribution
BBC - Don't Panic: The Facts About Population (Documentary)
2.4 Population Dynamics
U.S. Census Bureau (Resource)
Population Reference Bureau (Resource)
CIA World Factbook (Resource)
World Mapper (Resource)
2.6 Malthusian Theory
2.8 Women and Demographic Change
TED Talk - Hans Rosling: Religion and Babies (Resource)
2.10 Causes of Migration
International Organization for Migration (Resource)
2.12 Effects of Migration
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Unit 3: Cultural Patterns and Processes
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3.1 Introduction to Culture
3.3 Cultural Patterns
Momondo the DNA Journey (Resource)
Muslim Identify in Europe (Resource)
3.5 Historical Causes of Diffusion
VOX: 40 Maps that Explain the Middle East (Resource)
3.7 Diffusion of Religion and Language
Animated Map Show the Spread of Religion (Resource)
VOX: 25 maps that explain English (Resource)
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3.2 Cultural Landscapes
U.N. Gender Development Index (Resource)
3.4 Types of Diffusion
3.6 Contemporary Causes of Diffusion
3.8 Effects of Diffusion
Jimmy Nelson - Before They (Resource)
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Unit 4: Political Patterns and Processes
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4.1 Introduction to Political Geography
4.3 Political Power and Territoriality
Dokdo-Takeshima (Resource)
4.5 The Function of Political Boundaries
The Most Complex International Borders (Resource)
4.7 Forms of Governance
4.9 Challenges to Sovereignty
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4.2 Political Processes
LWT: U.S. Territories (Resource - Warning Language)
4.4 Defining Political Boundaries
4.6 Internal Boundaries
270 to Win (Resource)
The Redistricting Game (Resource)
4.8 Defining Devolutionary Factors
Fragile States Index (Resource)
4.10 Consequences of Centrifugal and Centripetal Forces
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Unit 5: Agriculture and Rural Land-Use Patterns and Processes
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5.1 Introduction to Agriculture
5.3 Agricultural Origins and Diffusions
PBS: Guns, Germs and Steel (Documentary)
5.5 The Green Revolution
5.7 Spatial Organization of Agriculture
40 Maps that Explain Food in America (Resource)
5.9 The Global System of Agriculture
Hungry Planet (Resource)
5.11 Challenges of Contemporary Agriculture
Blue Gold: World Water Wars (Documentary)
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5.2 Settlement Patterns and Survey Methods
USDA: Rural Development (Resource)
5.4 The Second Agricultural Revolution
5.6 Agricultural Production Regions
5.8 Von Thünen Model
5.10 Consequences of Agricultural Practices
Food Inc. (Documentary)
The Aral Sea Crisis (Documentary)
The Lorax (Movie)
5.12 Women in Agriculture
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Unit 6: Cities and Urban Land-Use Patterns and Processes
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6.1 The Origin and Influences of Urbanization
6.3 Cities and Globalization
6.5 The Internal Structure of Cities
6.7 Infrastructure
6.9 Urban Data
City Lab (Resource)
City-Data.com (Resource)
6.11 Challenges of Urban Sustainability
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6.2 Cities Across the World
6.4 The Size and Distribution of Cities
6.6 Density and Land Use
6.8 Urban Sustainability
Urbanized (Documentary)
6.10 Challenges of Urban Changes
TED Talk - Erica Hagen: Mapping the Slums (Resource)
Gentrification in America Report (Resource)
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Unit 7: Industrial and Economic Development Patterns and Processes
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7.1 The Industrial Revolution
7.3 Measures of Development
United Nations Human Development Report (Resource)
UNHDR - Human Development Indicators (Resource)
7.5 Theories of Development
7.7 Changes as a Result of the World Economy
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7.2 Economic Sectors and Patterns
7.4 Women and Economic Development
Girl Rising (Resource)
7.6 Trade and the World Economy
7.8 Sustainable Development
U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (Resource)
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Review Materials
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General Human Geography Resources
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