AP Human Geography Course Description (College Board)
Ethel Wood's AP Human Geography: A Study Guide (PDF) - excellent review book
Learn: Physical and Political Geography
www.ilike2learn.com
Google Earth
News
General
Maps and Mapmaking
Population
Migration
Country Studies
Culture, Religion, Language etc.
Ethnicity (except for the first link, all are PBS video websites)
Politics & War
Development, Industrialization & Economics
Ethel Wood's AP Human Geography: A Study Guide (PDF) - excellent review book
Learn: Physical and Political Geography
www.ilike2learn.com
Google Earth
- Google Earth
- Sketch-Up: Google 3-D Warehouse
- Baltimore in 3-D on Google Earth Video
- Google Earth Plug-ins
- Click here to download David Rumsey’s collection of historical map google earth layers: rumsey_collection.kmz
- Track every plane in flight: http://fboweb.com/flighttracking/
- Track satellites orbiting earth
- Geocaching: real-world outdoor treasure hunting.
News
- The Baltimore Sun http://www.baltimoresun.com/
- CNN http://www.cnn.com/
- The Associated Press http://www.ap.org/
- Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/
- New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/
- Bloomberg http://www.bloomberg.com/
- Time Magazine Archives www.time.com/time/archive
- Newsweek http://www.newsweek.com/
- World News http://wn.com/
- BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/
- The Guardian UK http://www.guardian.co.uk/
- Pravda http://english.pravda.ru/
- Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com
- MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/
- Fox News http://www.foxnews.com/
- The Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/home-page
- USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/
- L.A. Times www.latimes.com
- CBS News http://www.cbsnews.com/
- ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/
- Reuters http://www.reuters.com/
- The Drudge Report http://www.drudgereport.com/
- The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
General
- PBS www.pbs.org
- Global Connections www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/
- NOVA www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/
- Affluenza www.pbs.org/kcts/affluenza/home.html
- People Like Us www.pbs.org/peoplelikeus/
- PBS Guns, Germs and Steel http://www.pbs.org/gunsgermssteel/
- Association of American Geographers www.aag.org/HDGC/Hands_On.html
- Centre for Statistics) www.geog.le.ac.uk/cti/hum.html
- National Geographic Society www.nationalgeographic.com
- Peace Corps World Wise Schools www.peacecorps.gov/wws/educators/
- National Council for Geographic Education http://ncge.org/
- BBC Schools Geography http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/
- Frontline World http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/
- Geonet Geotopics www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk
- World Resources Institute http://www.wri.org/
Maps and Mapmaking
- NASA—MODIS Homepage http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/
- Africa—Climatographs http://www.hawaii.edu/hga/Lessons/Afri
- Map Projections http://personal.uncc.edu/lagaro/cwg/mapproj/
- Library of Congress Maps http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/
- National Geographic www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/index.html
- Oddens Bookmarks http://oddens.geog.uu.nl/index.php
- Places and Regions http://www.colorado.edu/geography/COGA/
- World Maps http://es.rice.edu/projects/Poli378/Maps/
- GPS http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/
- All About GPS http://www.trimble.com/gps/
Population
- Essays on Population Issues: http://www.globalissues.org/issue/198/human-population
- Excellent Population Clock:http://www.poodwaddle.com/worldclock.swf
- Good tutorial on population growth over time: http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange2/current/lectures/human_pop/
- 6 Billion Human Beings http://www-popexpo.ined.fr/english.html
- Age-Sex Pyramids http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/
- All 10 Million Europeans http://web.inter.nl.net/users/Paul.Treanor/nohumans.html
- Cartogram Construction http://www-viz.tamu.edu/faculty/house/cartograms/1996Anim.html
- Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/
- World Population Trends http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/LUC/Papers/gkh1/chap1.htm
- Epidemic! http://www.pbs.org/fredfriendly/epidemic/
- UNEP- World Population http://www.grida.no/db/maps/prod/level3/id_1250.htm
- Census Population Change http://www.census.gov/prod/2/pop/p23/p23-193.pdf
- Population Trends in the UK http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp99/rp99-111.pdf
- IDB Population Pyramids http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbpyr.html
- NOAA- Population Density http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbpyr.html
- NOVA- World in the Balance http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/worldbalance/
- Population and Age Pyramids http://www.demog.berkeley.edu/~marcia/poppyr.html
- Population Reference Bureau http://www.prb.org/Content/NavigationMenu/PRB/
- Census Bureau- Population Estimates http://www.census.gov/popest/estimates.php
- Population Index http://popindex.princeton.edu/index.html
- Population Reference Bureau http://www.prb.org/
- Project GeoSim http://geosim.cs.vt.edu/
- UNFPA http://www.unfpa.org/swp/swpmain.htm
- Animated US Population Pyramid http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/Animation/pyramid.html
- World Bank- Life Expectancy, etc. http://www.worldbank.org/data/maps/
- Yahoo! Population http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Issues_and_Causes/Population/
Migration
- PBS– Beyond the Border http://www.pbs.org/itvs/beyondtheborder/
- PBS—Dying to Leave http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/shows/dying/index.html
- Forced Migration http://www.forcedmigration.org/
- Historical Census Data http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0029/
- History Now http://www.historynow.org/03_2005/index.html
- Mexican Migration Project http://mmp.opr.princeton.edu/
- Migration Information http://www.migrationinformation.org/
- POV—Borders http://www.pbs.org/pov/borders/index_flash.html
- POV http://www.pbs.org/pov/
- PBS—The Border http://www.pbs.org/kpbs/theborder/
- Wayfinders http://www.pbs.org/wayfinders/
Country Studies
- PBS—Africa http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/
- Liberia http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/liberia/index.html
- Global Tribe http://www.pbs.org/kcet/globaltribe/
- The Amazon http://www.pbs.org/journeyintoamazonia/
- Altapedia http://www.atlapedia.com/
- CIA Factbook http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
- Infoplease http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html
- Lonely Planet http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/
- Canada http://www.statcan.ca/start.html
- World Bank http://www.worldbank.org/data/countrydata/countrydata.html
Culture, Religion, Language etc.
- PBS—Australia http://www.pbs.org/wnet/australia/glossary.html
- Cajun Dictionary and Food http://www.pbs.org/tasteofla/bb_cajundict.html
- Do You Speak American? http://www.pbs.org/speak/
- Food for the Ancestors http://www.pbs.org/foodancestors/main.html
- PBS—Islam Empire of Faith http://www.pbs.org/empires/islam/
- PBS–River of Song http://www.pbs.org/riverofsong/
- The Meaning of Food- Kosher http://www.pbs.org/opb/meaningoffood/food_and_culture/
- Pop vs Soda http://www.popvssoda.com/
- PBS—America Singing http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ihas/
- Wideangle—Time for School http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/shows/school/index.html
- PBS—Women Who Rock http://www.pbs.org/itvs/welcometotheclub/
- Religious Headlines from CNN: http://topics.cnn.com/topics/religion
- Wideangle—Young, Muslim… http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/shows/france/index.html
- Mexican people—Retanet http://retanet.unm.edu/index.pl?section=1996LPs
- Maritime Culture http://www.abc.se/~m10354/publ/cult-land.htm
Ethnicity (except for the first link, all are PBS video websites)
- Summary on the difference between ethnicity & race: http://www.diffen.com/difference/Ethnicity_vs_Race
- American Family (Mexican) http://www.pbs.org/americanfamily/
- Becoming American (Chinese) http://www.pbs.org/becomingamerican/
- Chinatown http://www.pbs.org/kqed/chinatown/resourceguide/index.html
- Homeland (Native American) http://www.pbs.org/itvs/homeland/
- Matters of Race http://www.pbs.org/mattersofrace/
- Roots in the Sand (India) http://www.pbs.org/rootsinthesand/
- Race—the Power of an Illusion http://www.pbs.org/race/000_General/000_00-Home.htm
- Searching for Asian America http://www.pbs.org/searching/
Politics & War
- Wideangle—Women in Rwanda http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/shows/rwanda/index.html
- Wideangle—Bosnia http://www.pbs.org/wnet/cryfromthegrave/
- Is a Nation Always a Region? http://www.keene.edu/orgs/geogranite/lessons/X0109_321rtf.html
- Yahoo! Genocide http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Crime/Types_of_Crime/
Development, Industrialization & Economics
- Cities of Today and Tomorrow http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/habitat/index.asp
- Edge Cities http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa020700a.htm?once=true&
- Census—Metropolitan Areas http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metroarea.html
- Race Segregation http://members.aol.com/brownkevin/private/pia2193c.html
- Urban Sprawl http://realtytimes.com/rtnews/rtcpages/19980923_sprawl.htm
- Sprawl and Growth http://www.plannersweb.com/articles/sprawl-articles.html
- Primate Cities http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa092099.htm?once=true&
- Tokyo Train Map ` http://www.askasia.org/image/maps/i000272.htm
- Urban Sprawl http://geography.about.com/msub120.htm?once=true&
- Urban Sprawl http://realtytimes.com/rtnews/rtcpages/19980923_sprawl.htm
- Moscow Metro Map http://www.metro.ru/map/2005/
- Washintong DC Metro Map http://www.wmata.com/metrorail/systemmap.cfm
- Interstate Highway System http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa052499.htm?once=true&
- Burgess Land Use Model http://www.geog.umontreal.ca/geotrans/eng/ch6en/conc6en/burgess.html
- VonThunen’s Model http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa060297.htm
- Affluenza—Land Use Project http://www.pbs.org/kcts/affluenza/treat/tguide/tguide8.html
- Affluenza—The Impact of Stuff http://www.pbs.org/kcts/affluenza/treat/tguide/tguide9b.html
- Affluenza– World Consumption http://www.pbs.org/kcts/affluenza/treat/tguide/tguide7.html
- Bananas, Cairo and Retail http://www.es.mq.edu.au/humgeog/HSCmenu/
- PBS—Battle for World Economy http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/lo/index.html
- Frontline—Walmart http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/
- PBS—Store Wars http://www.pbs.org/itvs/storewars/
- PBS—Death of Small Farms http://www.pbs.org/ktca/farmhouses/
- Wideangle—To Have & Have Not http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/shows/china/index.html
- Service Sector Employees http://www.ombwatch.org/budget/1996/lowinc/inserv2.html
- Trends in Service Sector http://www.ombwatch.org/budget/1996/lowinc/servtren.html