William Penn High School
Department of Social Studies
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

AP Human Geography
Instructor: Kristen Taggart
ktaggart@colonial.k12.de.us
302-323-2813, ext. 1105

Test Date: May 14, 2010

 

Text Reading Strategies

 

Unit Vocabulary & Course Materials
(Cumulative Vocabulary List)
(Cumulative Vocabulary List by Unit)

*The titles of the units are linked to the Vocabulary and Focus questions for the chapters.

Thinking Geographically (Ch 1)

Supplemental Readings
Supplemental Videos
"What is Where, Why There, and Why Care? (Gritzner, C.F., 2002) One Earth, Many Scales (PofP Episode #1)
Pattison's 4 Traditions  
The 5 Themes of Geography  
Map Projections (Nystrom Desk Atlas, 2000 edition, pp. 138-139)  
Summary of Projection Properties  
Map Collection (PLACE II: Population, Landscape, and Climate Estimates)  
Measure of America  
Geocaching  

Population & Migration (Ch 2 & 3)
Unit Project: Land of Hope (tentative)

Supplemental Readings
Supplemental Videos
If the World Were a Village of 100 People Small Farms, Big Cities (PofP Episode #12)
Nativity of the Population and Place of Birth of the Native Population: 1850 to 1990 Delhi: Bursting at the Seams (PofP Episode # 16)
Refugee & Disaster Definitions Population Geography (PofP Episode #21 - both segments)
Redoubt fumarole doubles overnight (1/31/09, Anchorage Daily News) - Human - Environment Interactions Sao Paulo: The Outer Ring (PofP Episode #23)
Snapshot: Global Migration (NY TImes, June 22, 2007) Chicago: Farming on the Edge (PofP Episode #24)
Visualizing Density (Lincoln Institute of Land Policy) Vancouver: Hong Kong East (PofP Episode #25)
  Montreal: An Island of French (PofP Episode #25)
  US Midwest: Spatial Innovations (PofP Episode #26)

Culture (Ch 4, 5 & 6)
Unit Project: Culture of a Country Research Outline (Due Friday, 3/6)

Supplemental Readings
Supplemental Videos
Family Tree of Indo-European Languages History of Religion: The Geography of Faith and Its Wars Across History
PBS Evolution:Religion Web site Dagestan: Caucusus Disconnect (PofP Episode #8)
Comparison of Islam, Judaism, and Christianity Lanzhou: Confluence of Culture (PofP Episode #11)
Comparing Eastern & Western Religions Indonesia: Tourist Invasion (PofP Episode #14)
J'lem Votes Likud, Tel Aviv - Kadima (2/11/09 - Jerusalem Post) Multi-Cultural Malaysia (PofP Episode #14)
Religious Tolerance Organization (Web site) Jerusalem: Capital of Two States? (PofP Episode # 17)
The Great Mirror (Web Photo Album) S. Africa: This Land is My Land (PofP Episode #19)
  Boston: Ethnic Mosaic (PofP Episode #24)
  Vancouver: Hong Kong East (PofP Episode #25)
  Montreal: An Island of French (PofP Episode #25)
  Waltzing Matilda (Tom Waits Live, 1977)
  African fractals, in buildings and braids (Ron Eglash, June 2007)
   
   
   

 

Political Geography (Ch 7 & 8)

Supplemental Readings
Supplemental Videos
J'lem Votes Likud, Tel Aviv - Kadima (2/11/09 - Jerusalem Post) Endgame in Kosovo (NY Times)
Ben Affleck's Journey to the Congo: Parts 1 & 2 (Nightline) Come Out Ye Black and Tans (Irish Rebel Song)
Crisis Imperils 2-State Plan , Shifting a Balance (1/11/09, NY Times) National Anthems Web site
Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization The Agronomist
Memories of the Skokie that Was (12/14/08, Chicago Tribune) Speak Truth to Power Web site
The World's Best Country for Women (Marie Claire) Bloody Sunday
The Great Mirror (Web Photo Album)  
   

 

Development (Ch 3, 9, 14)

Supplemental Readings
Supplemental Videos
Diffusion of Wal-Mart Map Banana Split (Film segment) by Shebandowan Films
Editorial: The Apple v. The Twinkie (6/14/08, Washington Times) World on Fire, Music Video (Sarah Mclachlan)
Ending Famine, simply by ignoring the experts (12/1/07, International Herald Tribune) Teenage Affluenza is Spreading Fast (Satire)
Measure of America The Campaign for Femal Education
The World's Best Country for Women (Marie Claire)  
The Great Mirror (Web Photo Album)  
   
   

 

Economic Geography (Ch 9, 10, 11 & 12)

Supplemental Readings
Supplemental Videos
Diffusion of Wal-Mart Map Future of Food
US States renamed for Countries with Similar GDP's King Corn
Beef From Pasture to Plate (Web site) Game Simulation: Burger Tycoon **Warning: There are some curse words in the dialogue.
Animal Handling (Web site) The Meatrix **This is biased against corporate farming.
ADM (Web site)  
Editorial: The Apple v. The Twinkie (6/14/08, Washington Times) Store Wars: Organic Food v. Chemicals and GMO's
Applying Von Thunen - Milkman in India (Image) Banana Split (Film segment) by Shebandowan Films
Measure of America Future of Food (Intro) - Film segment by Lily Films
The World's Best Country for Women (Marie Claire)  
The Great Mirror (Web Photo Album)  

 

Urbanization (Ch 13)

Supplemental Readings
Supplemental Videos
Diffusion of Wal-Mart Map James Howard Kunstler criticizes American sprawl. **Warning: There is some swearing in this discussion!
Visualizing Density (Lincoln Institute of Land Policy) Little Boxes of Levittown
The Great Mirror (Web Photo Album)  
   
   
   
   
   

 

Resources (Ch 14)

Supplemental Readings
Supplemental Videos
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   



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