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a site with LOTS of links to a variety of Geography games to help AP Human Geo kids learn maps!!! in one spot it has links grouped by region of the world - which is often how we test kids, and then towards the bottom it has the various map quiz sites.

Great resource for AP Human Geo teachers!

This site is great to have kids (I use in AP Human Geography) use cultural clues and other geography knowledge to figure out where in the world they are!

study resources!

tons of reiew resources!

Chokepoints with maps. If you teach AP Human Geo this might come in very handy!

This site has great info, descriptions, etc of city models that AP Human Geography uses

Probably kind of out there, but if you teach AP Human Geography and need a current visual for comparing British to American English for the "Language" chapter - this site has a comparison of the British and American Versions of the first Harry Potter novel (so it's current for the kids and something they have a connection to)

VERY COOL video - one of my students actually shared it with me! I plan to use this with my AP Human Geography students! In my case I may use it as an opener to the class as to what types of things we will cover and the connectedness of everything. Also great for Industrialization, Globalization, etc!

I would like to encourage you to view or research some critiques of this material. After I viewed your post, I did some research and it looks like there is good criticism out there of this video that it portrays a one sided argument. I don't believe the video is wholly inaccurate. However, the video does present information that is easily questionable due to inaccurate and impartial interpretations. Part of our duty as great teachers it to present all facts and allow young citizens to use their own questioning to make informed decisions.

I don't disagree with you. You don't have to 'encourage me to research critiques'. Maybe I should have written more when I posted it, but I was in a rush and just bookmarked it typed quick comments. I actually had seen the critiques. However, the way in which it is made, and things included are great for use as discussion starters and prompts for fact finding. I didn't include my lesson plan or the way I personally plan to use it, as I felt that was not relevant. I think each person can decide on their own how to use it. I agree great teachers do have a job to teach studnets to critically question and analyze - something I do all the time with my students. It helps when there is compelling items like this video to garner their interest. One of the things my students look at during our time together is motivation, and bias. So when I show it, my students will also be looking at who funded the video, and follow that trail back to look at biases that the group/companies involved might have. Also, with the different portions, as you mention, it is one sided in areas, so again, part of my personal lesson plan with this is that as we reach various portions of class that correlate with the video, my studnets will be viewing that portion and doing their own addition of the other side of the story. And I use a strategy called "philosophical chairs" and portions of this video along iwth well constructed starter questions are great for utilization in that situation.

I've used this during this school year to motivate and inspire my AP students, then I replay it every now and then to bring the motivation back. Kids really like it!!! I even made a bulletin board with the slogan on it and am having kids write on it what they are doing to "cross the line" to make it interactive!

Great site for current articles about topics that are global.

PBS lesson plan, with video, discussion questions, etc

I"m a fan of Amanpour's anyway, but her show and the corresponding website is GREAT if you teach any kind of current events class, or APHuman Geo or something where you need current global stories!! :)

7 bill video good as opener or "hook"

documentaries on native americans and Rwanda reconciliation