AP Human Geography
Below you will find C-SPAN Classroom resources relating to the sections and periods listed above and found in the AP Human Geography Course and Exam Description. Click on each title to expand the section and view the featured resources.
Unit 1: Thinking Geographically
1.1 Introduction to Maps
Bell Ringer: Types of Maps: Stick Map (3:17)
Bell Ringer: Early Maps of the World (2:56)
1.2 Geographic Data
Bell Ringer: Applications of Geographic Information Systems (4:19)
Bell Ringer: Interpreting Maps and Identifying Misinformation (3:55)
1.3 The Power of Geographic Data
Lesson Plan: The Ghost Map
Bell Ringer: Severe Weather Forecasting (2:12)
Bell Ringer: Extreme Weather Events and Climate Change (3:24)
1.4 Spatial Concepts
Lesson Plan: The World is Flat: Distance Decay and Space-Time Compression (2 Clips)
Bell Ringer: The American Exclave of Point Roberts, Washington (6:08)
Bell Ringer: Moving the Capital of Nebraska (5:51)
1.5 Human-Environmental Interaction
Lesson Plan: The Grand Canyon: John Wesley Powell's Expedition (3 Clips)
Bell Ringer: Natural and Cultural Landscapes (4:18)
Bell Ringer: Human-Environmental Interaction: The 100th Meridian (4:47)
Bell Ringer: Irrigation and Agriculture Industry in Yuma, Arizona (6:10)
Lesson Plan: Landscapes and History (8 Clips)
1.6 Scales of Analysis
Lesson Plan: Scales of Geographic Analysis
1.7 Regional Analysis
Lesson Plan: The American South as a Vernacular Region (3 Clips)
Bell Ringer: Mapping Regional Dialects during the Civil War (6:09)
Unit 2: Population and Migration Patterns and Processes
2.1 Population Distribution
Video Clip: 2020 Census and Apportionment Results (2:51)
Lesson Plan: Overview of the Census (9 Clips)
Bell Ringer: Changing Political Demographic and Geographic Trends (3:50)
2.2 Consequences of Population Distribution
Lesson Plan: Overview of the Census (9 Clips)
Bell Ringer: The Demographic Impacts of China's One-Child Policy (5:29)
2.3 Population Composition
Lesson Plan: Overview of the Census (9 Clips)
Bell Ringer: Age Distribution and Political Affiliation in the U.S. (6:02)
Bell Ringer: Race and Demographic Changes in the U.S. (3:04)
Bell Ringer: Chinese Population in America (2:17)
2.4 Population Dynamics
Bell Ringer: Slowing Population Growth Rates in the United States (2:04)
Bell Ringer: Predicting Population Growth in the United States (3:48)
Bell Ringer: World Population Growth Rates (3:46)
2.5 The Demographic Transition Model
Bell Ringer: The Demographic Transition in 19th Century Europe (4:17)
Bell Ringer: Demographic Transitions and Social Stability (1:44)
Bell Ringer: Comparing Infant Mortality Rates (4:12)
2.6 Malthusian Theory
Bell Ringer: Thomas Malthus, The Population Bomb and the Green Revolution (2:31)
2.7 Population Policies
Bell Ringer: Population and Immigration Policy in the U.S. (3:57)
Bell Ringer: Fertility Rates and Pro-Natal Policies (3:01)
Bell Ringer: The Origins of China's One-Child Policy (5:39)
Bell Ringer: The Demographic Impacts of China's One-Child Policy (5:29)
2.8 Women and Demographic Change
2.9 Aging Populations
Bell Ringer: Social Security (3:35)
Bell Ringer: Slowing Population Growth Rates in the United States (2:04)
2.10 Causes of Migration
Bell Ringer: Push and Pull Factors (2:05)
Lesson Plan: The Great Migration (9 Clips)
Video Clip: The Use of the Term "Chain Migration" (6:10)
Bell Ringer: Chinese Immigration in the U.S. in the 19th Century (6:22)
Bell Ringer: U.S.-Mexican Relations and Immigration (14:50)
Bell Ringer: Indian Immigration to the United States (5:23)
2.11 Forced and Voluntary Migration
Forced Migration
Deliberation: Should the U.S. grant asylum to refugees displaced from nations that have state-sponsored terrorism?
Lesson Plan: The Asylum Application Process in the United States (5 Clips)
Lesson Plan: The Osage Native Americans - Removal, Wealth, Murder (5 Clips)
Bell Ringer: The African Slave Trade and the Middle Passage (6:27)
Lesson Plan: The Indian Removal Act of 1830 (4 Clips)
Voluntary Migration
Bell Ringer: Internal Migration in the United States (4:11)
Bell Ringer: 20th Century US Immigration Law: The Bracero Program (1:24)
Bell Ringer: Immigration History and the Hart-Celler Act (8:40)
Bell Ringer: 20th Century US Immigration Law: The National Origins Act (3:20)
Bell Ringer: What is DACA? (3:57)
Bell Ringer: Border Enforcement and the Origins of Undocumented Immigration (13:04)
2.12 Effects of Migration
Lesson Plan: The Great Migration (9 Clips)
Lesson Plan: Refugees & National Security (6 Clips)
Deliberation: To What Extent Should the Federal Government Impose Limits on Immigration?
Bell Ringer: The Impact of Brain Drain on States (3:41)
Bell Ringer: Culture, Migration and the Ozarks (2 Clips)
Bell Ringer: Immigration and Cultural Assimilation (4:26)
Unit 3: Cultural Patterns and Processes
3.1 Introduction to Culture
3.2 Cultural Landscape
Bell Ringer: Culture, Migration and the Ozarks (2 Clips)
Bell Ringer: The Cultural Landscape of American World War I Cemeteries (5:10)
Bell Ringer: The Economic and Geographic Landscape of the American West (8:48)
Video Clip: Walking Tour of Chinatown in San Francisco (10:52)
3.3 Cultural Patterns
Lesson Plan: Alaska Native Culture Groups (7 Clips)
Bell Ringer: Culture, Migration and the Ozarks (2 Clips)
Bell Ringer: The Use of American Indian Imagery in American Culture (2:29)
Video Clip: Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (3:36)
3.4 Types of Diffusion
Bell Ringer: The Spread of Mexican Food Around the World (4:39)
Bell Ringer: World War II - Pop Culture as Propaganda (8:31)
Bell Ringer: Changes to the United States in the 1840s (2:25)
3.5 Historical Causes of Diffusion
Lesson Plan: The Osage Native Americans - Removal, Wealth, Murder (5 Clips)
Bell Ringer: Indian Boarding Schools and Assimilation (2:41)
Bell Ringer: Indian Schools in Nevada (4:20)
Bell Ringer: The French Settlement of Mobile, Alabama (3:25)
3.6 Contemporary Causes of Diffusion
Bell Ringer: Technological Revolutions and the Impact of Society (4:43)
3.7 Diffusion of Religion and Language
Video Clip: President Putin on Minority Languages and Regionalism in Russia (3:13)
Bell Ringer: Mapping Regional Dialects during the Civil War (6:09)
Bell Ringer: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (2:42)
Bell Ringer: 19th Century Missionaries in Oregon (4:35)
Bell Ringer: Brigham Young and the Settlement of Salt Lake City (2:00)
Bell Ringer: California Missions (9:10)
Bell Ringer: Origins of the Qur'an (6:54)
Bell Ringer: Mecca and the Hajj (3:24)
3.8 Effects of Diffusion
Lesson Plan: World War I and Religious Peace Groups (5 Clips)
Bell Ringer: The Use of American Indian Imagery in American Culture (2;29)
Bell Ringer: The Sunni and Shiite Divide (4:17)
Video Clip: Native Americans and Common Stereotypes in Pop Culture (4:12)
Bell Ringer: Black History Represented in Popular Movies (5:51)
Unit 4: Political Patterns and Processes
4.1 Introduction to Political Geography
4.2 Political Processes
Bell Ringer: National Sovereignty and the Treaty of Westphalia (3:16)
Bell Ringer: The Thirteen Original Colonies (4:08)
Bell Ringer: The Effect of Colonialism on Nigeria (1:51)
Bell Ringer: Evolution of Middle Eastern States during the 20th Century (5:42)
Bell Ringer: The Historical Background of the Creation of Israel (5:04)
Bell Ringer: The Rise of Populism around the World (3:26)
Bell Ringer: What is Sovereignty? (2:01)
Bell Ringer: Nationalism and World War I (3:44)
Bell Ringer: Native American Citizenship (8:32)
4.3 Political Power and Territoriality
Bell Ringer: U.S.-Canada Border: The Pig War in Northwest Washington (2 Clips)
Bell Ringer: The Historical Background of the Creation of Israel (2 Clips)
4.4 Defining Political Boundaries
Bell Ringer: The American Exclave of Point Roberts, Washington (6:08)
Bell Ringer: West Virginia Statehood (2:15)
Bell Ringer: Partition of India (3:49)
Bell Ringer: Origin of Time Zones (5:10)
4.5 The Function of Political Boundaries
Bell Ringer: Creating the American West: Boundaries and Borderlands (17:20)
Video Clip: The History of Barriers on the U.S.-Mexico Border (4:22)
Deliberation: What should the United States do to address issues along the U.S.-Mexico border? (12 Clips)
4.6 Internal Boundaries
Lesson Plan: The Redistricting Process: How States Draw District Maps (7 Clips)
Bell Ringer: Partisan Gerrymandering and How District Lines are Drawn (8:13)
Bell Ringer: The Nation's Capital and the Compromise of 1790 (3:40)
Bell Ringer: Moving the Capital of Nebraska (5:51)
Bell Ringer: The Political Status of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (5:14)
Deliberation: Should Washington, D.C. become the 51st state? (9 Clips)
4.7 Forms of Governance
Bell Ringer: The Benefits of Federalist Systems of Government (5:06)
Deliberation: The Electoral College
Bell Ringer: Authoritarianism in Venezuela (3:24)
Bell Ringer: Devolution and the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) (2:16)
Bell Ringer: The Role of State and Local Governments in the U.S. (6:09)
4.8 Defining Devolutionary Factors
On This Day: Fall of the Berlin Wall (5 Clips)
Bell Ringer: Ethnic Divisions in Afghanistan and U.S. Foreign Policy (4:02)
Bell Ringer: Ethnic Divisions and the Struggle for Democracy in Iraq (4:04)
Bell Ringer: Devolution and the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) (2:16)
4.9 Challenges to Sovereignty
Bell Ringer: The Nigerian Civil War (2:41)
Lesson Plan: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) (10 Clips)
Lesson Plan: The Structure of the United Nations (8 Clips)
Lesson Plan: The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) (9 Clips)
Bell Ringer: The Changing Dynamics of the International Cooperation (2:09)
Bell Ringer: Globalization and the Interdependence of Governments (3:54)
Bell Ringer: Twitter's Role in Global Protests (4:47)
Bell Ringer: Regionalism in Mexico (3:00)
Bell Ringer: The Structure of the European Union (1:59)
Bell Ringer: The Impact of EU Policies on the Global Businesses (5:16)
Bell Ringer: The Goals and Origins of the World Bank (3:30)
Bell Ringer: Role of the World Health Organization (3:22)
4.10 Consequences of Centrifugal and Centripetal Forces
Lesson Plan: Oral Histories of the Holocaust (8 Clips)
Bell Ringer: The War on Terror (4:14)
Bell Ringer: The Democratization of the World (3:54)
Bell Ringer: Native American Citizenship (8:32)
Unit 5: Agriculture and Rural Land-Use Patterns and Processes
5.1 Introduction to Agriculture
Bell Ringer: California's Agricultural History (2:32)
Bell Ringer: Bell Ringer: The Heinz Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (5:49)
Bell Ringer: The Chile Pepper and New Mexico (3:43)
Bell Ringer: Fur Farms of Alaska (7:22)
5.2 Settlement Patterns and Survey Methods
Bell Ringer: Native American and English Settlers Land Usage (2 Clips)
Bell Ringer: The Settlement of Detroit and Land Use (3:50)
5.3 Agricultural Origins and Diffusion
Bell Ringer: Agriculture and the Columbian Exchange (5:16)
Bell Ringer: The Diffusion of Agricultural Products (1:38)
5.4 The Second Agricultural Revolution
Bell Ringer: The Reclamation Act and the Huntley Irrigation Project (3:54)
Bell Ringer: California's Agricultural History (2:41)
Bell Ringer: The Economic and Geographic Landscape of the American West (8:48)
Bell Ringer: Kentucky Whiskey (5:32)
5.5 The Green Revolution
Bell Ringer: Thomas Malthus, The Population Bomb and the Green Revolution (2:41)
Bell Ringer: The Cherry Industry (5:32)
5.6 Agricultural Production Regions
Bell Ringer: Irrigation and Agriculture Industry in Yuma, Arizona (6:10)
Bell Ringer: Mediterranean Agriculture in Fresno County, California (6:17)
Bell Ringer: Cattle Production and Land Use (2:26)
5.7 Spatial Organization of Agriculture
5.8 Von Thunen Model
Bell Ringer: Wisconsin Cheesemaking (3:53)
5.9 The Global System of Agriculture
Bell Ringer: Food Policy in the U.S. (6:01)
Bell Ringer: The Department of Agriculture (5:41)
Bell Ringer: Factors That Impact U.S. Food Prices (4:38)
Video Clip: Free Trade and Agriculture (2:50)
Bell Ringer: The Spread of Mexican Food Around the World (4:39)
5.10 Consequences of Agricultural Practices
Bell Ringer: The Impact of Factory Farms (2:19)
Bell Ringer: Animal Agriculture and Climate Change (3:10)
Bell Ringer: Tragedy of the Commons and the Role of Government in Society (2:06)
Bell Ringer: Trends in Plant-Based Meat Consumption (2:04)
5.11 Challenges of Contemporary Agriculture
Bell Ringer: What is the Farm Bill? (2:51)
Bell Ringer: Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) (3:55)
Bell Ringer: Monopolies and Their Impact on Farmers (2:36)
Bell Ringer: The Evolution of Modern Agriculture (2:18)
5.12 Women in Agriculture
Bell Ringer: Dolores Huerta and the United Farm Workers (4:16)
Unit 6: Cities and Urban Land-Use Patterns and Processes
6.1 The Origin and Influences of Urbanization
Bell Ringer: Growth of Cities (3:45)
Bell Ringer: Relative Location and Rebuilding after the Great Chicago Fire (2:59)
Bell Ringer: Factors Influencing the Economic Growth of Cities (5:45)
Bell Ringer: Technological Revolutions and the Impact of Society (4:43)
Bell Ringer: The Evolution of the Middle Class (2:59)
Video Clip: Cities and the Great Migration (2:34)
6.2 Cities Across the World
Bell Ringer: Global Cities and Urbanization (1:57)
6.3 Cities and Globalization
Bell Ringer: Silicon Valley and Its Impact on Surrounding Cities (7:03)
6.4 The Size and Distribution of Cities
Lesson Plan: Parking in the United States (11 Clips)
6.5 The Internal Structure of Cities
Bell Ringer: Changes to Central Business Districts (2:13)
Bell Ringer: The Layout and Growth of New York City (4:32)
6.6 Density and Land-Use
Lesson Plan: Density, Land Use and Culture in Los Angeles and New York
Bell Ringer: Levittown and Post-World War II Suburbanization (2:54)
Bell Ringer: Eminent Domain and Property Rights (3:44)
Video Clip: Geographic Changes after COVID-19 (4:21)
Lesson Plan: Landscapes and History (8 Clips)
6.7 Infrastructure
Video Clip: What is Infrastructure? (1:20)
Bell Ringer: Urban Transportation Planning in Lafayette, Indiana (5:37)
Bell Ringer: Urban Policies Impacting the Flint Water Crisis (3:25)
Bell Ringer: Fixing Urban Traffic Problems with Congestion Fees (6:34)
6.8 Urban Sustainability
Bell Ringer: Urban Opportunity Zones (2 Clips)
Bell Ringer: City Beautiful Movement in Kansas City (3:50)
Bell Ringer: Tax Incentives to Encourage Local Economic Development (3:24)
6.9 Urban Data
Lesson Plan: Analyzing the 2020 Census Results (Research Activities)
6.10 Challenges of Urban Changes
Lesson Plan: Housing Segregation and the Role of the Federal Government (7 Clips)
Bell Ringer: The Origins of Redlining (4:33)
Bell Ringer: Historic Redlining and Recent Cases of Housing Discrimination (2:01)
Bell Ringer: Detroit's Birwood Wall (6:12)
Bell Ringer: Detroit's Paradise Valley and Urban Renewal (3:43)
Bell Ringer: Early History of Public Housing (2:33)
Bell Ringer: The State of Homelessness in the United States (3:15)
6.11 Challenges of Urban Sustainability
Video Clip: National Climate Assessment (8:06)
Unit 7: Industrial and Economic Development Patterns and Processes
7.1 The Industrial Revolution
Bell Ringer: The First and Second Industrial Revolutions (2:07)
Bell Ringer: The Assembly Line and Fordism (6:34)
Bell Ringer: Child Labor and the English Industrial Revolution (3:40)
Bell Ringer: The Meiji Restoration and Japanese Modernization (2:31)
7.2 Economic Sectors and Patterns
Lesson Plan: Sectors of the Economy (3 Clips)
Lesson Plan: The Coal Industry (7 Clips)
Bell Ringer: Importance of the Steel Industry (3:09)
Bell Ringer: Iron Production in Alabama (6:28)
Bell Ringer: Trans-Alaska Pipeline (4:21)
Bell Ringer: IBM in Rochester (7:30)
Bell Ringer: The Lumber Industry in Traverse City, Michigan (5:06)
Bell Ringer: Toledo and the Glass Industry (6:45)
Bell Ringer: Intermodal Freight Transportation (1:44)
7.3 Measures of Development
Bell Ringer: What does Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Measure? (4:42)
7.4 Women and Economic Development
Video Clip: The Gender Pay Gap (5:06)
7.5 Theories of Development
Bell Ringer: Foreign Investment in Nigeria (4:29)
Bell Ringer: Foreign Aid (5:06)
7.6 Trade and the World Economy
Lesson Plan: The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) (9 Clips)
Lesson Plan: Trade Policy: Tariffs and Free Trade (9 Clips)
Bell Ringer: Chinese Protectionist Trade Policies (2:03)
Video Clip: Oil and Supply and Demand Economics (3:45)
Video Clip: Chinese President Xi on the Chinese Economy and Trade (4:46)
Video Clip: Globalization, Protectionism and Demographics (2:15)
Bell Ringer: The Goals and Origins of the World Bank (3:44)
7.7 Changes as a Result of the World Economy
Bell Ringer: Maquiladoras and NAFTA (3:53)
Bell Ringer: Comparative Advantage (2:15)
7.8 Sustainable Development
Bell Ringer: Earth Day and Sustainable Development (6:22)
Deliberation: The Green New Deal (12 Clips)