Your World Map is Hiding Something There is also another point supporting the view that Mercator is culturally biased. Often the top and bottom of the map are clipped unevenly, giving more space to the […]
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Infographic via BrilliantMaps: Mercator Vs The True Size of Each Country
Map Projections: Mercator Vs The True Size of Each Country November 11, 2018 While it’s well known that the mercator projection distorts the world, the maps here show very clearly […]
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Article via MotherNatureNews: Why we still need paper maps
Why we still need paper maps GPS may be handy, but there are some serious downsides. Whether you use a GPS device in your car or Google Maps on your […]
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Article via TimeandDate.com: Time Zone News-Countries That Change Their Clocks
For class: You can use this during your discussion on Greenwich Mean Time, the Prime Meridian, and how the natural environment and political geography impacts people’s daily lives. Time Zone […]
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Article via BBC: The Epic Story of the Map that gave America its Name
Article via BBC: The Epic Story of the Map that gave America its Name Excerpt:A few hundred years ago, when much of the world was mysterious and unknown, a […]
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Collaborative APHG Stimulus Bank
*Links to be included under the Facebook Group post. Collaborative APHG Stimulus Bank This is the brainchild of our creative master, and new teacher mentor Laura K. who gave me […]
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2019 AP HuGe Exam Collaborative FRQ Rubric
Here it is! The 2019 collaborative rubric for the released questions. I love using this with my students the following day to see their thoughts and further brainstorm ideas. Sometimes […]
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2018 AP Human Geography Infographic
After tinkering for a week with the updated data, I was able to throw together the 2018 infographic. I kept the same format as 2016, as I realized that last […]
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LESSON PLAN: Mapping Hoteling and Lösch – A Competition
OBJECTIVE: Students will show competency of Losch and Hoteling’s agglomeration models using their respective local geographies. MATERIALS: Tablets or computers to access Google My Maps; or two paper maps of […]
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GAME via Google Earth: Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
If you’re craving some nostalgia from the 80’s, or maybe want to introduce global sleuthing to a new generation of kids, then you will be pleased to find Carmen Sandiego […]
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VIDEO via BBC: The blueprint for world domination that spooked America
The following video clips below discuss the COLD WAR, the role of GEOPOLITICS, MACKINDER’s HEARTLAND THEORY, and SPYKMAN’s RIMLAND THEORY. The Heartland Theory, Part 2
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Illustrated Textbook: Our Environment, An Introduction
In this update, we remind ourselves why Earth is such a unique and magnificent place, marvel at my attempts of children’s book art, and ask yourself, “who really made Earth […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Ellen Churchill Semple; One Determined Determinist
In this edition, we learn about Anglocentrism, the role of Ellen Churchill Semple, and the counterargument to environmental determinism…possibilism. Click to Read!
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INTERACTIVE via ESRI Geoinquiry: What is a Gerrymander?
Note: The ESRI Geoinqueries that ESRI produce are amazing, the problem is that you can’t edit their PDFs to remove the pre-written answers for students. Here is a formatted version […]
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INTERACTIVE via ESRI Geoinquiry: Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers
Note: The ESRI Geoinqueries that ESRI produce are amazing, the problem is that you can’t edit their PDFs to remove the pre-written answers for students. Here is a formatted version […]
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ILLUSTRATED TEXTBOOK: Huntington’s Environmental Determinism
Environmental determinism is on display in this edition of the Human Imprint’s Illustrated Textbook. Find out what environmental determinism, the Panama Canal, and a couple of maps all of have […]
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Early Thoughts on Changes to APHuGe
At times, flipping the script on teachers is met with rolled eyes, sighs, and the feeling that someone keeps pushing our heads under water. But for the sake of my […]
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Illustrated Textbook: The Parents of Modern Geography
In this update, we learn about the parents of modern geography for the Western world; find out why you can’t use an equation to understand people; and are introduced to […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Geo Perspectives’ Eratosthenes, Ricci, & Blaeu
Discover that two of the most famous mapmakers were contemporaries, find out what a gnomon is, and learn how Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the Earth (well, mostly). Read this […]
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VR/360 LESSON PLAN: Refugee Case Studies of Syria & the Rohingya; Graffiti Wall
AP HG Course Descriptors: Causes and consequences of migration are influenced by cultural, demographic, economic, environmental, and political factors. Apply the concepts of forced and voluntary migration to historical and […]
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INTERACTIVE via ESRI: Migration, On the Move
Note: The ESRI Geoinqueries that ESRI produce are amazing, the problem is that you can’t edit their PDFs to remove the pre-written answers for students. Here is a formatted version […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Human-Environment Interaction
Join us as we begin our final geographic theme, Human-Environment Interaction! Meet geography’s Claudius Ptolemy (he wears many hats) as we introduce the fundamental concept that the environment impacts humans, and […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Time-Distance Decay
Impervious to TIME-DISTANCE DECAY, join the Professor as she tele-transports to Earth. Join us as we continue with the geographic theme of movement and find out how FRICTION OF DISTANCE […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Cultural Diffusion-Slowing it Down
In this episode: Find out how time and space can slow CULTURAL DIFFUSION, how SOCIAL DISTANCE acts as a CULTURAL BARRIER, and what a giant meat wall has to do […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Time-Space Compression
In this edition, we speed up technology with TIME-SPACE COMPRESSION, see how fast humans are “improving,” and yet how far we’ve come in terms of smoke signals. Click to Read!
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