AP Lessons

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Cultural Diffusion
This is a lesson introducing the students to terms used when discussing and identifying cultures and cultural traits. This lesson was written at an AP Institute.

Our Treasures -- Our National Parks
Students will examine the benefits of different national parks within the United States. They will try to understand why people choose certain areas over others, and what financial measures people are likely to use to satisfy their appetite to visit these areas.

Race and Ethnicity
A "webbing" activity created at an AP Human Geography seminar.

Sequent Occupance and the Cultural Landscape
A Unit of Study: At lesson completion, students will be able to define "sequent occupance" and explain the cultural landscape and analyze specific examples of cultural landscapes.

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Cultural Diffusion: Agents of Change
A short lesson from the New Hampshire Geographic Alliance that addresses national standard 10. It is intended for a middle school audience, however.

Linguistic Lesson on India -- with Map
Shows the official languages of India. A lesson link is at the top of the page.

Daily Active Schedules
Compares the daily activities of three girls from Paraguay, Poland and Cape Verde. The lesson will also allow students to compare their own lives to the lives of teenage girls living in less developed countries. This information demonstrates the gender-based perceptions of the activities of each group. In this sense, the lesson helps to raise awareness with regard to the contribution that different groups make to overall household welfare in the U.S. and in less developed countries.

The Impact of Modernity
In this piece, Patrick Bereng, a Mosotho professor at the National University of Lesotho, examines the role of "the electric culture" in shaping the habits and values of young urban Basotho.

Urbanization of the Amazon Basin: Can Indigenous People Survive?
This lesson challenges students to experience the dynamic aspect of geography, not just knowing where places are located, but being able to explain why things are the way they are, and how they got to be that way. This lesson also gets at the heart of a grave modern problem -- how do we preserve the cultures of indigenous peoples, or should we?