Retro Report offers free teacher-vetted resources for AP courses. Our growing library includes hundreds of videos, lessons, activities and interactives that are aligned with six AP curricula: APUSH, AP Psych, AP Gov, APES, AP Human Geography and AP African American Studies. These resources are organized by units as per the College Board website.
Find each collection’s most popular resource and a Teacher Advisor pick in the list below. Make sure you have a free teacher account to access our resources and get ready to explore! View our full AP Collection Page here.
AP U.S. History
What’s included:
- Dozens of videos covering Units 4 through 9
- More than 200 lessons and activities
- A collection focused on Unit 8 (1945-1980)
Highlighted resources:
- A popular video in this collection for use during fall semester is “Fights Over American Democracy Reach Back to the Founding Era.”
- Shari Conditt, an APUSH and AP Gov teacher in Woodland, Wash., likes “Lessons from the 1924 Democratic Convention: An Immigration Debate’s Impact.” She told us the video “brings in the themes of nativism, which is present in the 1920s, but also helps students understand presidential elections and primaries and conventions.”
AP Psychology
What’s included:
- Nearly 50 videos relevant to all units of the revised curriculum
- Short docs about the history of lobotomy and multiple personality disorder, with lessons created by AP Psychology teachers
Highlighted resources:
- A popular video in this collection is “The Modern Bystander Effect.”
- Shane Gower, who teaches AP Psychology and APUSH in Readfield, Maine, recommends “How the Story of ‘Sybil’ Influenced Views of Mental Illness.” He said, “It really gets into the disorders and also the idea that one of the big issues that we face with mental health is still the stigma and the misinformation.”
AP U.S. Government and Politics
What’s included:
- Eight videos on landmark rulings including Engel v. Vitale and Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
- More than 20 FRQs organized by unit to help students practice for the test
Highlighted resources:
- “How Tinker v. Des Moines Established Students’ Free Speech Rights” was one of the most-used resources for AP Gov in 2025.
- Kevin Jackson, who teaches AP Gov in Petaluma, Calif., said, “I highly recommend ‘Why Supreme Court Confirmations Have Become So Bitter.’ I think there’s a lot of really good stuff there that helps explain a lot of things that students need to understand, both for AP Government and to be an informed citizen.”
AP Environmental Science
What’s included:
- More than 20 videos exploring topics in Units 3, 5, 6, 8 and 9
- Historical context for environmental challenges dating to the 1960s
Highlighted resources:
- A popular resource for APES is “Toxic Waste in the Neighborhood: The Love Canal Disaster.”
- Derek Dubossi, an AP Environmental Science and AP Psychology teacher in New York, likes to use “Healing the Ozone: First Steps Toward Success.” He said the video “is able to take a success story and parallel it to a current issue with climate change and reveal some of the hurdles and obstacles we have in addressing the climate change issue.”
AP Human Geography
What’s included:
- Nearly 40 videos covering Units 1 through 6
- Lessons with opportunities for interdisciplinary learning
Highlighted resources:
- A popular resource for AP HUG in this collection is “Population Bomb: The Overpopulation Theory That Fell Flat.”
- David Kendrick teaches AP Human Geography in Loganville, Ga. One video in the Future series resonates with his students. “ ‘The Future of…’ series is amazing and fits perfectly with the different standards in the AP Human Geography course,” Kendrick said. “I found my students were most interested when we watched ‘The Future of Food’ as part of Unit 5, which is about Agriculture. Since I teach in a rural area and some of my students live and work on farms, this video hits home with them.”
AP African American Studies
What’s included:
- 25 videos that fit within Unit 4 (Movements and Debates)
- Resources connecting to three of the four course themes: “Intersections of Identity,” “Creativity, Expression and the Arts,” and “Resistance and Resilience.”
Highlighted resources:
- The most popular resource in the APAAS collection is “Beyond the Battlefield: Double V and Black Americans’ Fight for Equality.”
- Amy Palo teaches AP African American History in Coraopolis, Pa. This year, she will be using the video “Shirley Chisholm Was a Trailblazer for Change.” “It highlights Shirley Chisholm’s role in advancing second-wave feminism and her challenges with segregationists as the first Black woman elected to Congress. It uses clips of her and interviews to show the goals of her presidential run in 1972,” Palo said.
Find more AP resources here. If you use Retro Report resources for an AP course not mentioned here, let us know! Email ivarejao@retroreport.com.
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