Monday

Activity 1: Line ’Em Up and Spread ’Em Out (60-120 minutes)

This activity is designed to introduce students to the concept of high and low population density, to the calculation of population density, and to the terms linear, scattered and clustered as they relate to population.

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Students will:

• identify the three main patterns of settlement: linear, scattered, and clustered;
• identify and describe the characteristics common to places of high population density and the characteristics common to places of low population density;
• use appropriate vocabulary to describe their inquiries and observations.

Tuesday

Activity 2: Patterns of People (80-100 minutes)

This activity reviews the terms and concepts of population density, introduces the concept of population distribution, and examines factors that affect the distribution of world population.

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Students will:

• demonstrate an understanding of the factors affecting population distribution;
• locate relevant information from a variety of sources;
• analyze, synthesize, and evaluate data.

Wednesday

Activity 3: Population characteristics (80-140 minutes)

This activity introduces students to 12 terms used to describe the characteristics of populations.

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Students will:

• demonstrate an understanding of the terms describing population characteristics;
• use appropriate vocabulary to describe their inquiries and observations
• locate relevant information from a variety of sources

Thursday

Activity 4: Want to Get a Job? (40-60 minutes)

This activity models drawing a line graph and trend analysis, and provides an opportunity for students to further develop/refine their graphing skills.

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Students will:

• demonstrate an understanding of employment patterns and trends;
• construct a variety of graphs, charts, diagrams, maps, and models to organize information.

Friday

Activity 5: Scattergraph Exercise (80-100 minutes)

Students create a simple scattergraph to see the correlation between two variables.

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Students will:

• demonstrate an understanding of the correlation between population characteristics;
• analyze, synthesize, and evaluate data;
• construct a variety of graphs, charts, diagrams, and models to organize information.