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Mini-Lesson: Arizona Population Growth


Description

In this mini-lesson, students will learn about Phoenix’s growth in terms of area and population. Students will then discuss consequences from this population growth and determine ways to lessen the consequences of such expansion of area and people.

Author

Noel McClure

Duration

45 minutes

National Geography Standards

1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information
3: How to analyze the spatial organization of people places, and environments on Earth's surface
9: The characteristics, distribution and migration of human populations
14: How human actions modify the physical environment

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