Lesson plan

South American Demographics


GiantMapActivities

Description

Students will:
• Calculate a ratio based on population.
• Locate countries/land areas on a map.
• Display geographic data by stacking items.
• Discuss the spatial distribution of populations.
• Identify the industries of South American land areas
• Optional: Calculate population density.

Duration

20-30 minutes

Author

Gale
Olp Ekiss

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
4: The physical and human characteristics of places

Teacher Instructions

EkissPopSAMapT.pdf (152.91 KB)

Student Materials

EkissPopSAMapS.pdf (1.91 MB)

Materials To Assist Teachers and English Language Learners

Supplemental Files