What Are All the Lights? U.S. Population

GeoLiteracy
ELL
Lesson Plan Content
Description: 
In this lesson, students will use geographic tools to analyze information about the settlement populations of the United States. Students will also use cause and effect to interpret the map's meaning and write an essay. This lesson includes adaptations for diverse learners (ELLs).
Author: 
Sheila Nice
Grade Range: 
5 and 7
Duration: 
2 class periods
Lesson Materials
Teacher Instructions: 
application/pdf iconTeacher Instructions
Student Materials: 
application/pdf iconStudent Worksheets, Assessments, and Answer Keys
application/pdf iconStudent Example
Supplemental Files: 
application/pdf iconNight Lights of Arizona
application/pdf iconPhysical Regions of the United States map (with elevations)
image/jpeg iconNight Lights of the United States (with topography)
application/pdf icon6 Traits Writing Rubric
Materials to Assist Teachers and English Language Learners: 
application/pdf iconVocabulary Cards
Standards
National Geography Standards: 
1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information
2: How to use mental maps (a person's internalized picture of a part of Earth's surface) to organize information about people places, and environments
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
18: How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future