A Geographic Profile: The Health of Nations

GeoLiteracy
GeoSTEM
Lesson Plan Content
Description: 
In this lesson, students will use math to analyze demographics of a nation with the eventual goal of creating a span of nations reflecting their world health status.
Author: 
Michael Glenn
Grade Range: 
6-7
Duration: 
1 class period
Lesson Materials
Teacher Instructions: 
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
4: The physical and human characteristics of places
18: How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future