Lesson plan
The Impact of Urbanization
GeoLiteracy
Description
In this lesson, students will learn howurbanization has impacted the landscape of
American cities and the city environment. They
will kinesthetically apply the idea of population
density to learning about New York City’s growth
from 1790 to 2000. They will then research an
American city and storyboard or replicate its
urbanization.
Duration
2 class periodsAuthor
Gage
Garcia
Standards
1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information3: How to analyze the spatial organization of people places, and environments on Earth's surface
9: The characteristics, distribution and migration of human populations
12: The processes, patterns, and functions of human settlement
14: How human actions modify the physical environment
17: How to apply geography to interpret the past
Teacher Instructions
GarciaUrbanizationT.pdf
(150.68 KB)
Student Materials
GarciaUrbanizationS.pdf
(1.3 MB)
GarciaUrbanization.pptx
(6.06 MB)