Lesson plan
What Are All the Lights? U.S. Population
GeoLiteracy
ELL
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).Duration
2 class periodsAuthor
Sheila
Nice
Standards
1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information2: 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
Teacher Instructions
NiceLightsT.pdf
(191.42 KB)
Student Materials
NiceLightsS.pdf
(793.98 KB)
NiceLightsStuEx.pdf
(7.72 KB)
Materials To Assist Teachers and English Language Learners
NiceLightsV.pdf
(607.47 KB)
Supplemental Files
NiceLightsAZCloseup.pdf
(60.88 KB)
US_PHYSICAL_REGIONS.pdf
(789.97 KB)
lights_namerica_med.jpg
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AZ6traitsRubric_Full.pdf
(114.76 KB)