Standard(s):
[DLIT] (7) 22 : 16) Construct content designed for specific audiences through an appropriate medium.
Examples: Design a multi-media children's e-book with an appropriate readability level.
[DLIT] (7) 5 : R5) Locate and curate information from digital sources to answer research questions.
[SS2010] GEOG (7) 4 : 4 ) Evaluate spatial patterns and the demographic structure of population on Earth's surface in terms of density, dispersion, growth and mortality rates, natural increase, and doubling time.
Examples: spatial patterns—major population clusters
demographic structure—age and sex distribution using population pyramids
• Predicting reasons and consequences of migration, including push and pull factors
Examples: push—politics, war, famine
pull—potential jobs, family
[SS2010] GEOG (7) 5 : 5 ) Explain how cultural features, traits, and diffusion help define regions, including religious structures, agricultural patterns, ethnic enclaves, ethnic restaurants, and the spread of Islam.
[SS2010] GEOG (7) 7 : 7 ) Classify spatial patterns of settlement in different regions of the world, including types and sizes of settlement patterns.
Examples: types—linear, clustered, grid
sizes—large urban, small urban, and rural areas
• Explaining human activities that resulted in the development of settlements at particular locations due to trade, political importance, or natural resources
Examples: Timbuktu near caravan routes; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Birmingham, Alabama, as manufacturing centers near coal and iron ore deposits; Singapore near a major ocean transportation corridor (Alabama)
• Describing settlement patterns in association with the location of resources
Examples: fall line settlements near waterfalls used as a source of energy for mills, European industrial settlements near coal seams, spatial arrangement of towns and cities in North American Corn Belt settlements
• Describing ways in which urban areas interact and influence surrounding regions
Examples: daily commuters from nearby regions; communication centers that service nearby and distant locations through television, radio, newspapers, and the Internet; regional specialization in services or production
[SS2010] GEOG (7) 12 : 12 ) Explain ways geographic features and environmental issues have influenced historical events.
Examples: geographic features—fall line, Cumberland Gap, Westward Expansion in the United States, weather conditions at Valley Forge and the outcome of the American Revolution, role of ocean currents and winds during exploration by Christopher Columbus
environmental issues—boundary disputes, ownership of ocean resources, revitalization of downtown areas
