GEOGRAPHY WEBSITE PROTOCOL
Geography World: Population
By: Rebecca Williams;
6/15/1997, Clinton, IN; rdw@galileo.vigoco.k12.in.us
Site Address: http://members.aol.com/bowermanb/101n.html#POPULATION
Theme: Population
movement in United States and World
Grade Level(s):
4 and higher
Annotation of Site:
This site would be useful for any teacher/student studying
human movement, migration, settlement patterns, conflict,.... It is a "take
off" site for research on:
- American Immigration
- Census Information - Reference
- Population Topics - from the U.S. Census
- United Nations Population Topics
- U.S. Immigration Since 1820 - Graph
- U.S. Urbanized Areas: Ranked by Population Density: 1990
- Urban Area Population & Density Trends: 1950-1990:
U.S.
- World Concentrations of Population
- World Population - Current World Population
- World Population Growth - Graph
- World Population Timeline
- World Population Slide Show
- World Urban Areas: Population & Density: 1991
Geography Standards addressed:
- #1) How to use maps and other geographic representations,
tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from
a spatial perspective.
- #2) How to use mental maps to organize information about
people, places and environments in a spatial context.
- #3) How to analyze the spatial organization of people,
places and environments on the Earth’s surface.
- #4) The physical and human characteristics of places.
- #5) That people create regions to interpret Earth’s complexity.
- #6) How culture and experience influence people’s perceptions
of places and regions.
- #7) The physical processes that shape the patterns of
Earth’s surface.
- #8) The characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems
on Earth’s surface.
- #9) The characteristics, distribution, and migration
of human populations on Earth’s surface.
- #10) The characteristics, distribution, and complexity
of Earth’s cultural mosaic.
- #11) The patterns and networks of economic interdependence
on Earth’s surface.
- #12) The processes, patterns, and functions of human
settlement.
- #13) How the forces of cooperation and conflict among
people influence the division and control of Earth’s surface.
- #14) How human actions modify the physical environment.
- #15) How physical systems affect human systems.
- #16) The changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution,
and importance of resources.
- #17) How to apply geography to interpret the past.
- #18) How to apply geography to interpret the present
and plan for the future.
IN Social Studies Proficiency Guidelines addressed:
- Geographic Relationships
- Inquiry skills
- Individuals and Society
- Economics