Geographic Alliance of Iowa

Putting Iowa in its place

Geographic Impact on Population Density

This lesson was created by Mona Yanacheak for students from ninth to tenth grade. Throughout this lesson plan, students will understand and be able to demonstrate population density and their impact on the geography of the region.

Discipline/Subject

World Geography

Human Geography

Theme

Population

Cultural/Social

Region

None specified

Five Themes of Geography

Location

Place

Human-Environment Interaction

Movement

Region

National Geographic Standards

4. The physical and human characteristics of places

6. How culture and experience influence people's perceptions of places and regions

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

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

16. The changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

BS 6. Understand the process of how humans develop, learn, adapt to the environment, and internalize their culture

GE 1. Understand the use of geographic tools to locate and analyze information about people, places, and environments

GE 3. Understand how human factors and the distribution of resources affect the development of society and the movement of populations

GE 4. Understand how physical and human processes shape the Earth's surface and major ecosystems