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Jolena Johnson
St. Teresa School
Carson City, NV
775.882.2079
ASGI 1997
OVERVIEW
This lesson will teach students to compare
and contrast the land area and population of the United States
and China. Students will learn to draw conclusions about population
density in relation to land area.
GRADES
Grades 6 - 10.
INQUIRY QUESTION
How does the population of the United States
compare with the population of China?
CONNECTION TO CIRRICULUM
This lesson uses Social Studies and Math skills.
It is the introduction to a complete unit on the geography of
China.
STANDARDS
 #1 How to use maps
and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies
to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective.
#3 How to analyze
the spatial organization of people, places, and environments
on Earth's surface.
#12 The processes,
patterns, and functions of human settlement.
TIME
One 45-minutes class period.
MATERIALS
OBJECTIVES
A. Students will conclude
that the United States and China are about the same size in land
area.
B. Students will conclude that
the population of China is about five times as much as the population
of the United States.
C. Students will conclude that
the population density of China is much greater than the population
density of the United States.
PROCEDURES
1. Using individualized
instruction sheets to prepare cartographs showing land area and
population of the United States and China, four groups of students
will prepare the cartograph assigned to each group within a specified
time.
2. When cartographs
are finished, the cartographs showing the land area of the United
States and China will be compared. Conclusions about the relative
size of each country will be discussed.
3. Cartographs
showing the population of the United States and China will be
compared. Conclusions about the population of the two countries
will be discussed.
4. Conclusions
about the population density of the two countries will be discussed.
ASSESSMENT
Students will be assigned a three to five
paragraph essay on how they think their lives would change if
they lived in a country with the population density of China
instead on living in the United States. The essay should contain
specific information about housing, jobs, education, fodd availability,
and day to day living.
EXTENSIONS
1. After discussing
daily life in China, compare and contrast the daily life in China
with the daily life in the United States with emphasis on how
population controls aspects of daily life.
2. Obtain information
about world food production/consumption and world food distribution.
Using a world map, graph the population, food production, food
distribution, and food consumption of various contries in the
world. Discuss patterns that are noted.
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