LF+2.1+World+Geo

Learning Focus 2.1 Patterns in our Human World** A recommended framework – 5 90-minutes lessons (or 10 45-minute lessons):
 * WORLD GEOGRAPHY
 * 1 lesson on //Economic Systems// – WGS.10A; WGS.10C; WGS.12B; WGS.21C
 * 1 lesson on //Economic Indicators// //–// WGS.5B; WGS.12B; WGS.21D
 * 2 lessons on //Social/Cultural Patterns// – WGS.17A; WGS.18B; WGS.18D
 * 1 lesson on //Political Patterns// – WGS.14A

Regional population data and population pyramids from [|www.census.gov International Data Base] High-resolution image available at [|nasa.gov]

Find the "People Around the World" PowerPoint at [|http://clear.houstonisd.org.] Look in the 2nd 6 weeks HAPG, Supporting Documents (p. 4). [|abc-clio text-correlated resources] Contact us for user id and password for HISD teachers. Topic explorations include Cultural Geography, Economic Geography, and Population Geography. [|Food for Thought LP] One of many interactive lessons from the Population Reference Bureau, helping students understand regional differences in population. [|Population Connection] has a number of kid-friendly readings on population subjects:
 * [[file:risingtidepoverty_nov2002.pdf]]
 * [[file:feedingglobalfamily_nov02.pdf]]
 * [[file:1in6billion_nov2002.pdf]]