Lesson Plan

Grades 9-12

Life by the Numbers

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Several class periods

SUBJECTS: Language Arts, Social Studies

TOPICS: International Comparisons, Multiple Connections

Resource Overview

Working in pairs, students research a world region to find demographic, social, environmental, and economic data, then present findings to the class.

Cropped World Population Map is a cartogram displaying countries' sizes based on population rather than land area

Features of This Resource

  • Lesson provides students a deeper exploration of global sub-regions
  • Students use evidence to support claims and make predictions

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