Resource Overview
Using the methods of a demographer, students will analyze, interpret, and evaluate conclusions on population data from the World Population Map, and then construct their own population cartogram.
Students will be able to:
- Identify, explain, and interpret population data from a cartogram.
- Construct a population cartogram representing six world regions.
- Compare a population cartogram with an equal area land map.
- Evaluate how population cartograms influence perspective of geographic regions.
This lesson plan should be used with the World Population Map, a population cartogram.
Features of This Resource
- Students interpret a cartogram of global population
- How do population cartograms influence one’s perspective of geographic regions?
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