This week our learning target is "I can explain how location, climate and natural resources impact population distribution in Europe." Population distribution means how people are spread out across a region. Let's take Georgia for example. Atlanta is the capital and a major urban city in our state. Therefore the population is very dense, or crowded, as I'm sure you know from the traffic jams! But if you go to, let's say, MONTEZUMA, Georgia, the population density is low, or sparse because not that many people choose to live there.. My 6th graders completed their first note-taking session with me using the Cornell format. I was VERY impressed with them as they defined key terms and illustrated the differences between dense and sparse and urban and rural. They also read some excerpts about how geographers study population and what factors impact where people live. Students analyzed physical, population, climate and natural resource maps to gain a better understanding of why Europe's population is unevenly distributed. Learn more about population distribution and population density in Europe by analyzing the following map and watching the video. Then discuss the following questions with your child: 1. How does climate affect where people live? 2. How do physical features impact population distribution? 3. Why do people want to live in areas with natural resources? 4. Why do major cities have high population density? 5. Why do rural areas have low population density? There will be a quiz this Friday on population. Your child has received a study guide that requires your signature. Please ensure that they study to the best of their ability!
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Tomorrow (Friday) students will take a quiz on selected countries and features of Europe as outlined in the Georgia Performance Standard. It is my goal that ALL students will reach 100% mastery. Parents, please quiz your child tonight and regularly to see if they can locate all of the following countries and physical features: Here is a link to the study guide. Parents please sign and return Friday:
Click the link for a map game: www.purposegames.com/game/6th-grade-europe-map-quiz-game Click the Power Point link for an additional study resource:
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AuthorVanessa Ellis has been teaching middle grade social studies for 7 years. She is the 2017 Georgia Economics Teacher of the Year and a teacher leader in Muscogee County. She loves to teach and have FUN while doing it! Who says social studies has to be boring? Archives
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