BHS Social Studies

Unit 2

WG: 2.1

PACING

RESOURCES

● World in the Balance - DVD ● It’s A Girl- DVD ● United States Census Bureau ● GapMinder ● Upfront Magazine ● Lost Boys of Sudan- DVD ● Borgen Project ● Cia.gov (world factbook)

Full Year Course: ● Quarter One/Two (about 2 weeks) ● First Trimester (about 2 weeks) Semester Course:

● One semester (1.5 weeks) ● One Trimester (1 week)

STANDARD ● WG Standard 2.1: Students will evaluate the impact of global population distribution patterns by analyzing and comparing demographic characteristics such as: gender, age, ethnicity, population density by using maps, population pyramids, and other geographic data. CONCEPTS (Nouns) SKILLS (Verbs) ● Global population distribution patterns ● Demographic characteristics ● Population density

● Evaluate ● Analyze ● Compare ● Using maps

LEARNING PATHWAYS

Demographic Characteristics

Analyze

Gender

Age

Ethnicity

Population density by using maps

Population pyramids

Other geographic date

Compare