Content Standard: Geography
B. Human Interaction with Environments
Students will understand and analyze the relationships among people and their physical environment.
Common Assessment(s):

Performance Indicators Students will be able to:	Essential Elements (Specific grade level learning objectives)			Suggested Performance Activities	Suggested Classroom Assessments	Vocabulary
1. Analyze how technology shapes the physical and human characteristics of places and regions, including Maine.	Effects of the Industrial Revolution on the environment and on the people			Students will examine highway maps and population density maps They will read pages 65-73 in the Silver Burdett text. They will construct maps. They will read and discuss Time for Kids. They will do census activities and study immigration. They will make cause and effect charts: war, famine, and economics. They will participate in simulations.	The students will do reports on regions.	sub-regions human settlement physical feature political division geographic patterns
2. Explain patterns of migration throughout the world.	Understanding immigration			Students will examine highway maps and population density maps They will read pages 65-73 in the Silver Burdett text. They will construct maps. They will read and discuss Time for Kids. They will do census activities and study immigration. They will make cause and effect charts: war, famine, and economics. They will participate in simulations.	The students will write an essay explaining patterns of migration throughout the world.	migration
4. Demonstrate an understanding of how society changes as a consequence of concentrated settlement.	Compare and contrast urban and rural societies.			Students will examine highway maps and population density maps They will read pages 65-73 in the Silver Burdett text. They will construct maps. They will read and discuss Time for Kids. They will do census activities and study immigration. They will make cause and effect charts: war, famine, and economics. They will participate in simulations.	The students will compare and contrast a society which has changed as a consequence of concentrated settlement.	immigration social political economic divisions economic regions