Integration of Knowledge and Ideas, RI.5.9 Reading Standards for Informational Text K-5:.The characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations on Earth's surfaceĬommon Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy The physical and human characteristics of places How to analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on Earth's surface How human actions modify the physical environment Have students use information from the two maps and population graph to complete a Venn diagram that compares and contrasts Boston in 1775 and today.Ĭonnections to National Standards, Principles, and Practices National Council for Social Studies Curriculum Standards Give each student a copy of the worksheet Boston: Past and Present and a Venn diagram. Have students complete a Venn diagram for Boston past and present. Ask: When was the population the highest? (It was highest during the 1940s-1960s, in the middle of the century.)ĥ. Ask: What information can you get from this graph that you can’t get from the maps? (You can find the population of Boston in different years.) Note for students that the population in 1765 was only 15,520, and in 2010 there were more than 600,000 residents. Explain that maps are useful for showing how the cultural landscape of a city changes over time, but graphs provide different kinds of useful information. Project the bar graph of Boston Population, 1765-2010. These are street patterns you can find in many cities. Students might also notice that the old streets were winding and crooked, and the newer streets are arranged in a grid. What buildings and areas are still found in Boston? (Old North Church Paul Revere’s House Boston Common and Beacon Hill King’s Chapel Back Bay is not a bay, but the area is still called Back Bay.).
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