Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 3

SS10.3.4

Relate population dispersion to geographic, economic, and historic changes in Alabama and the world. (Alabama)

COS Examples

Examples: geographic–flood, hurricane, tsunami

economic–crop failure

historic–disease, war, migration

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • How to use vocabulary associated with population dispersion.
  • How to identify human and physical criteria used to define boundaries and regions.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Relate population dispersion to geographic, economic and historic changes.
  • Discover ways physical and human criteria differ from one another.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Geographic, economic, and historic changes have an impact on population dispersion in Alabama and the world.

Vocabulary

  • geographic changes
  • economic changes
  • historic changes
  • human criteria
  • economic failure
  • hemisphere
  • county boundaries
  • city boundaries
  • flood
  • hurricane
  • tsunami
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