Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- Different types of settlements by type, size, major functions, such as linear, clustered, grid, large urban, small urban, and rural.
- Ways in which urban areas interact and influence surrounding regions.
Examples: daily commuters from nearby regions; communication centers that service nearby and distant locations through television, radio, newspapers, and the Internet; regional specialization in services or production - Regions where human activities resulted in the development of settlements at particular locations due to trade, political importance, or natural resources.
Examples: Timbuktu near caravan routes; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Birmingham, Alabama, as manufacturing centers near coal and iron ore deposits; Singapore near a major ocean transportation corridor (Alabama) - Settlement patterns in association with the location of resources.
Examples: fall line settlements near waterfalls used as a source of energy for mills, European industrial settlements near coal seams, spatial arrangement of towns and cities in North American Corn Belt settlements
Skills
Students are able to:
- Classify types and sizes of settlements.
- Determine geographic and cultural reasons for settlement locations.
- Evaluate relationships between different settlement regions.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- There are spatial patterns of settlement in different regions of the world.
Vocabulary
- linear
- clustered
- grid
- settlement
- settlement patterns
- urban area
- spatial interaction
