SS10.7G.7

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 7 - 7th Grade: Geography

SS10.7G.7

Classify spatial patterns of settlement in different regions of the world, including types and sizes of settlement patterns.

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

COS Examples

Examples: types–linear, clustered, grid

sizes–large urban, small urban, and rural areas

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