There are so many notice and wonders you can do with these two images, but I only showed them the population density image. We have been looking at early human migration out of Africa and talking about all the causes that move people to and from places. Then we looked at the population density graph. We made estimates of what caused this graph, and students came up with temperature. We compared it with a graph of temperature and could see some striking patterns except for that weird "triangle" in the prairies. Why would people live there? Lots of students came up with the idea of resources. YES, YES STUDENT YOU UNDERSTAND! It is cool when they get the chance to apply what they are learning in class to think about what is happening even, today. What else do you think we could look at to bring about these discussions?
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