Lesson Plan

How Big is Big?

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Geography learners compare and contrast population densities throughout the world. Using maps, they estimate the relative size of the world's regions and populations. They develop analogies to discover the world they live in and hypothesize about Mexican immigration statistics in the United States.

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Pros
  • Encourages critical thinking and group discussion
  • Provides context to class members' concepts of relative and absolute location
Cons
  • None