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Urban and Agricultural Settlements Why are They There?

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Seventh graders identify types of human settlements, urban and agricultural, and determine geographic influence on why people settle where they did by use of maps and charts. They, in groups, identify the needs of a new settlement, which they make up.

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7th
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Social Studies & History
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