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Createacountryhandout 3
Createacountryhandout 3
APHG
CreateaCountrySimulation
By:MeghanSteinberg
LakesCommunityHighSchoolLakeVilla,IL
Directions:
Withyourgroup,youwillcreateyourowncountry.Wewillcreateeachaspectof
thecountrystepbysteptogether.Someelementsofyourcountrywillbedeterminedforyou.
Objective:
Analyzetheimplicationsofvariousdensitiesanddistributions.
21stCenturySkills:
CriticalThinkingandProblemSolvingCanyourcountrysustainlife?
CollaborationWorkasateamtocreateyourcountry.
1. Determinewhatyourcountrylookslike.Drawanoutlinemapofyourcountrybelow.
2. Choosehowmuchlandyouhave.
3. Choosethesizeofyourpopulation.Demographicsofyourpopulation?
4. Createapiechartofeconomicactivityinyourcountry.
(agriculture,manufacturing,construction,serviceindustries)
Calculatethefollowingdensitiesforyourcountry.Usethescenarioslippluswhatyoudecided
asagroupforyourcalculations.
5. ArithmeticDensity
6. PhysiologicalDensity
7. AgriculturalDensity
8. Usethescenariosliptodeterminewherepopulationisdistributedinyourcountry.
Wherearethereclustersofpopulation?
WrapUpQuestions:
Howdoconditionsinyourcountryimpactyourabilitytofarm?
Willyouhaveanasurplusorshortageoffood?
WIllpeopleinyourcountryhavejobs?
Willyourcountrybeabletosustainlife?Explain.