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    This document provides an assessment on the rise of cities in the United States. Students are asked to research and explain the expansion and population increase of three cities - Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York - including at least three accurate historical details for each city. Examples of details include immigration, transportation, and other factors influencing growth. Students are provided potential websites for research and are graded on a 100 point scale across two standards addressing geography and literacy skills.

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    This document provides an assessment on the rise of cities in the United States. Students are asked to research and explain the expansion and population increase of three cities - Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York - including at least three accurate historical details for each city. Examples of details include immigration, transportation, and other factors influencing growth. Students are provided potential websites for research and are graded on a 100 point scale across two standards addressing geography and literacy skills.

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    This document provides an assessment on the rise of cities in the United States. Students are asked to research and explain the expansion and population increase of three cities - Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York - including at least three accurate historical details for each city. Examples of details include immigration, transportation, and other factors influencing growth. Students are provided potential websites for research and are graded on a 100 point scale across two standards addressing geography and literacy skills.

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    D1CGeography:Analyzelocal,national,andglobalgeographicdataonphysical,

    environmental,andculturalprocessesthatshapeandchangeplacesandregions.

    CCSSLiteracy910.1:Supportanalysisofprimaryandsecondarysources,attendingtosuch
    featuresasthedateandoriginofinformation.

    RiseofCities
    UsetheURLsprovidedtocompletethisassessment:
    http://www.smithsonianmag.com/sciencenature/makecitiesexplodesizetheseinteractivemap
    s180952832/?noist

    PopulationDistribution:
    https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/censusatlas/pdf/2_PopulationDistribution.pdf

    Researchandexplaintheexpansionandincreaseofpopulationofeachofthefollowingthree
    UnitedStatescities.Besuretoincludeatleastthreeaccuratehistoricaldetails(examples
    mightinclude:immigration,transportation,etc.).(10pts.foreachhistoricalfact)

    Chicago:
    ______________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________

    PossibleWebsitestoUse:
    http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timelin
    e/riseind/city/growth.html

    LosAngeles:
    ______________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________

    PossibleWebsitestoUse:

    http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/calcultures/eras/era5.html


    D1CGeography:Analyzelocal,national,andglobalgeographicdataonphysical,
    environmental,andculturalprocessesthatshapeandchangeplacesandregions.

    CCSSLiteracy910.1:Supportanalysisofprimaryandsecondarysources,attendingtosuch
    featuresasthedateandoriginofinformation.

    NewYork:
    ______________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________

    OtherPossibleWebsitestoUse:

    http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentation
    s/timeline/progress/cities/nycphoto.html

    http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/whennewyorkerslivedkneedeepintrash/

    Gradeineachofthetwostandards:
    Chicago:30
    LosAngeles:30
    NewYork:30

    TotalGrade:90pointsforEACHstandard

    GeographyStandard:______/90

    LiteracyStandard:_________/90

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