SS.Geog2
Wisconsin Social Studies Standards · 4th Grade
Wisconsin students will analyze human movement and population patterns.
Child standards (16)
- SS.Geog2.a.3Categorize the populations of people living in their state and country. Compare and contrast types of communities (i.e., rural, suburban, urban, or tribal), and different types of places on Earth (e.g., community, state, region, country or nation).
- SS.Geog2.a.hEvaluate population policies by analyzing how governments affect population change. Analyze population compositions (e.g., age, gender, ethnicity) and the different implications each has on countries or regions throughout the world.
- SS.Geog2.a.K-1Analyze where and why people live in certain places. Classify the local community as rural, suburban, urban, or tribal.
- SS.Geog2.a.mAnalyze why populations increase or decrease in various regions throughout the world. Analyze the distribution of population patterns at various scales (i.e., local, state, country, region).
- SS.Geog2.b.2Explain why people have moved to and away from their community.
- SS.Geog2.b.5Investigate push and pull factors of movement in their community, state, country, and world.
- SS.Geog2.b.hEvaluate the impact of major international migrations, both past and present, on physical and human systems.
- SS.Geog2.b.mAnalyze patterns of migration of various types (e.g., age, sex, ethnicity, race) in the community, state, country, and world.
- SS.Geog2.c.2Describe population changes in their community over time.
- SS.Geog2.c.5Describe population changes in their state and country over time.
- SS.Geog2.c.hAnalyze the social impact of movement of people to different locations in a variety of time periods and locations throughout the world.
- SS.Geog2.c.mUse regions in the world to analyze the role of population shifts in why places change over time. Evaluate the impact of migration on the place of origin and the place of settlement.
- SS.Geog2.d.1Identify and explain differences between rural and urban areas.
- SS.Geog2.d.4-5Summarize positive and negative factors of cities. Identify the location and patterns of cities within our state and country.
- SS.Geog2.d.hEvaluate the impact of spatial inequality as a result of urbanization and develop various solutions to address these inequalities. Analyze the impact of rural decline and urbanization on a place.
- SS.Geog2.d.mInvestigate the impact of rural decline and the growth of cities on a place. Analyze patterns of urbanization around the world.