I&S Unit 4: How do settlements CHANGE?

I&S Unit 4: How do settlements CHANGE over time?

By Mrs. Bayer-Borrero

Just like people, settlements change as time goes by.

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This week, we will study three (3) settlements and consider:

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What type of change do we see?​

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Human Settlements

Types of Changes

Most changes can be identified and sorted into these 5 categories:

Categories of Change

Type of Changes

Multiple Choice

Five households in the Fichtl neighborhood of Koppl were in quarantine because the families had CoVid-19. The usually busy neighborhood road was quiet, empty for two months.

What TYPE of CHANGE is this?

• social

• economic

• political

• environmental

​These are changes in society and the lives of people.

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A SOCIETY is a large group of people who live in the same area and have the same laws, traditions, etc.

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Social Change

Multiple Choice

Due to the war, many Russian banks can not do business with international banks using US dollars. Now they are planning to trade in Rubles and Rupees with India.

What TYPE OF CHANGE is this?

• social

• economic

• political

• cultural

These changes are usually all about MONEY and FINANCES:

• Is the settlement trading different items?

• Was there a change in who gets money and who does not?​

Economic Changes

Multiple Choice

In the last round of elections in the United States, the Democratic party won the most seats and received control of Congress.

What TYPE OF CHANGE is this?

• Social

• Economic

• Environmental

• Political

These are often changes in government.

• Who controls the settlement?

• Who is in charge?

• What laws, rules, or policies have changes?​

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Political Changes

Multiple Choice

In January 2022, the Hunga Tonga volcano erupted causing a tsunami to hit the island. As a result, farms, fisheries, and livestock were impacted, buildings destroyed, and inhabitants lost their homes.

What TYPE OF CHANGE is this?

• Social

• Environmental

• Cultural

• Political

These can be both HUMAN and NATURAL changes:

• Have people impacted (or changed) the environment?​

• Has the physical environment made the settlement change? ​

Enviromental Change

Open Ended

What is an example of ways HUMANS impact this environment?

Multiple Select

Many of the Ukrainian refugees who arrive in Salzburg practice Orthodox Christianity. Salzburg is a historically Catholic settlement.

What TYPE of CHANGE is this for Salzburg?

• Environmental

• Social

• Cultural

• Political

This type of change is linked (or connected) to how people identify themselves:

• Has people's identity changed?

• Have beliefs changes?

• Have the art, music, and creative expression changed?​

Cultural Changes

Open Ended

Ms. BB identifies as Puerto Rican (nationality),

an Afro-Latina (ethnicity), and a woman (gender).

How do you IDENTIFY yourself?

Draw

Write the letter of the description matching each TYPE of CHANGE.

Multiple Choice

REVIEW and EXTEND: What settlement pattern do you see?

Image source: https://www.3dgeography.co.uk/settlement-patterns

• linear

• dispersed

• nucleated

Houses built along roads that were already there.

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Linear settlements

Poll

How has the Amazon rain forest CHANGED OVER TIME?

• social change

• ecoomic change

• political change

• evironmental change

• cultural change

New roads are built deep into the Amazon rainforest. Farmers built their homes along those roads.

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Time to start our first case study:

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How has Hong Kong

changed over time? ​

Open the link and learn more at Thinglink.

Case Study #1:

Hong Kong, SAR China​