Learn about different ways the society changes when it is settled more heavily.

Some Landscape Changes
One way the landscape changes is that instead of trees, animals, hills, and plants everywhere you have factories, apartments, skyscrapers, malls, and other buildings.

Air Pollution
If you don't have good air pollution restrictions then the area is covered in smog. Also you don't have many farms. Instead there is industrial businesses, manufacturing bussinesses, and other things.

Society Changes
The society changes because it can become more violent with so many people if there are not other people to control the violence. Also if an area becomes to crowded then jobs can run out and people could be unemployed. There are also some good things, like since more people come more jobs are created, because needs are higher for the people.

Social Studies/People, Places and Environments

Standard 2: The student understands the interactions of people and the physical environment (SS.B.2.3).

Objective 1: Understands how the landscape and society change as a consequence of shifting from a dispersed to a concentrated settlement form.

Amusement Park Activity

Growing Amusement Parks- Research amusement parks and figure out how they changed over time and how the society and landscape changed as people started coming more to amusement parks and they go much more crowded.

Brainstorming Fun

Idea 1. Do you know a place that
has good air pollution laws?
Where is it? What laws do they
have in effect?

Idea 2. Where is a place where
the society has changed because
of becoming more populated?

Vocabulary

Landscape - The landforms of
a region.

Skyscrapers - Very tall buildings
that look almost as if they are
scraping the sky.

Pollution - To contaminate,
especially with man-made waste.

Paramounts Kings Dominion
is the only theme park in
North America with four
wooden coasters. They
are the Grizzly, Hurler,
Scooby Doo, and Rebel Yell.