Upcoming dates:
Friday, January 10 - Chapter 11 quiz
Wednesday, January 15 - Chapter 12 quiz
Monday, January 20 and Tuesday, January 21 - Chapter 13 group presentations
Demographic transition model explained
How do countries move from one stage to the next?
Improve industrialization and urbanization (decreasing birth and death rates)
What is natural increase?
A case study of two countries - what has been done in India and China since the 20th century to control population (pg. 368-270)
Video clip: INDIA'S BOOMING POPULATION (United Nations). A look at the reasons why people move from rural to industrial areas. Also discusses what is being done to control the population.
Video clip: CHINA TO EASE DECADES-OLD-ONE-CHILD POLICY. Why has China changed the one-child policy?
Handout: Population Pyramids (pg 371-374)
Examples of countries promoting an increase in the number of births. Problems with declining birth rate and an increase in the dependency ratio.
Read COUNTERPOINTS: Optimists vs. pessimists. Are there limits to population growth? (pg 378/379).
Analyzed political cartoon Figure 11-23.
Answer #1 (Carrying capacity), #3 (Which viewpoint do you find most credible? Why?) Pg 379.
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