Day 29: Population pressures and pull/push factors

Debrief of yesterdays article on why the poor pay more for toilet paper.


Video: Mexico - a population pressure (looking at: push and pull factors.  Environmental issues.  Conditions in rural communities.  Connection between work-children-school.  Working conditions for many.  Problems with overcrowding.  Disposal of garbage.  Effects of increasing population)


Should multinational companies have minimum wages for employees in a developing country? Click to watch


Handout: Measuring poverty (pg 394/395
The poverty trap (pg 396/397)
Poverty in the Downtown Eastside. What do you know? CLICK TO WATCH

Day 28: Living standards

Current events: Brussels bombing CLICK TO WATCH
Chapter 12: Living standards in a changing world.
Human Development Index.  Developing vs. Developed countries.  Newly industrializing countries.  HIPC.  Millennium Development Goals




Rio Olympic games (ESPN).  A failure to clean up waste Click to watch the 6 minute clip




If you were to improve the long term living standards in a poor country what would you address first?  Prioritize (jobs, housing, clothing, education, health, food)




Handout: how poor people pay more for toilet paper and other goods?

Day 27: Limits to population growth?

Current events: Trudeau visits the US for official state dinner Click to watch


Population control.  Why the need?  How does increasing population affect the environment?  Causes of air/land/water pollution?  Good brainstorming session.


Sterilization in India: Click to watch
Painful legacy of the one child policy: Click to watch
CNN on the ending of the one child policy: Click to watch


Read page 378/79.
Carrying Capacity.  Answer #1. page 379.
Answer the question for Figure 11-23. (Which viewpoint is the cartoon?  Do you agree?)


Population Density: what determines where people go/settle/live?
Good brainstorming session.   See figure 11-27.


Handout: Chapter 11 guiding questions

Day 26: Population pyramid and population control

Current events:  Are the parents guilty or not?  What do you think the verdict will be?
Alberta child died from meningitis


Population pyramids: Click to watch TED-Ed presentation on Population Pyramids
Handout: population pyramids


Read page 368-370 on India and China population control
What plans were used by each country to control population?
Effective?  Negative outcomes?
Discuss #5, page 370.  Identify your two ideas.

Day 25: Demographic transition model

Current events: International Women's Day
Click to watch clip on women inventors
Click to watch clip on Malala Yousefzai


Review of terms and definitions from Friday.


Handout: Life expectancy
Demographic transition model (pages 365-66)


Time to finish your map.

Day 24: Project

Projects look good so far.


Divide up topics and when rehearsing make sure that the speaking roles are divided evenly.


Have you incorporated images/graphs/statistics and a video clip?


Are you an expert in your area.


Projects are due on Monday, April 4th.

Day 23: Population trends and issues

Chapter 11: Population Trends and Issues
Do Questions #1,2,4,5 on page 364
Define demography, natural increase, emigration, immigration, net migration, and exponential growth
What types of information are collected in census?  Give examples of three uses of this information.
What are the main components of population change?  What is meant by the rule of 70?
Why is immigration more important to Canada's population growth than to some Brainstorm: 
What are characteristics of Developed vs. Developing nations? (list 3-5 characterstics/differences)

Worked on Global Issues Project.

In groups discuss:
• How to present creatively
• What format to choose
• finding picture
• finding statistics/graphs
• finding applicable video clip
• Continue with research.

FOR MONDAY - 4 SLIDES PER PERSON.  HAVE ONE GROUP MEMBER SHARE ME THE LINK OR FILE BEFORE CLASS ON MONDAY

Day 22: Field trip

A trip to the provincial capital.

A great opportunity to see the legislature building and to sit in on a bill reading session in the gallery.

Thanks to the sunshine for making an appearance!

Day 21: Test

Government/Human Rights/Law test

Day 20: Research for Global Issues Project

Interesting topics.  These include:

• Human Trafficking
• Child labour
• HIV/AIDS
• Child soldiers
• Poverty
• Geneva convention.  Treatment of soldiers during times of war
• Terrorism (Narco.  State.  Nuclear)

What am I looking for during group presentations?

• Is it interesting?  Creative?  Fun?  Well rehearsed?
• Does it incorporate powerful images?  Statistics?  Graphs?
• Video clip?
• Does each person have a role?  Are you the expert on your topic area?

Due by next Monday, March 7th.  Each person should complete 4 slides.  Please compile this information and send me a link.


Please communicate well with each other!

Day 19: Human geography. Population. Mapping

Chapter 11 begins.
What is demography?
Difference between Human geography and Physical geography (Geo 12).


Click to watch video "7 Billion Too Fast"


Oral interviews


World map activity (due on last day of the Geography unit).  Must include a colour coded legend.


Library computer lab tomorrow for research for our Global Issues project.


Government/Human Rights/Law test on Wednesday.