1.1 Population Change
| Week 1 | Population Growth
Population Distribution & Density Tasks 1) Introduction to course, units to be covered, collect text books. 2) Dot Vs choropleth maps. world population choropleth map ..... dot map 3) Definitions: demography, density, distribution, sparsely populated, densley populated. 4) Costa Rica: Population Density Activty (w/s here) |
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| Week 2 | Lorenz Curve & Spearman rank Tasks View more presentations from i-study-co-uk.
Explanation of Lorenz Curve & example in Waugh p.349 2) Q12 p.43 (P,R&D). |
1.2 Responses to High & Low Fertility
| Week 4 | Optimum Population in Relation to Resources + Fertility & mortality Tasks
1) Define: optimum, over & under population. 2) Define: crude birth rate, fertility rate, total fertility rate, infant mortality rate. 3) What factors affect the birth rate & fertilty rate? 4) Demographic Transition Model - draw & label. 5) Produce own version of DTM using Switzerland & Angola data. What stage do they fit into? |
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| Week 5 | Population Pyramids Tasks 1) Discuss & draw pop pyramids (p.353 Waugh), discuss diffenrences. 2) Population Pyramid PP - changes over time & differences between UK & Costa Rica. 3) Population Pyramid data - construct pyramids for Costa Rica & Cambodia. Correct labelling & written explanation for the shapes. 4) Define: economically active & non-economically active population. (p.354 Waugh). 5) Dependency ratio (p.354 Waugh). 6) Young dependency ratio & old dependency ratio (p25 Patterns & Change), task p.27 |
| Week 6 | Aging Populations & Population Policies Tasks 1) Open this web page (Britains ageing population), watch the videos & read article on issues surrounding UKs aging population. make notes. Make sure you read the 60 seconds section 2) Read the following articles UK foreign births & primary school provision 2) Group work: in groups of 3, research the given topic (aging population/young dependents/natural decrease). Produce a video (movie maker) to present to the class (5 mins max) & a handout to go with it (no more than double sided A4). Use the internet, library and text books for research. Try not to copy/paste & if you do: reference the source for the handouts. Key points to include:
The following content should have been covered this week 3) What is causing countries to have aging populations? 4) Problems of aging populations (Gov considerations, impact on younger generations) & what can be done? 5) Issues of falling birth rates & strategies for combatting this. 6) Problems of rapidly expanding populations. 7) Population policies aimed at reducing birth rates. Pro-natalist policies Anti-natalist policies |
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1.3 Movement Responses - Migration
| Week 7 | Migration Tasks 1) In small groups brainstorm about migration - create initial mind map on the board from all the groups suggestions. 2) Define the following terms
3) World map showing migrationary events - in pairs, A3 map. Use fig 13.29, p.362 Waugh. Use arrows to show country of origin, destination country, cause of migration (famine/war/natural disaster etc), type of migration (forced/voluntary). Add any extra information about the migrations that you may know (slave trade etc). 4) Practise exam Q 5) Feedback of exam Q & markscheme. German economic migration to Poland 5) Complete activities at the end of the 'UK immigration issues' article. 6) Having read the other articles, write a paragraph which describes what is happening in Western European countries regarding migration & offer reasons for this.
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Illegal Immigration into the United States |
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| Week 8 | Rural to Urban Migration Tasks 1) Define rural to urban migration. 2) Push & Pull factors (employment - opportunity, range of jobs, salary, health, education, infrastructure). 3) MEDC & LEDC examples. 4) Read the following articles. It may be usefull to print the last 4 for your file as they offer good, concise examples. UK rural - urban migration: broadband provision China's urban to rural migration Bangkok's transport pollution solution African cities at risk from flooding |
| Homework: read: World urbaninsation trends & issues | |
| Week 9 | Migration models & theories Tasks 1) Group work - assigned model, produce powerpoint presentation (Ravensteins, Lees, Zelinskys, Stouffers & Stepwise). 3 lessons: 2 to prepare, 1 to present. Focus on: clear information on slides, dont just say whats on the slide, speaking to the audience. |
1.4 Gender & Change
Gender Inequality What is Gender? What is inequality? What is the Global Gender Gap Index? What forms does gender inequality take? Why does gender inequality exist? What are the impacts of gender inequality?
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Disease 1) Disease & impact on populations (HIV/AIDs, Malaria, Cholera/typhoid/polio, Cancer). In groups research & compile a factfile about each disease (what it is, symptoms, whos affected, prevention/cure?, how its spread). Keep it simple, easy to read and accurate. 2) Factfiles to handed out to all members of the class. |
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| Week 12 | Revision of Unit Collection of videos about the issues in the topics above - you should watch all these and could use them as examples: 7 Billion (BBC) Complete revision sheet - make very concise notes & definitions in your own words - dont copy/paste. Include examples where possible.
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