Lesson Plan
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Población mundial: Una historia visual (World Population: A Visual History)
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Students watch the video, World Population, and analyze trends in population change over the last 2,000 years.
Lesson plan PDF includes Spanish and English instructions.
Students will be able to:
- Explain the trajectory of human population growth from 1 C.E. to the present.
- Name two historic events that significantly impacted population size in the past 2,000 years.
- Describe how the global birth rate and death rate have changed over the past 2,000 years and the implication of that change.
Features of This Resource
- Includes Video Companion Text that provides expanded historical information for 19 human population milestones
- Unique way to visualize exponential growth
- Students can watch independently or as a class
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