Resource Overview
Acting as residents of five major regions of the world, students compare various statistics that affect people’s health, happiness, and well-being.
Lesson plan PDF includes Spanish and English instructions.
Students will be able to:
- State at least two factors that might be used to determine the relative well-being of a country or region.
- Identify at least two potential impacts of inequitable resource distribution.
- Draw connections between population growth rate and wealth, and between wealth and energy use.
Features of This Resource
- One of Population Education’s most popular lessons
- Students use ratios and statistics to understand demographic information and environmental impacts
- Provides students with context for many global issues they learn about in various social studies and science courses
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