Resource Overview
Students construct and interpret population pyramids and discuss differences in population growth rates among several different countries.
Lesson plan PDF includes Spanish and English instructions.
Students will be able to:
- Describe the three general shapes of population pyramids and their meanings.
- Construct a population pyramid for one of six different countries.
- Make correlations between the shape of a country’s pyramid and its growth pattern.
- Analyze countries’ population pyramids to make inferences about past events, current trends, and future growth.
Features of This Resource
- Spanish population pyramids lesson plan
- Great lesson for bilingual APHG and APES classes
- Opportunity for real-world math
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