Lesson Packet
Grades 9-12
Population Dynamics unit
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Thematic unit for the high school classroom covers the basics of population growth and demographics with real-world examples.
Included teaching materials explore real-world migration, the history of global population growth and future population projections, and demographic concepts including birth/death rate, rate of natural increase, doubling time and age-sex diagrams (population pyramids).
Features of This Resource
- Unit includes 8 lesson plans, 2 case study readings, and 1 background reading.
- Student skills include developing questions, interpreting graphs and charts, synthesizing research, and more.
- Great materials for AP Human Geography’s unit 2 on population and migration.
Unit Lesson Plans & Readings
The following are included with the purchase of the unit:
Lesson Plans
Power of the Pyramids
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Students use real-world data to construct and interpret population pyramids and discuss differences in population growth rates among several different...
Peopling of Our Planet
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Students watch the video “World Population” and participate in guided exploration of an online timeline to explore how improvements in...
Double Trouble
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Students observe and collect data on the exponential growth of yeast cultures in both a lab experiment and under a...
Demographic Facts of Life
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Students calculate the rate of natural increase and corresponding doubling time or half-life for several countries and explore factors that...
Power of the Pyramids: Canada
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Students use real-world data to construct and interpret population pyramids and discuss differences in population growth rates among several different...
Migration Stories
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In small groups, students take on the role of real-world migrants and take turns in the “hot seat” to answer...
Where Do We Grow From Here?
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Students discuss the UN’s population projections to explore how small changes in the fertility rate can produce significantly different future population sizes. Students...
Demographically Divided World
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In small groups, students explore changes in regional fertility rates and life expectancy trends over time and discuss how factors...
Readings
Leaving Syria: Refugee Stories
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Population dynamics case study reading: Refugee stories from the unprecedented migration of people from the war-torn Middle Eastern country to...
The People Connection
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Population dynamics background reading: An overview of world population history, current demographic trends, migration, and the concept of carrying capacity.
Iran’s Demographic Transition: A Model for Other Countries?
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Population dynamics background reading: Examine Iran’s transition from high to low fertility in the late 20th century.
Lesson Plans
Power of the Pyramids
- Students use real-world data to construct and interpret population pyramids and discuss differences in population growth rates among several different...Peopling of Our Planet
- Students watch the video “World Population” and participate in guided exploration of an online timeline to explore how improvements in...Double Trouble
- Students observe and collect data on the exponential growth of yeast cultures in both a lab experiment and under a...Demographic Facts of Life
- Students calculate the rate of natural increase and corresponding doubling time or half-life for several countries and explore factors that...Power of the Pyramids: Canada
- Students use real-world data to construct and interpret population pyramids and discuss differences in population growth rates among several different...Migration Stories
- In small groups, students take on the role of real-world migrants and take turns in the “hot seat” to answer...Where Do We Grow From Here?
- Students discuss the UN’s population projections to explore how small changes in the fertility rate can produce significantly different future population sizes. Students...Demographically Divided World
- In small groups, students explore changes in regional fertility rates and life expectancy trends over time and discuss how factors...Readings
Leaving Syria: Refugee Stories
- Population dynamics case study reading: Refugee stories from the unprecedented migration of people from the war-torn Middle Eastern country to...The People Connection
- Population dynamics background reading: An overview of world population history, current demographic trends, migration, and the concept of carrying capacity.Iran’s Demographic Transition: A Model for Other Countries?
- Population dynamics background reading: Examine Iran’s transition from high to low fertility in the late 20th century.How Do I Get This Lesson Packet?
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