Resource Overview
Students use the poster, A Quick Trip to 8 Billion, to determine whether progress has been made in key indicators of human well-being and environmental health over the past two centuries and then evaluate what these changes mean.
Students will be able to:
- Analyze graphs and charts of demographic, environmental, health, and food statistics to identify trends.
- Evaluate environmental, social, and economic trends over the past two centuries.
- Discuss how population trends are related to other global trends.
Features of This Resource
- E-poster available online
- Lesson is easily modified for virtual learning
- Students consider complex topics with nuance – Do all people benefit equally from global advances? Do our successes have any drawbacks?
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