Ballakermeen GeographyDepartment
Lesson / Key Question / Objectives / Suggested activities / Resources / Homework / Assessment1 / What are the factors that affect population? / To revisit key population terms and understand how different factors affect the population of an area / Outline AS Course / give out handbook
Intro to interactive A level dictionary (Curr. Press)
Jelly Babies Game / Handbook
Jelly babies resources
Interactive dictionary on shared area.
2 / What is the pattern of world population growth? / To understand how the population of different countries has changed overtime.
To understand how population indicators can be used. / Intro - most / least lines (br, dr, life exp)
Key terms (ppt)
Looking at world population growth (ppt x2) and popln growth by regions (swf) and density / growth (swf)
Key terms:
- Birth Rate and Death Rate – most likely to… activity
- Life Expectancy
- Longevity
- Natural Change
- Fertility rate (to be discussed in more detail later)
- Infant mortality rate
Slides 3-17
Popl swf
Pop change swf
Pop growth ppt
Internet
P8 pop jigsaw / GeoFactsheet 175 (additional reading) Constructing and describing scattergraphs (data from p158-160 NT)
3 / What causes a change in population? / To investigate the interrelationship between the factors that cause population change / Causes of population change
Interrelationship of factors inc: health, education, social provision, cultural factors, political factors, environmental factors.
Discussion of each – how does each relate to population growth
Creation of a concept map to show the interrelationship between each factor (in groups?)
explanation of what a census is and how data is collected / P145-6
Sugar paper / pens etc
P146-7
4 / How do countries at different stages of development differ? / To investigate population indicators for countries at different stages of development. / (restart ‘now’ at beginning of lesson.)
Life expectancy play your cards right.
Investigating world population data using World pop data sheet or
and CIA world factbook to produce top trumps activity (then play!) / Play your cards right
Top trumps blanks
Internet or print out from world data sheet / Q5a and b from AQA additional sample qs1
5 / How does fertility cause a change in population characteristics? / To understand the factors that affect fertility rates
To investigate the reasons for differences in fertility in MEDCs & LEDCs / What is Fertility Rate?
What is Infant Mortality Rate?
What are the factors that affect fertility? – brainstorm (then tell them any they miss! Eg Tradition, education, young age structure, social class, religion, economic influence, political influence.
Show fertility ppt.
What causes a high growth rate in LEDCs?
What is happening to populations in MEDCs?
From ‘Measures of Fertility’ do baby-o-matic and watch flash movie (link)
From ‘Factors affecting…’ do diamond 9 exercise and watch flash movie (link)
From ‘Spatial patterns of fertility’ look at maps and describe pattern (extn – suggest reasons for pattern)
Hints of baby boom in UK due to immigrants / P147-153
Slides 12-13
Fertility ppt
Internet
Downloaded w/s from Geogalltheway / Using n/paper article (Daily Mail 23/8/08 ‘Migrant mother baby boom’ – make note son mail points (nb – mention poss bias) and summarise the main points of today’s lesson in 5-8 points
6 / How does mortality affect populations? / To understand the term ‘mortality’ and how it can vary from place to place / Starter – ‘My generation’ YouTube clip (from site below)
Read relevant pages in text book
From website: ‘measures of mortality’ – flash animation and worksheet
‘Factors affecting mortality’ – all activities
Read and make notes of key points / examples / P151-153
Internet
Downloaded w/sheets
n/paper article (or see link) / Explain how economic and political factors have influenced changes in fertility rates over time in the UK (7 mks Jun05)
7 / What is the DTM and what can it tell us about population change? / To understand the characteristics of the stages of the DTM / Ask for volunteers to draw DTM on board (who can remember?!). Or give large paper and pens to groups – 5 mins to get the most accurate DTM with annotations.
DTM movie from GATM as starter / reminder from GCSE
Characteristics of each stage in the model (slides and flash from BBC)
ib_demographic_transition_model.htm / P153-157
Slides 18-24
GATM movie / Draw and annotate DTM
(Application of knowledge of DTM to describe and explain demographic change in the UK – p155-156)
8 / What are the problems and benefits of the DTM? / To investigate the validity and application of the DTM / Check understanding of UK Change h/w
Investigate the validity and application of the DTM
First part of DVD inc India
(Case Study: Demographic Change in Thailand) / P156-7
DVD ‘World pop issues’ / Explain why the pattern of population change in some countries does not follow that predicted by the DTM (7 marks Jan 05)
9 / How do we show the composition of a country’s population? / To understand how to construct a population pyramid and recognise the links between the DTM and age-sex structure
To understand the changing age-sex structure of the UK / Pop pyr flash (general shape)
Matching up shapes exercise to stages in the DTM – explanation of the patterns shown
Pop pyr and dtm – flash
Ppt – reasons for differences in br and dr
Living graph activity (2 to choose from)
Draw pop py for Kenya (figs from p165 NT)
Act 12+13 from p164NT
Key terms:
- Dependency ratio
- Juvenility index
- Old-age index
plenary – TC’s pyramid movie / P161-164
2x flash
Slides 25-30
Ppt
Living graph resources
P164-5 NT
Hm sheet
Internet
Pyramid movie / Give UK pop pyramids for 2000, 2025 and 2050. Annotate and suggest how the population structure may be changed by trends such as in-migration of European workers (and others), out migration (eg of retirees) etc
10 / What is Demographic Ageing? / To understand the causes and effects of an ageing population structure / ‘Ageing Population’ TC’s movie to introduce factors
Investigate causes and effects of demographic ageing – card sort – social, economic and political factors
‘Ancient Britain’ np article – main points?
Ageing population research task
Ageing pop (other movie) as plenary – highlighting main problems
NB – p9-12 Pop jigsaw – background info? / P164-167
Slides 35-43
Card sort
n/p article
Task sheet / internet / Ageing pop article – main points?
11 / How is the UK responding to demographic ageing? / To understand the balance between population and resources in a country experiencing demographic ageing / Ageing map from memory (and subsequent discussion)
Find a way to present the info from p164-8
UK case study p168-171
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(also see blog thegeographydepartment.blogspot.com) / Map from memory
P164-171 / (Complete UK case study)
12 / What is a youthful population and what issues does it bring? / To understand the causes of, and the issues surrounding, a youthful population. / What is a youthful population? What causes it? What issues does a youthful population bring? / P171-172
Slides 44-45
Uganda resources / Read geofactsheet in preparation for next lesson
13 / What is migration?
What causes migration, and how has it changed overtime? / To define and recognise the causes, types and changing nature of international migration / Eurovision mystery (BKitchen’s) and discussion.
What is migration?What are the different types and examples of migration - ppt
Causes of migration – use photos to begin discussion – how does the photo prompt migratory movement?Eg. Volcanic eruption, aid workers, refugees, war etc
The changing nature of international migration -swf
Effect of migration on pop. Structure (Australia suffering man drought) and Saudi pyramid (CP ppt)
Google Earth refugee overlay
NB: add Defence Dynamics resources / Eurovision mystery
P157-161
Migration ppt (2 to choose from)
Slides 31-34
Migration swf
Australia suffering….
Slides 31-34
P167 / Refugees and asylum seekers
14 / What are the Social, Economic and Political Effects of Migration? / To investigate the impact of migration on source and destination countries and on population structure / Outline different migration policies e.g.
• New Zealand’s controlled immigration policies.
• Britain’s changing policies between the 1960’s to today.
• Transmigration policies in Indonesiaand Brazil
• China’s open-door policy
• France’s changing policies in the mid-1970’s
• EU polices allowing freedom of movement within the EU.
Using website and GeooFactsheet 14 make notes on the social, economic and political effects of migration for losing and receiving countries and the migrants themselves. / P172-177
Geo factsheet 14 / For an area you have studied, outline the social and economic consequences of significant migration gain (7mks Jun04)
15 / What are the Social, Economic and Political Effects of Migration? / To investigate the impact of migration on Source and Destination Countries / DVD: Rwanda: Genocide, mass migration, refugee camps.
Mexico to USA migration movie
Using Geofactsheets, GeoNews reviews and internet compile a suitable case study for migration (see spec)
Plenary – maps and titles from world mapper ppt- from what they have learnt can they match the map with the heading? / DVD
GATM movie
Geofactsheets and geonews review
World mapper ppt (in ‘Other’ folder)
16 / What are the implications of Population Change? / To understand the causes and effects of overpopulation, underpopulation and optimum population.
To investigate optimistic and pessimistic approaches to Population Change;
Boserup v’s Malthus / Easter island movie and mystery
Definition of key terms
Population theories ppt.
? Third section of DVD – resources
If time- Sahel as case study – was Malthus right? / Easter island resources
P177-183
Slides 46-61
Pop theories ppt
DVD
(Sahel resources)
17 / How can approaches to population change become more sustainable? / To understand the concept of sustainable development.
To investigate pro- natalist and anti-natalist population policies / Begin with definition of sustainability – how did the concept of sustainability arise?
China one Child Policy
mystery -‘Why was Yin Lee…?’
- Define pro and anti- natalist (pro-natalist -to increase population growth by attempting to raise the number of births, anti-natalist – to limit the number of births to lower the country’s population growth rate)
- Show 1 slide ‘population policies’
- What do they already know about China’s one child policy? Headings ‘Why needed?’, ‘Strategies to enforce policy?’, ‘How successful?’ and ‘Any problems?’ Students put notes under each heading… from the following and additional notes.
- Movie -One Child policy
- Show baby girl in gutter picture
- ppt – China’s one child policy
- news article about China’s ageing population
- DVD clip (China: The One Child Policy & population control)
Slides 62-66 and 71-78
China resources
(also p13-18 pop jigsaw)
DVD
18 / What are the problems of anti-natalist population policies? / To evaluate the effectiveness if China’s One Child Policy
To investigate an alternative approach / Different view points on the One Child Policy
BBC Bitesize clip
China’s elderly care conundrum
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Kerala, India / Geofactsheet 152 and geo News review Jun04 p5
BBC Bitesize clip (folder 17)
Kerala resources
19 / What are the problems and benefits of a pro-natalist population policy? / To investigate the population policies of European Countries / Group Presentation Task – investigation of European policies?
birth policies in Europe
for hm
Depending on any lessons spare: possible additional – give names of some countries (eg Singapore, Italy etc) from hat to groups. They are the Dept of Population for that country. Decide your policies and outline your campaign ideas with one really good slogan for a national ad campaign. / Slides 67-70
France ppt / See website to left - Summary of what different European countries are doing to encourage higher birth rates
20 / How can migration be managed to influence population change? / To understand the benefits and problems of Transmigration in Indonesia / Case study – transmigration in Indonesia / P184-186
Slides 79-81
21 / How are rural populations changing in the UK? / To understand the relationship between population change and service decline in rural UK areas / Population pyramids
Causes of rural pop. Change
Decline of services
Population characteristics / P188-189
Slides 82-88 (Cornwall eg)
22 / What are the impacts of population change / rural-urban migration in LEDCs? / To recognise some of the impacts of rural-urban migration in LEDCs / Case study?
Eg shanty towns and consequences
23 / What are the impacts of a changing population in rural areas? / Case Study: The Isle of Purbeck, Dorest / Case study from text book (boring!!) / P190-193
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25 / What are the impacts of a changing population in an area? / To examine 4 areas of Newcastle to see how the characteristics of these zones differ and what the implications for social welfare are. / Urban movie
Inner-city decline and solutions movie (To show issues - Guildford doesn’t have ‘old inner city’ zone!) / Slides 89-101
GATM movies
Geofact 169 – contrasting London suburbs
26 / What are the impacts of population change in an area? / To examine 4 areas of Preston to see how the characteristics of these zones differ and what the implications for social welfare are. / Rural-urban fringe ppt
Case study of 4 areas of Preston / Rural-urban fringe ppt
Preston resources
27 / What are the impacts of a changing population in an urban area? / Guildford / Woking – own research / P194-5 / Case study
28 / Revision then
timed exam question – from AQA sample assessment materials / Slides 102-107 as revision activity and prep for writing exam answer
Population millionaire / population taboo
Exam q
NB: Where pages only are given they refer to AS Geography – Barker, Redfern and Skinner
‘Slides’ refers to Population powerpoint from Curriculum Press (new AS materials)
NT refers to the AQA AS Geography text book from Nelson Thornes
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