Population Growth Trends- NOTE Our rate of increase is starting to slow down WHY?
Why Population growth is starting to slow down(5) 1. Contraception - People are now able to choose when to have children (family planning)
Why Population growth is starting to slow down(5) 2. Lower fertility rates - Parents realize that their children will survive past their first birthday due to medical advancements
Why Population growth is starting to slow down(5) 3. Anti-Nationalist policies - One Child Policy in China aimed at cutting the fertility rate to below 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0BPWFnL_jY (3:21) ‘The unintended consequences of China's One Child Policy’
Why Population growth is starting to slow down(5) 4. Career Women Now deciding to postpone starting family to focus on forging a career path and earning money
Why Population growth is starting to slow down(5) 5. Children cost a lot
TASK- Birth Rate Promotion Poster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC3MZT7G1GY (4:14) ‘19 Kids and Counting S12E01 Big Changes Part 1/9’ (start at 1:10)
TASK- Birth Rate Promotion Poster Select a country from this list: Source: World Bank LOW FERTILITY RATE HIGH FERTILITY RATE SOUTH KOREA (1.2) MALI (6.2) PORTUGAL (1.2) CONGO (6.0) SPAIN (1.3) NIGER (7.6) GREECE (1.3) SOMALIA (6.5) JAPAN (1.4) NIGERIA (5.7)
TASK- Birth Rate Promotion Poster 2. Make a poster that promotes the benefits of either lowering or increasing the birth rate. - Review the note we took on an ‘Introduction to Population’
TASK- Birth Rate Promotion Poster 3. Your poster should include: Catchy title Countries flag (see back of Atlas) Facts promoting your point of view It should look something like this List of Benefits to the individual List of Benefits to the country
TASK- Birth Rate Promotion Poster CRITERIA EVALUATION ATTRACTIVENESS- Poster is well laid out, colourful and carefully constructed 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 MESSAGE- Promotes the benefits of having / not having kids for individual & country PRESENTATION- Informative, referenced and accurate TOTAL / 30