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Starter; …some ARE factors that cause an AGEING POPULATION and some AREN’T Sorry guys, bit tired last night! On your fact cards; think I messed up!…some ARE factors that cause an AGEING POPULATION and some AREN’T Sort it out for me please! Which are which?
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-to evaluate the effects of an ageing population Battling wrinkles?
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With your starter cards… Check if you have removed all of my mistakes!Check if you have removed all of my mistakes! Around each one add notes to explain why they are a cause a population to have an increased proportion of older people (an ageing population)Around each one add notes to explain why they are a cause a population to have an increased proportion of older people (an ageing population) Top levels; Assign a rank to each card to show relative importance of each factor. Explain your reasoning!Top levels; Assign a rank to each card to show relative importance of each factor. Explain your reasoning!
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Homework! Previous Homework; Evaluate India’s population control success. Compare to China’s population policy attempts Due; Umm NOW! New homework; “The UK is obsessed with youth and anti- old! Older people are a drain on society”; Evaluate and discuss this statement. Due; Next lesson
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The effects? You need to sort your cards under the following headings;You need to sort your cards under the following headings; Positive Negative Around each card, add any notes to explain the card and ensure YOUR understanding!Around each card, add any notes to explain the card and ensure YOUR understanding! Top levels need to start to evaluate the effects of an ageing population; is it an overall beneficial or positive challenge to society, or a negative drain on society?Top levels need to start to evaluate the effects of an ageing population; is it an overall beneficial or positive challenge to society, or a negative drain on society?
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Your task! 1.Scan read the article on “The wrinkling of Britain” 2.Add notes to your causes and effects notes and cards 3.Use this added information to feed into your homework Top levels must have an evaluation of the effects on society as a whole with detailed justifications of your decision!
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Dependency ratio??! Tells us how many people are SUPPORTING dependent people in a populationTells us how many people are SUPPORTING dependent people in a population The LOWER the BETTER!The LOWER the BETTER! (0 to15 + 65 & above) 16 to 64
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Dependency ratio??! Tells us how many people are SUPPORTING dependent people in a populationTells us how many people are SUPPORTING dependent people in a population The LOWER the BETTER!The LOWER the BETTER! Dependents Number of people aged (0 to15 + 65 & above) 16 to 64 Independents (workers) YOUR TASK! EXPLAIN what the dependency ratio is and what it tells us!
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Pensions time bomb 1) A lot more older people (higher life expectancy) 2) Plus a smaller amount of younger people 3) EQUALS a high dependency ratio & not enough workers to pay for PENSIONS Pensions time bomb
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Key Words Bingo Malthus’s theory Infant Mortality Rate Total Fertility Rate Replacement level fertility Boserup’s theory Chloropleth Map Dependency ratio Demographic Transition Justify Explain Describe Evaluate State Annotate
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