1. Demographic Transition Activity

2. Modeling Demographic Transition
Use chalk to draw and label you axis-
Y axis = Birth and death rates per 1000
X- axis= Time (years)
Use the chalk to divide the graph into the 4 stages
Place the cards in the appropriate stages
Use the RED string to represent Crude Birth Rates over time
Use the Purple String to represent Crude Death rates over time
Use the YELLOW string to represent growth rate over time

4. Phase I Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4
Pre-Industrial
Transitional
Industrial
Post- Industrial
To compensate for high infant mortality, the population experiences high birth rates.
Population grows rapidly because birth rates remain high and death rates drop due to improved medical care, sanitation and food production.
Large numbers of children become a financial burden rather than an asset. More time is spent pursuing education and availability of birth control allows people to have smaller families.
Population growth begins to slow and then level off as low birth rates and low death rates cancel each other out. 
The population grows very slowly or remains at a stable growth rate because of high death rates and high birth rates.
Population momentum will cause a period of high growth because it takes at least one generation for people to adjust to reduced infant mortality.
Population growth begins to slow as birth rates begin to decline and death rates remain low.
High levels of affluence and economic development. High numbers of elderly people may create a tax burden.
Often a subsistence economy where child labor is valued and increased family size is an economic advantage. Life expectancy is short and infant mortality rates are high.
Growth rate begins to decline.
Growth rate is zero or low
Growth rate is high
Growth rate is low
Growth Rate is Zero or negative
Country: Lesotho
CBR= 25, CDR= 23
India
United States
Italy