Japan is trying really hard to persuade women to start having babies again Excerpt: Japan’s population is aging at an unprecedented speed, bringing the country to the brink of a […]
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ARTICLE: Population & Migration
Article via Sense&Sensability: Escaping The Malthusian Trap
Escaping The Malthusian Trap Excerpt: Worldwide human population has increased from around 800 million in 1800 to over 7 Billion in 2016. In Western Europe, food consumed per capita has […]
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Article via Mach: World’s population could swell to 10.9 billion by 2100, U.N. report finds
World’s population could swell to 10.9 billion by 2100, U.N. report finds Excerpt: The world’s population could swell to 10.9 billion by the end of the century, a new United […]
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Article via TheEconomist: Why Germany’s birth rate is rising and Italy’s isn’t
Why Germany’s birth rate is rising and Italy’s isn’t Jun 29th 2019| POTSDAM Excerpt: In 1907 an anxious Austrian, Emil Reich, predicted that Germany would have a population of 150m […]
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Article via WaPo: The rise of the only child: How America is coming around to the idea of ‘just one’
The rise of the only child: How America is coming around to the idea of ‘just one’ Except: Even the term itself feels tinged with melancholy, some undercurrent of not-quite-enoughness, […]
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Article & Inforgraphic via VisualCapittalist: Mapped: The Median Age of the Population on Every Continent
Mapped: The Median Age of the Population on Every Continent Excerpt: Earlier this week, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation published their annual letter that highlights the surprises they saw […]
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Article via PennStateNews: Why is the Census Important?
Probing Question: Why is the census important? Every ten years, the U.S. Census Bureau undertakes a mammoth task: tallying up all the people living in the United States and recording […]
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ARTICLE via Newsweek: Alabama has the Worst Poverty in the Developed World, U.N. Official Says
Human Imprint: This short article could be presented at the beginning of the year to have kids conduct a Why of Where investigation into the reason for Alabama’s poverty, and it’s […]
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NEWS via CNN Money: Venezuela brain drain: I miss mom, but don’t want to go back
Human Geography connection: This article hits on multiple topics including brain drain, migration, immigration visas, refugees, and political corruption within Venezuela. Alejandro Nava is leaving his home in Venezuela, and […]
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NEWS & RESOURCE via Washington Post: Germany reunified 26 years ago, but some divisions are still strong
This 2016 article highlights how effects of border changes are still evident today. The article uses choropleth maps to highlight some of the biggest difference between East and West Berliners. […]
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VIDEO INFOGRAPHIC via Visual.ly: Modern Iraq Explained: ISIS, Syria, and War
A great 5 minute clip on how Iraq got into the contemporary problem that it is in with ISIS. You could also use this to help explain briefly the Shia/Sunni […]
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NEWS via NPR: Map Of Native American Tribes You’ve Never Seen Before
http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2014/06/24/323665644/the-map-of-native-american-tribes-youve-never-seen-before The Map Of Native American Tribes You’ve Never Seen Before by HANSI LO WANG June 24, 2014 4:03 PM ET Listen to the Story All Things Considered 3 min 36 sec […]
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NEWS via DeccaChronicle: Aged population to be 2 billion by 2050 in India
Aged population to be 2 billion by 2050 in India DC CORRESPONDENT | March 19, 2014, 06.03 am Picture for representation purpose. Chennai: The elderly population grows at a faster rate and […]
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NEWS via NBCNews: With Migration, Indigenous Languages Going Extinct
With Migration, Indigenous Languages Going Extinct BY CARMEN SESÍN HOMESTEAD, FL – Her name is Spanish in origin, but for Juana Sales, a migrant farm-worker from the Guatemalan high lands, it […]
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NEWS via psMag: Ironic Gentrification and the Migration of Globalization
Ironic Gentrification and the Migration of Globalization BY JIM RUSSELL • March 20, 2014 • 2:00 AM Cherry blossom trees in Buffalo, New York, in bloom. (Photo DragonFire1024/Wikimedia Commons) Higher education and […]
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PHOTOJOURNALISM: Shannon Jensen-A Long Walk-Sudanase Migration in their Shoes
This is a beautiful photojournalist website of Shannon Jensen that highlights the life of Sudanese migrants after the the country. Other stories are included, but choose A Long Walk for […]
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NEWS via TheAtlanticCities.com: America’s 1,000 Richest Neighborhoods
America’s 1,000 Richest Neighborhoods RICHARD FLORIDA MAR 13, 2014 Carolyn Williams/Flickr America’s “one percent” are a privileged bunch. It takes an adjusted gross income of almost $400,000 to be counted among those […]
Read MoreVIDEO via Frontline: India-The Missing Girls
Frontline Roughtcut Website In 2006, when my wife and I traveled to India to live and work, the one issue that kept grabbing our attention was northern India’s deep cultural […]
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NEWS via CNN: Plugging China’s talent pool
Plugging China’s talent pool By Zarina Banu for CNN March 20, 2014 — Updated 0603 GMT (1403 HKT) Many are leaving China for reasons like education, food and wealth security and air […]
Read MoreInteractive RESOURCE: PeopleMovin-Migration Flows Across the World-A Visualization
This Flash site provides a visualization of migration flows in and out of every country in the world. Top emigration locations are also listed.
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VIDEO via TED: Explaining Population Growth
INFOGRAPHIC: Land of the Rising Son-China’s Population Policy
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NEWS via SBS.com: Why geography is Australia’s biggest silent killer
Why geography is Australia’s biggest silent killer Understanding how the characteristics of a particular place impact health is critically important if we are to understand how to improve health and […]
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NEWS via Christian Science Monitor: Why African-Americans are moving back to the South
After decades of moving north, thousands of blacks are returning to their Southern roots for economic and cultural reasons. By Carmen K. Sisson, Correspondent / March 16, 2014 Artist Kia Darceo left Milwaukee […]
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NEWS via Guardian Liberty Voice: China Population Structure Change Demands Economic Reform
China Population Structure Change Demands Economic Reform Added by Tina Zhang on March 15, 2014. On March 13, China’s annual parliament meeting closed. Reforms in financialsector, economic structure, environmental protection, and many other […]
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