If you’re looking for opportunities for your students to work with population pyramids across the world, I created two clean worksheets. Students can either study population pyramids at the regional scale or […]
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Tag: demographics
LESSONS & WORKSHEETS: Demographic Transition Model Printable
If you’re keen to have your students practice the Demographic Transition Model with guided lecture notes, feel free to download this blank worksheet for your students’ notebooks. I created a […]
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Video: Religions and babies | Hans Rosling [13:20]
Religions and babies | Hans Rosling Excerpt: Hans Rosling had a question: Do some religions have a higher birth rate than others — and how does this affect global population […]
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Video: Pandemics – a worrying global public health threat
Pandemics – a worrying global public health threat Pandemics are one of the greatest existential threats facing humanity today. Over the last few centuries, we’ve seen outbreaks and epidemics kill […]
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Video: Epidemiological Transition Lecture
Epidemiological transition Epidemiological transition is the changing patterns of disease (and causes of death) seen in human history. Those of us interested in public health and global health need to […]
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INTERACTIVE via Visual.ly: 2014 World Population Data Visualizer
VIDEO via TED: Explaining Population Growth
NEWS via StarTribune: In Africa, hopes that surging population will drive growth are overblown
How unusual is Africa’s demography? U.N. estimates of slowing birth rates predicted an economic surge, but trends have fallen short, as have manufacturing and private investment. If you refer to […]
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INFOGRAPHIC via Visual.ly: GLobal Life Expectancies from Birth
INFOGRAPH via PRB: 2013 World Population Data Sheet
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NEWS via PewResearch: Global Population Estimates by Age, 1950-2050-INTERACTIVE
JANUARY 30, 2014 Global Population Estimates by Age, 1950-2050 The demographic future for the U.S. and the world looks very different than the recent past. Growth from 1950 to 2010 […]
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NEWS via the Guardian: Time running out for China’s one-child policy after three decades
Time running out for China’s one-child policy after three decades As list of exemptions grows, experts predict scrapping of rule said to have prevented 400m births Even if the one-child […]
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NEWS via Pew Research Center: As the population grays, Americans stay upbeat
As the population grays, Americans stay upbeat BY RAKESH KOCHHARLEAVE A COMMENT One-in-five Americans are expected to be 65 and older by mid-century, and this could be a problem for the […]
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NEWS via CNN: New Chinese law: Visit your Parents
Human Imprint Synopsis: In a country where a one-child policy and an aging population prevail, the traditional family is being turned on its head. China is a rapidly developing country […]
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