1.2.1 Population change and demographic transition over time
Content
Geographic inquiry and concept(s)
Processes of population change and their effect on people and places
Geographic knowledge and understanding
Population change and demographic transition over time, including natural increase, fertility rate, life expectancy, population structure and dependency ratios
Case study or detailed examples
Detailed examples of two or more contrasting countries
Aims of this lesson
To be able to define natural increase, fertility rate, life expectancy and dependency ratio.
To be able to describe and explain population change by using the demographic transition model.
To be able to use population pyramids to describe and explain population structure
To develop detailed examples for countries within all categories of World Bank classification
