The+Demographic+Transition+Model

Watch this video. Try and note what is being said about how and why a country's population changes. I'll be asking questions at the end!

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Now let's go through it again with your teacher explaining it.

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Now watch the video below, stopping it each time you come to the questions. With your partner (work in pairs) discuss and answer these questions in your notebook.

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This is a copy for you if you want to save on your device.





Singapore as an example of Stage 5.

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Student Activity: Hopefully you understand the basics of the Demographic Transition Model. Now you need to apply this knowledge to the following situations. Which stage is each person at?

1.Billy White loses his job as a gravedigger, as he has fewer bodies to bury. 2.Parents are now able to plan how many children they will have. 3.Children share one bedroom with their 4 brothers and 3 sisters. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">4. More people are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">5.A mother cries at the grave of her sixth child who has died of the disease typhoid. All of her children have died. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">6. More schools need to be built. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">7. The public health inspector smiles as the building of new drainage systems for sewage( waste material from toilets) is finished. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">8. The Government pays $1000 dollars for every child born. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">9. the demand for walking sticks is increasing, but the demand for toys remains the same.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Extension question: How would the following affect the DTM? <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">People are encouraged to leave their home countries and settle in other lands.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Homework/extension strategy <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In your assigned groups create a short drama video to show people and families at the different stages of the Demographic Transition Model. Share these with your teacher and the other students on Google Drive.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Key Terms to remember please write these in your books:

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Birth Rate is expressed as number of births per 1,000 population

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The death rate is typically expressed in units of deaths per 1000 individuals per year.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Net migration is the total inflows and outflows of migrants within a country (forced and economic migration)