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GCSE	Edexcel Geography Specification A syllabus no.1312
2  The Human World	1  Population
Chapter 2  pages  22-33	Tomorrow's Geography  Mike Harcourt and Steph Warren, published by Hodder and Stoughton 0 340 79965 X
Global population change. The balance between birth and death rate. Change due to migration.
students should - Recognise the global change in population over the past 2000 years and the contribution that birth and death rates make to this change. Identify differences between the birth and death rates of MEDCs and LEDCs and the effect of migration.
World Population Growth	Sketch the rise in world population from Tomorrow's Geography page 22. From page 22 explain why the rise in population has been accelerating. The role of Birth and Death Rates in population growth.  Tomorrow's Geography pages 24-25. Draw the bathtub model from page 24. Explain how we calculate natural increase (in population) from page 25. Explain birth rates in a. India and b. Spain. What are the current trends in these two countries? sheet 8.2 Population Data for Selected Countries ... answer the questions on the sheet. note: the Human Development Index (HDI) is a measure of how well-off a country is. It is not a simple measure of income, but combines data from many areas, such as health statistics, educational development, and other social data ... to give an overall rating of development for each country. Reasons for different birth and death rates - Scalloway
Birth and Death rates; the Demographic Transition Model Reasons for changing patterns of birth and death rates. The demographic transition model.
Students should: Explain the effect of medical, social, economic and political factors on birth and death rates. Recognise the demographic transition model. They can explain the reasons why societies move from one stage to another and that it cannot be universally applicable and is dynamic.
The Demographic Transition Model     DTM - everything you wanted to know!	The Demographic Transition Model   sheet the Demographic Transition Model - this is a living graph exercise, with a number of population events placed in a suitable position on the graph explain the main features of each stage of the DTM from Tomorrow's Geography  pages 26-27 sheet Population Growth with calculations to fill in on growth rates,and scattergraph to plot. Demographic Transition model explained - Scolloway Population - good graphs
Population Characteristics -  including age, sex, ethnic, religious and occupational structure. Population pyramids.
Students should: Classify populations using the following units age, sex, ethnic, religious and occupational structure. Interpret population pyramids.
Population Pyramids Population pyramids - Scalloway Columbia university	sheet How to Read a Population Pyramid  sheet Population Pyramids and Population Data for Selected Countries     Tomorrow's Geography  pages 29-31 page 31 Answer either Foundation or Higher questions.   Census - Scalloway The census in the UK From US Census Bureau plot the population figures for Italy.  Country data from US Census Bureau
The impacts of differing population structures: Differences between rural and urban populations. The impact of youthful and ageing populations and the dependency ratio. Recognise the differences between the populations of rural and urban areas in terms of age and occupational structure.
Students should: Explain the impacts of youthful and ageing populations. Calculate the dependency ratio.
Dependency Ratio	Tomorrow's Geography  pages 32-33   Population Data for the United Kingdom worksheet. Draw the population pyramid on squared paper and then work out the dependency ratio. Calculate dependency ratio - Scalloway Ageing and Youthful populations (UK & India) case study notes
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