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300 1. How do linear and exponential growth differ?  How does this relate to human population? Is history repeating itself?
300 2. What are the factors underlying the population explosion?
300 3. How do developed and developing countries compare in terms of demographics?   Why?
300 4. What role does culture play?
300 5. What are the reasons for immigration and emmigration and what are the impacts? 
300 6. Can we sustain the current global population growth rate?
300 7. How does population growth impact disease emergence and spread?
400 * biotic potential and environmental resistance
400 * exponential and linear growth
400 * carrying capacity
400 * ancient civilizations and population crashes...Easter Island, Ancient Egypt, etc
400 * demograhics- comparison between developed and developing nations
400 * local demographics
400 * demographic transition
400 * large scale and small scale projects and their impacts on development
400 * effects of culture on family size
400 * women and population
400 * effects of immigration on developed and developing nations
400 * feeding a growing population
400 * the green revolution
400 * consumption and the developed world
400 * calculating you ecological footprint
400 * the role of politics and the media in population issues
500 * Analysis of population growth curves
500 * Use of mobile lab for research
500 * Recognition of bias in the media
500 * Debate techniques
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600 All students will:
600 * Calculate the difference between linear and exponential growth patterns
600 * Learn to read and analyze population profiles
600 * Recognize trends in past civilizations and their connection to present civilizations
600 * Compare and contrast a given developed and developing nation in terms of specific demographic data, using internet sources
600 *Calculate their personal "ecological footprint"
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700 *objective, subjective testing 30%/70%
700 *internet demographic comparison activity
700 *critical analysis of media ads on population
700 *class discussion
800 There are many excellent videos on different aspects of population.  I use several as we move through this unit.  Each deals with a different subtopic and gives varying viewpoints.  Most focus on countries considered to be critical in regards to various aspects of global population.  For some, I use just a segment.
800 *Ancient civilizations (20 minutes)
800 *Megacities
800 *World in the Balance: The People Paradox(Nova)
800 *Race to Save the Planet: The Price of Progress
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820 *videos
820 *class text
820 *VCR