Population


Population development

Lesson Plan

Previous knowledge:

Define these concepts:

 

POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT

Population refers to all people who live in a particular area.

Demography is the study of the development, distribution, births, deaths and changing structure of human population. To obtain information  about the population we use different sources: census and municipal register. During most of the 20th century the world population grew very quickly. Since 1980s, population growth has fallen. Currently, in developed countries population growth is static or negative; in less-developed countries population growth is higher.

 

DISTRIBUTION OF THE WORLD´S POPULATION

Population density is calculated by dividing the total number of inhabitants by the area of land occupied (in KM2)

The areas with higher population density are those with physical or human  conditions make them more attractive. The demographic deserts areas are those with conditions that make human settlement difficult.

 

NATURAL POPULATION CHANGE

Natality: is the number of people born over a year in a particular area

Mortality: is the number of people who die over a year in a particular area

Natural increase: is the difference between the number of births and deaths in a population

 

POPULATION MOVEMENT

 

POPULATION STRUCTURE

 

Population can be classified according to different criteria:

The population of Europe and Spain

POPULATION CHANGES

 

POPULATION AND ECONOMY

 

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

Economic activity produces economic assets:

 

Factors of production are different type of resource used in the production of goods and services:

 

 

ECONOMIC AGENTS

 

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ACTIVITIES


1.- Look at the chart and answer the questions:

                                     YEAR:                                                                                     WORLD POPULATION (million) 

1700  600    
1750  629 
1800  813 
1850  1 128 
1900  1 150 
1950  2 400 
2000  6 122 
2050  9284 

 

a) How many people inhabited  the Earth in the year 1750? and in the year 2000? by how much has the population increased between these two dates?

b) Between which years did the world population increase the most?

c) How many people will inhabit our planet the year 2050?


2.- Explain how we calculate population density.

    Consult an atlas and look at the map of global population density. answer with a partner:

a) What is the population density of the following areas of the world?

Make sentences like this:  The interior of Brazil has a low population density.

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 






CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY

 

THE ORGANISATION OF SOCIETY

     Society is an organised comunity of people with common characteristics. Societies are organised into social groups. In societies there are different cultures; there are also diverse demographic, linguistic, economic and educational factors.

 

Discrimination and social confrontations lead to conflicts.

 

CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY

Throughout history many cultures have evolved:

 

EUROPEAN SOCIETY

Population is ageing, high inmigration, small families, economically developed.

SPANISH SOCIETY is similar to the rest of Europe.

In Wester society, discrimination is caused by economic and cultural factors, among others and the state and its citizens should prevent it.

SOCIETY AND STATE

Institutions: government, legislators and judges. the Spanish state  is regulated and organised into municipalities, provinces and regional comunities.

SETTLEMENT

Settlement refers to the action of people establishing themselves in a particular place. There are two types of settlement:

 

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