Exploring Population Pyramids
10th Grade · Social Studies · 45 min
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Learning Objective
Students will describe and explain population pyramid shapes using key population vocabulary.
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According to the Malthusian prediction, the world would be overrun by people who would use up all of the available resources; however, Esther Boserup argued that people innovate, especially in agriculture, when there's pressure from having more mouths to feed.
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The demographic transition model was developed based on population patterns in Western Europe and North America, and it suggests that countries in stage 4 have slow to declining population growth.
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Empowering women through education and access to good paying jobs is a major factor in decreasing the total fertility rate, which is the average number of children a person is expected to give birth to.
