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How are the issues of population growth, food, the environment and social policy connected? Using an interactive timeline, a television story and public data sets, students will explore how human population has changed over time and what the impacts of those changes are.
Subject(s):
Environmental Studies, Geography, Social Studies
Grade Level:
9-12
Estimated Time:
50 minutes
Materials Needed:
Computers with Internet access, student handout
Objective(s):
- Students will understand how the world's population has increased since 500 B.C.
- Students will understand connections between policy, population growth, and resource management.
- Students will create and analyze a graph.
Concepts Covered:
Population growth, human impact on the environment, family planning
Author(s):
Susan Dodge, M.S. Ed for Creative Curriculum