1. Are you typical….. Pre-thinking questions…. 1.Is the typical person left or right handed? 2.How much money does the typical person make in a year? 3.What percentage of the world has a bank account and cell phone 4. Is the typical person male or female? 5. What is the average age of the typical person 6.What is the typical ethnic group? 7.How many gallons of water does the typical American use in a day? 8.Video -- Seven Billion: Are You Typical? -- National GeographicVideo -- Seven Billion: Are You Typical? -- National Geographic

2. Population and Point of View Population Connection Population Research Institute

3. DemographicsPopulation density Replacement RatePopulation distribution Fertility Rate1492- 450 million Developed countries1850- 1 billion Developing countries1945- 2 billion Thomas Malthus1965- 3 billion Carrying capacity1978- 4 billion Hunger1989- 5 billion Exponential growth1999- 6 billion Pandemic2011- 7 billion Black Death(Bubonic Plague)infant mortality Industrial Revolutionnatural rate of increase Quality of lifezero population growth Birth rate Deathrate

4. What is the message and point of view of the Dot video from Population Connection?

5. Watch the following video clips, take a few notes if you need to in order to discuss or ask questions. #1 Overpopulation: The Making of a Myth - YouTubeOverpopulation: The Making of a Myth - YouTube #2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBS6f-JVvTYhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBS6f-JVvTY #3 Food: There's Lots Of It - YouTubeFood: There's Lots Of It - YouTube

6. What is the point of view of the Population Research Institute? How does this point of view differ from Population Connection? Can you find any common ground in the two points of view? What do you think? What more would you need to know? How do you think a person’s perspective would influence their thoughts on population?

7. Use the vocabulary list you made at the beginning of to answer the following question….. Why should the average U.S. citizen as well as business, community and world leaders understand population trends? Bonus: What happens every ten years in the United States?