1. Population Growth Trends- NOTE
Our rate of increase is starting to slow down
WHY?

2. Why Population growth is starting to slow down(5)
1. Contraception - People are now able to choose when to have children (family planning)

3. Why Population growth is starting to slow down(5)
2. Lower fertility rates - Parents realize that their children will survive past their first birthday due to medical advancements

4. Why Population growth is starting to slow down(5)
3. Anti-Nationalist policies - One Child Policy in China aimed at cutting the fertility rate to below 2  
(3:21) ‘The unintended consequences of China's One Child Policy’

5. Why Population growth is starting to slow down(5)
4. Career Women Now deciding to postpone starting family to focus on forging a career path and earning money

6. Why Population growth is starting to slow down(5)
5. Children cost a lot  

8. TASK- Birth Rate Promotion Poster
(4:14) ‘19 Kids and Counting S12E01 Big Changes Part 1/9’ (start at 1:10)

9. TASK- Birth Rate Promotion Poster
Select a country from this list:
Source: World Bank
LOW FERTILITY RATE
HIGH FERTILITY RATE
SOUTH KOREA (1.2)
MALI (6.2)
PORTUGAL (1.2)
CONGO (6.0)
SPAIN (1.3)
NIGER (7.6)
GREECE (1.3)
SOMALIA (6.5)
JAPAN (1.4)
NIGERIA (5.7)

10. TASK- Birth Rate Promotion Poster
2. Make a poster that promotes the benefits of either lowering or increasing the birth rate. - Review the note we took on an ‘Introduction to Population’

11. TASK- Birth Rate Promotion Poster
3. Your poster should include:
Catchy title
Countries flag (see back of Atlas)
Facts promoting your point of view
It should look something like this
List of Benefits to the individual
List of Benefits to the country

12. TASK- Birth Rate Promotion Poster
CRITERIA
EVALUATION
ATTRACTIVENESS- Poster is well laid out, colourful and carefully constructed
MESSAGE- Promotes the benefits of having / not having kids for individual & country
PRESENTATION- Informative, referenced and accurate
TOTAL
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