The Guardian newspaper online offers an excellent archive of articles and comments about various aspects of population and associated issues. Click on the image to access this fantastic resource and read some of the articles to extend the work you are doing in lessons.
UK POPULATION
The following Daily Telegraph articles and links provide background information on projections and issues affecting the UK.
HOMEWORK
1. What name is given to the study of population?
2. Describe population as a ‘system’.
3. Describe the relationship between poverty and population growth. What are the two ideas about their relationship? Which argument does the author of the Guardian article agree with?
4. What key economic change resulted in the first significant population change?
5. How do cultural traditions influence population change?
6. What 2 models have been devised to show the connection between industrialisation and population growth?
7. What are the problems with these models?
8. Draw 2 mind maps to show the factors which affect fertility and mortality.
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