Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- Spatial patterns—major population clusters. Demographic structure—age and sex distribution using population pyramids.
- Types of migration and reasons for migration including both push and pull reasons.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Interpret demographic and population data.
- Predict and calculate changes in population.
- Evaluate causes and consequences of historical events, such as migration.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- There are spatial patterns and demographic structure to the population on Earth's surface.
Vocabulary
- demographic structure
- population pyramid
- density
- dispersion
- growth
- mortality rate
- natural population increase
- doubling time and migration
