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Wecskaop 2: Demographic Milestones

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Subject:Math
Learning Level: High School
Author(s): Randolph Femmer
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Abstract

This is the second PowerPoint lesson in a series of six.

In the first lesson, students learned the average number of births per day, the average number of deaths per day, and that we currently add approximately 9,000 additional persons to our planet ........ each hour.

In this lesson, students trace important population milestones over the past 10,000 years of history and project past and current trends into the near future.

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Essential Questions:


Standards

National Standards

This is the second PowerPoint lesson in a series of six. In the first lesson, students learned the average number of births per day, the average number of deaths per day, and that we currently add approximately 9,000 additional persons to our planet ........ each hour. In this lesson, students trace important population milestones over the past 10,000 years of history and project past and current trends into the near future.

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Lesson

Prerequisite Skills

This is a self-contained unit and students can complete the PowerPoint presentation itself by simply reading each slide and using the mouse to click through the slides of the program. The enrichment activities suggested below, if assigned, offer opportunities to enhance student skills using search engines, entering URLs to access internet information, developing graphs, tables and charts, preparing PowerPoint or multimedia presentations, etc.

Teacher Information/Situations/Setting/Time

This is a self-contained unit and students can complete the PowerPoint presentation itself by simply reading each slide and using the mouse to click through the slides of the program.

The enrichment activities suggested below, if assigned, offer opportunities to enhance student skills using search engines, entering URLs to access internet information, developing graphs, tables and charts, preparing PowerPoint or multimedia presentations, etc.

Assessment

Student Activity/Tasks

(1) Students click through PowerPoint lesson (27 slides).
(2) Students answer worksheet items based on lesson information.
(3) Students take "self-quiz" (see closing screens of the presentation).
(4) Students take turns reading worksheet items aloud, and specify the correct answer to each item.
(5) Class discussion and further research may follow at the option of the instructor.

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