Unit 2-Population and Migration

Unit 2: Population and Migration

Geography 9

For each learning target, look at the “big concepts”. From your learning, decide where you score yourself on the understanding of the concept.

Score 1: I have no idea what this is.

Score 2: I kind of understand this, I am getting there.

Score 3: I got this. I can test on this tomorrow.

Learning Target

I can describe the impact that infant mortality rate, fertility rate, and life expectancy have on a country’s population.

I can describe population patterns and trends.

I can analyze population pyramids.

I can identify and describe the stages of the demographic transition model.

I can explain Malthus’ theory & the epidemiologic transition.

I can explain migration patterns in the modern era at a range of scales, local to global.

I can explain the characteristics, reasons, and obstacles of migration.

Big Concepts

IMR

Fertility Rate

Life expectancy

CBR and CDR

NIR

Dependency Ratio

The 4 Population Clusters

Physiological Density

Agricultural Density

Arithmetic Density

Arable Land

The DTM

Stages 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5(?)

Declining birth rates

Population policies

Immigration

Emigration

Popular routes of migration

Interregional

Intraregional

Internal

International

Push and Pull Factors

- 3 types

Guest Worker

Characteristics of a migrant

Pre-Unit:

What do you already know about population, population growth, and migration?

Mid-Unit:

What have you learned so far?

What are you having most trouble with?

What are you going to do to prepare for the test?

End-Unit:

What could you have done better in this unit?