High School Economics Projects

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population, population ecology, population growth, population pyramid, population density

Get students involved in the learning process through this lesson China's Historical One Child Policy: Creating a Population Density Cartogram. Students will not only learn about the cause and effect of China's One Child Policy of 1979, but will strengthen their knowledge of map creation and reading skills, specific to a cartogram.

Working in collaborative groups, team members will participate in a group reading activity an article on China’s 1979 One-Child Policy Act entitled Too Many In The Family. This article will address the history behind the law, the policy incentives, disobeying the policy, and expectations of the rule. Students to express their thoughts on the topic after the reading and use high-level thinking skills.

In addition, students will have fun collaborating, examining and learning how to read cartograms by creating their own cartogram that reflects the current population of China. This brings the past into the present. Students will need graph paper, colored pencils, a map, and a calculator for this activity.

While this lesson focuses on the original One-Child Policy Act of 1979, there have been additional child policy acts passed since 1979 — the first one being the 2015 Two-Child Policy Act, following the 2021 Three-Child Policy Act. To learn more about these, click on this link: One Child, Two Child, Three-Child, or More

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POPULATION EXPLOSION!

Need a fun & engaging way to teach the causes & effects of population incline and decline, total birth rate and death rate, total population, Demographic Transition Model (DTM) Stages of Population Total Chart. This lesson can be modified to only 60 minutes if you are limited on time by omitting some of the activities, and it will still be effective. If you want to send home some of the activities such as the Cootie Catcher you can do that as well. This lesson gives you various options for activities. All can be included or you can choose which ones to implement. I always try to make learning fun and engaging while raising the bar to get students thinking through problem-solving.

OBJECTIVE:

o The learner will understand the differences between birth rate and death rate

o The learner will be able to explain the cause & effect of overpopulation, high/low birth rate, and high/low death rate.

o The learner will be able to identify in what stage on the Demographic Transition Model (DMT) a county lies and why.

o The learner will be able to demonstrate an understanding of what problems and opportunities may occur with an incline and a decline in population.

MATERIALS:

• Student Reading Comprehension Activity (3 Pages), a timer, a die (Suggested to laminate this for durability and reuse.
• Cootie Catcher Comprehension and Review (1 Per Student)
• Student Reading Comprehension Activity: Demographic Transition Model (1 page), Colored Pencils,
• Group Research Activity (1 per group), internet access
• Student Review Game, Cut Out & Laminate Pieces and Place in a Zip Lock Bag (1 Set Per Group)
• 3 Canning Jars and Rice, or something small to represent people.
• Laminate the Population Symbol Card, One Per Group.
• Document cameras, dedicated computer projection systems ar interactive whiteboards for each student to display their “Take a Look at Population” Group Research Activity. They will display for the class to see.

PREPARATION:

You may include all or omit a few activities based on the time available for this lesson. You may also split the reading assignment & activities into two class periods, if necessary.

• Laminate the Reading Comprehension Activity (3 pages). 1 Set Per Group.
• Laminate the Game Cards and place them in Ziplock bags, 1 Set Per Group
• Print Cootie Catchers, One Per Student
• Print Demographic Transition Model, One Per Group
• Take a Look at Population, One Per Group
• Using the Jars: Label Each Jar (1) the United States or Your Country (2) World (3) China. Fill the “World” jar to the very top representing 100% of the world’s population and place the lid on it. Fill the “United States” jar

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✧ Population Lessons

✧ Migration, Emigration, Immigration Lessons

✧ Human, Environmental and Cultural Issues Lessons

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Have your students see themselves through the lens of an investigator, exploring a complex and important inquiry…. ‘What factors caused the Great Depression’? Students, or your class investigators, will examine a variety of context clues and information that will help them solve this question. Students will identify the causal clues along with its effects, and then create a ‘LOOP’ (web) diagram that will serve to demonstrate their understandings of how these underlying causes interconnect with one another. This unit will prompt your students to become active learners in their pursuit of solving the mystery.

*This unit will have students explore dynamics of the 1920's, Great Depression, and the New Deal.

In addition, there are 3 optional extension activities to choose from:

1. Comparing advertising from the 1920's to today, and filling out a Venn diagram.
2. Listening to FDR's first fire side chat, and answering comprehension questions.
3. New Deal Matching Game: Analyzing & matching New Deal programs with the problems they attempted to address.

Materials:

• Teacher Reference Guide

• Google Slide Presentation with engaging & informative video clips
• Guided Notes
• Loop Diagram (Web) Grading Rubrics
• New Deal Matching Game 

• Answer Key

Time Frame: 1.5- 2 weeks (1 hr class periods)

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The 1920's, The Great Depression, The New Deal