Lesson 1: How is the global population changing?

Learning objective

To understand the change and distribution of the global population.

Success criteria

I can define global population distribution.
I can describe

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‘Pupils should be taught to:

interpret

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

1: Lesson plan

An area for you to put useful resources from the previous lesson

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Should work in an adult-supported group to complete the line graph in the Activity: Global population (supported).

Pupils working at greater depth

Should justify their reasoning when describing the global population over time.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: listing where the most densely and

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Vocabulary definitions

population

The number of people living in a particular place.
densely populated

An area that contains many people relative to its size.

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In this unit

Assessment - Geography Y6: Why does population change?

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Lesson 1: How is the global population changing?

Lesson 2: What are birth and death rates?

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Lesson 3: Why do people migrate?

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Lesson 4: How is climate change impacting the population?

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Lesson 5: How is population impacting our environment?: Data collection

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Lesson 6: How is population impacting our environment?: Findings

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