Population: Resources
This page has a collection of links to websites with good quality images, information and videos that could be useful in the classroom. The links on this page were all checked on the 28/08/2014.
General
The link below is to the UNFPA website's section on population and development. It is a rich source of in-depth quality written information, however students are likely to struggle reading it on their own. This website would be ideal for a teacher to refresh their memory on population issues. The pages available on the menu at the top left of the screen include migration, aging populations, urbanisation, population and poverty and population trends:http://www.unfpa.org/pds/index.html
Below is a link to the TES website's section on population. It lists a wealth of resources with activity ideas, case studies, tests and games: http://www.tes.co.uk/taxonomysearchresults.aspx?mode=browse¶metrics=44354,45704,45757,45764
The link below is to the UNFPA website's section on population and development. It is a rich source of in-depth quality written information, however students are likely to struggle reading it on their own. This website would be ideal for a teacher to refresh their memory on population issues. The pages available on the menu at the top left of the screen include migration, aging populations, urbanisation, population and poverty and population trends:http://www.unfpa.org/pds/index.html
Below is a link to the TES website's section on population. It lists a wealth of resources with activity ideas, case studies, tests and games: http://www.tes.co.uk/taxonomysearchresults.aspx?mode=browse¶metrics=44354,45704,45757,45764
Life expectancy and health issues
The link below is to the 'World Health Rankings' website. You could have set questions for country comparisons or allow students to make their own investigations. Either way it would be beneficial for understanding the gap between medicines and education in MEDC's and LEDC's.
On the left of the page you can select life expectancy or a cause of death and on the right of the page you can select a region. The website will then list the countries of that region and show you how many people (per hundred thousand) have died from that cause. It will also provide you with a world ranking for that cause of death: http://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/life-expectancy-europe
If you go to the home page of the 'World Health Rankings' website there are also maps for many of the causes of death to support the figures: http://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/
The link below is to the 'World Health Rankings' website. You could have set questions for country comparisons or allow students to make their own investigations. Either way it would be beneficial for understanding the gap between medicines and education in MEDC's and LEDC's.
On the left of the page you can select life expectancy or a cause of death and on the right of the page you can select a region. The website will then list the countries of that region and show you how many people (per hundred thousand) have died from that cause. It will also provide you with a world ranking for that cause of death: http://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/life-expectancy-europe
If you go to the home page of the 'World Health Rankings' website there are also maps for many of the causes of death to support the figures: http://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/
Population distribution
The link below is to a PDF from the 'United Nations' website. Students can work through this easily by themselves and learn basics about the big picture of population. The document contains a brief summary of information about the past, present and future population distribution around the world, complete with good quality maps and graphs: http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/popfacts/PopFacts_2014-2.pdf
A link to the list of similar population factsheets is below. It all depends which part of population you are investigating as to which one is the most useful but it does include factsheets on life expectancy, migration, trends in fertility, trends in contraception and aging populations: http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/popfacts/PopFacts_2014-2.pdf
The link below is to a PDF from the 'United Nations' website. Students can work through this easily by themselves and learn basics about the big picture of population. The document contains a brief summary of information about the past, present and future population distribution around the world, complete with good quality maps and graphs: http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/popfacts/PopFacts_2014-2.pdf
A link to the list of similar population factsheets is below. It all depends which part of population you are investigating as to which one is the most useful but it does include factsheets on life expectancy, migration, trends in fertility, trends in contraception and aging populations: http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/popfacts/PopFacts_2014-2.pdf
Poverty and slums
The link below is to the 'World Bank' website which has multiple current news stories about poverty as well as published videos and graphs that could be useful for a PowerPoint presentation: http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/poverty
The 'World Bank' site also has a photo gallery that could help students visualise what life is like for people in poverty: https://www.flickr.com/photos/worldbank/sets/72157630502568422/
The video link below is a channel four clip about Lagos in Nigeria that gives a very good explanation of how slums are created and the living conditions that people endure. It would make a nice case study. The clip includes information about health, education, jobs, crime, and attempts to bulldoze slums: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFgb1BdPBZo
The link below is to the 'World Bank' website which has multiple current news stories about poverty as well as published videos and graphs that could be useful for a PowerPoint presentation: http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/poverty
The 'World Bank' site also has a photo gallery that could help students visualise what life is like for people in poverty: https://www.flickr.com/photos/worldbank/sets/72157630502568422/
The video link below is a channel four clip about Lagos in Nigeria that gives a very good explanation of how slums are created and the living conditions that people endure. It would make a nice case study. The clip includes information about health, education, jobs, crime, and attempts to bulldoze slums: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFgb1BdPBZo
Please note that the content from these links to external websites does not belong to me and I am not responsible for the changes to information on these sites. All of these hyperlinks were last accessed by me on the 28/08/2014.
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