THEME 1 - Population Growth - Computer Room Activity

  COMPUTER ROOM ACTIVITY

 1.INSTRUCTIONS

Prepare a speaking and visual presentation on the population of your chosen country.

- Give information on the population and its general trend
- Try to present and explain some of the issues the country faces in terms of population
- Make your presentation easy to understand and pleasant to watch so your audience remembers the key facts it contains.
- The members of your group have to speak in turns and the whole presentation can't last more than 10 minutes


2. EVALUATION


Power Point presentation - 20 points

Good illustration of the speech: 7
Neat presentation:4
Use of various documents:4
Use of English:5


Speaking presentation - 20 points

Organisation: 2
Contents: 7
Speaking and not reading: 6 (Students who read will be interrupted by the teacher!).
Use of English: 5



3. INTERNET LINKS

 

ONLINE DICTIONARIES

àEnglish /English:

MacMillan http://www.macmillandictionary.com/

Collins http://www.collinslanguage.com/free-online-english-dictionary.aspx

Cambridge http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

àEnglish / French:

Larousse http://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/anglais-francais

Collins http://www.collinslanguage.com/free-online-french-dictionary.aspx

 

FOR ALL GROUPS
 

CIA World factbook:  https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/datablog/2010/feb/01/united-nations-population-world-data?INTCMP=SRCH

·         WORLD POPULATION:

 

http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/worldageing19502050/

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/11/living/world-population-day-2016/

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/18/world-population-new-study-11bn-2100

http://geography.about.com/od/obtainpopulationdata/a/worldpopulation.htm

http://www.unfpa.org/pds/trends.htm

http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/05/world_population_projections

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jul/18/population-7-billion-planet

http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/17/the-challenging-billions/

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/01/seven-billion/kunzig-text

·         AFRICAN CONTINENT:

http://www.worldbank.org/en/region/afr/publication/africas-demographic-transition

http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Policy-Documents/FINAL%20Briefing%20Note%204%20Africas%20Demographic%20Trends.pdf  (Pour les graphiques)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/07/16/the-amazing-surprising-africa-driven-demographic-future-of-the-earth-in-9-charts/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8366591.stm

 

http://appablog.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/demography-the-world-bank-africa%E2%80%99s-population-set-to-double-by-2036/

http://www.economist.com/node/14302837

http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2011/sep/16/child-mortality-falling-rates?INTCMP=SRCH
 

·         CHINA : 
 

http://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/eric-metaxas/chinas-looming-demographic-crisis-guns-or-canes-0

http://geography.about.com/od/populationgeography/a/chinapopulation.htm

http://www.economist.com/node/18988926

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-19630110

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eastwest-center/chinas-population-policy_b_7860318.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-lifts-one-child-policy-amid-worries-of-graying-population/2015/10/29/207fc0e6-7e2b-11e5-beba-927fd8634498_story.html


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/12/business/international/china-marriage-falls.html

·         THE USA:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/13/changing-racial-makeup-_n_5142462.html

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/13/18934111-census-white-majority-in-us-gone-by-2043

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/03/31/10-demographic-trends-that-are-shaping-the-u-s-and-the-world/ 

 http://geography.about.com/od/obtainpopulationdata/a/uspopulation.htm

http://geography.about.com/od/populationgeography/a/census2010.htm

http://www.economist.com/node/17525707

California: http://geography.about.com/od/obtainpopulationdata/a/californiapopulation.htm

 

·         CANADA

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/statistics-canada-seniors-1.3248295

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/11-402-x/2010000/chap/pop/pop-eng.htm

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/06/22/statscan-population-study.html

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2007/03/13/census-canada.html

https://news.ok.ubc.ca/2011/02/23/canada-unprepared-for-an-aging-population/

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-changing-face-of-canada-booming-minority-populations-by-2031/article569072/

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/have-canadas-changing demographics-made-it-time-to-retire-the-concept-of-visible-minority 

 

·         INDIA:

http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21577373-india-will-soon-have-fifth-worlds-working-age-population-it-urgently-needs-provide

http://geography.about.com/od/obtainpopulationdata/a/indiapopulation.htm

http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaellingenheld/2015/02/25/demographics-will-power-the-worlds-new-growth-leader-india/#5b70369f3fc3

http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2011/03/demographics

http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/08/news/economy/india-population-skills-gap-education/

 

http://www.indexmundi.com/india/demographics_profile.html

 

 

 

·         JAPAN:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/02/26/its-official-japans-population-is-drastically-shrinking/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/26/japan-population-declines-first-time-since-1920s-official-census

http://geoeuropeansection.blogspot.fr/2015/11/japans-demography.html

http://www.economist.com/node/17492838

http://www.economist.com/node/17492860

http://geoeuropeansection.blogspot.fr/2016/10/immigration-to-japan-narrow-passage.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/26/japan-under-pressure-to-accept-more-immigrants-as-workforce-shrinks

http://fortune.com/2014/11/20/japan-immigration-economy/
 

·         THE UK:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/09/is-britain-full-home-truths-about-population-panic

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-33266792

http://geography.about.com/od/populationgeography/a/The-United-Kingdoms-Ageing-Population.htm

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/majornews/3173087/Englands-population-growing-at-fastest-rate-since-records-began.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jul/13/uk-population-growth-ethnic-minorities?INTCMP=SRCH
 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2011/jun/30/uk-population-mapped

·         MEXICO:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8688916.stm
 

http://www.economist.com/node/15959332
 

http://www.indexmundi.com/mexico/demographics_profile.html

http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21566775-mexicos-demographic-dividend-will-be-short-lived-gain-pain

·         BRAZIL

http://www.brazil.org.uk/brazilinbrief/population.html

http://www.brasil.gov.br/news/history/2011/04-1/29/brazil-population-reaches-190.8-million/newsitem_view?set_language=en
 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/nov/17/brazil-census-african-brazilians-majority
http://www.indexmundi.com/brazil/demographics_profile.html

http://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/News/brazil-immigration-program-seek-millions-skilled-workers/story?id=18827722

http://www.forbes.com/sites/arthurmachado/2014/12/02/welcome-to-brazil-the-effect-of-immigration-on-the-countrys-economy/#66666f2f5427

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/06/16/brazil.race/

·         BANGLADESH

 

http://www.indexmundi.com/bangladesh/demographics_profile.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12650942

http://www.upiasia.com/Economics/2009/04/27/spiraling_population_challenges_bangladesh/4206/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2011/mar/17/bangladesh-midwives-men-maternal-mortality

http://www.bpb.de/gesellschaft/migration/laenderprofile/216104/international-migration-from-bangladesh
 

·         CHILE

http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/country-profile/south-america/chile?profile=today

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/chile/110127/chile-immigration-demographics-peruvians-bolivians
 

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/1981.htm

http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2011/july/03/latinamerica110070301.htmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/country_profiles/1222764.stm#facts

http://santiagotimes.cl/2013/09/16/un-chile-is-south-americas-most-appealing-country-for-immigrants/

https://www.thisischile.cl/people/migration/?lang=en

·         GERMANY
 

http://www.weeklystandard.com/germanys-dire-demographics/article/441741

http://www.berlin-institut.org/online-handbookdemography/germany.html

http://www.goethe.de/ges/soz/dos/dos/age/dgw/en1274578.htm
 

http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=fr&catId=89&newsId=1292&furtherNews=yes

http://qz.com/394456/the-numbers-behind-germanys-demographic-nightmare/