Population Issues Assignment
There are many different population ‘issues’ that we face as a planet. Your task is to investigate one of them, and
create a summary for next class.
Your Assignment Must Include: /7
1. Sources for an article on a population issue. Sources should be news sources or relatively unbiased sources
2. Clear and detailed summary of the 3 big ideas for each article. Big idea summaries require detail and evidence. /3.
3. Your personal perspective on this issue. Should have a thesis that addresses your perspective on the issue /1 and questions or interesting points that have arisen for you. /3 Think about why this issue is important, how you believe it impacts a country (political, social, economic)
3. Your personal perspective on this issue. Should have a thesis that addresses your perspective on the issue /1 and questions or interesting points that have arisen for you. /3 Think about why this issue is important, how you believe it impacts a country (political, social, economic)
TOPIC CHOICES:
Issue 1 - Population Projections – How many people can our planet support? Is there really going to be too many children?
Issue 2 - Climate change and migration – how are people being forced to move/be displaced?
Issue 3 - Controversial Population Management – choose ONE (One-Child Policy in China, Sterilization of Untouchables in India, Sterilization of Indigenous peoples in Canada, Gender-Biased Sex Selection)
Issue 4 - Population Rates and the Need for Immigration
The Effects of Japan's Shrinking Population
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