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UNIT CONTENT

Assessment criteria

•Understanding concepts associated with population: density, growth, urban and rural

•Understanding what migration is, the causes and types

•Identifying the characteristics of the population of Spain

•Interpreting a bar graph about population

•Studying photographs to learn about population

•Appreciating the role of immigrants in society

•Population: concept, census, density, rural, urban, growth

•Migration: causes, types, emigrants, immigrants

•The population of Spain:

number of inhabitants, immigrants, density, distribution, getting older

•Interpret a population bar graph

•Study photographs to learn about population

•Appreciation of the role of immigrants in society

•Appreciation of senior citizens and their contribution to society

CONCEPTS PROCEDURES ATTITUDES

Contents

UNIT 10

Population

Content objectives

1. Understanding the concept of population

2. Distinguishing between urban and rural population

3. Associating population changes with the number of people who are born and die 4. Understanding the concept of population density

5. Understanding what migration is, the causes and types 6. Distinguishing emigrants and immigrants

7. Understanding the characteristics of the population of Spain 8. Appreciating the role of immigrants in society

Language objectives

1. Providing additional information (relative clauses): People who live in cities … places where … 2. Explaining methods: Density is measured by dividing … … can be classified by gender

3. Making comparisons: more densely populated; better opportunities; is low compared to;

like other European populations; is getting older 4. Expressing quantity: some; others; many.

5. Expressing purpose: to live in another place; to find work; to escape

6. Describing part of a continuing process: The number is increasing … is getting older 7. Stating facts (present passive): … is not evenly distributed … are densely populated

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RESOURCES

Resource folder

• Reinforcement and extension – Reinforcement: Worksheet 10 – Extension: Worksheet 10

• Assessment

– Assessment: Worksheet 10

•Developing intelligence worksheets

•Working with recent immigrants PHOTOCOPIABLE RESOURCES SPECIAL PROGRAMMES *

Internet resources www.richmondelt.com www.indexnet.santillana.es Population

http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/

index.html

Internet geography with sections on population and migration. For teachers.

Population comparisons

http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/

infonation3/basic.asp

View and compare country population, economic, health, technology and environmental data.

For teachers and students.

Population statistics

http://www.nationmaster.com/country/sp/Age_distribution Spain population pyramids for 1995-2005

and predictions. For students and teachers.

Other resources

•Richmond World Facts

•Richmond Student’s Dictionary

•Flashcards

•Posters

* Not yet available in English www.richmondelt.com

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38 POPULATION

Population

LOOK

•Do you live in a place with many inhabitants?

•Do you know people who come from a different place?

READ 1. Population

The population of an area is the number of people who live there. It can be classified into two types.

•Urban populations are people who live in cities.

•Rural populations are people who live in villages and towns.

A census measures the size of a population.

2. Natural increase

Natural increase is the difference between the number of people who are born and the number of people who die in the same year.

The number of inhabitants in a place changes continually.

•There is a positive natural increase when more people are born than die.

The population grows.

•There is a negative natural increase when more people die than are born.

The population decreases.

3. Population distribution People like to live in places where there are job opportunities, a healthy climate and good services. Many people live on the coasts and plains in temperate zones.

Population density is measured by dividing the total number of inhabitants by the surface area of the place where they live.

Some countries and regions are more densely populated than others. In Australia there are huge, dry areas with no inhabitants, and there are only 2 inhabitants per square kilometre.

4. Population groups

Population can be classified by gender into male and female inhabitants, and by age into three main groups:

•Young people under the age of 18

•Adults between the ages of 18 and 64

•Senior citizens over the age of 65 57

Do a census of your class. What is the population?

Classify your classmates by gender and age.

■ CONTENT AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

Word order. Write the following sentences on the BB.

Ss rewrite the sentences and check with .

1. there are good job opportunities / a healthy climate / people / and good services / like to live / in places where

2. on / people / coasts / live / many / the

3. are / some countries and regions / than others / more densely populated

4. per square km / there are / in Australia / only 2 inhabitants Answers: 1. People like to live in places where there are good job opportunities, a healthy climate and good services. 2. Many people live on the coasts. 3. Some countries and regions are more densely populated than others. 4. In Australia there are only 2 inhabitants per square kilometre.

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Vocabulary: adults, age, census, density, gender, inhabitants, natural increase, population, rural, senior citizens, urban, young people

■ Special attention

• Understanding the term population density

■ Hands on

■ Presentation

• Ss look at the photo. Ask: Are there many people? Is everybody alike? How are they different? Discuss the questions together.

• Ask: What is the difference between rural populations and urban populations?

(Rural populations live in villages or towns and urban populations live in cities.) Present , , and with , , ,

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• Explain that population censuses are taken every ten years to find out the number of inhabitants in a country and other information such as age, gender, place of birth, etc.

• Do the activity at the bottom of the page.

99 are in the school? Are there more boys than girls? How many students of different nationalities are there in the school?

• Create a questionnaire to find out the answers to the above questions.

Distribute it to all the classes at school.

• Ss do the mathematical calculations to obtain the answers for the whole school.

Content objectives: 1, 2, 3, 4.

Language objectives: 1, 2, 3.

Respect. Everybody deserves respect and dignity. We are all important. For communities to function well, people of all ages, genders and races must take part.

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■ Special attention

• Distinguishing immigrants and emigrants

■ Hands on

■ Presentation

• Ss look at the photographs. Ask:

What are some of the reasons people emigrate? (to study, find work/better jobs, climate) Can you think of other reasons?

(wars, drought, better living conditions) Present Present , and with ,

, .

• Write a chart on the BB with the title MIGRATIONand the subtitles Internaland External.Ask Ss to write examples of each.

• Ask: What are some of the advantages of living in a town or village? (peace and quiet, clean air, contact with nature, safety) And in a city? (more opportunities for culture, shopping, work, leisure, health services)

• Ask: What are some of the disadvantages of living in the country? (few shops, no hospitals) And in a city? (pollution, noise)

Activity Book, page 38.

Activity Book, page 39.

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Many people leave their homes to live in another place.

This movement of population is called migration.

There are two main reasons:

•Natural causes, for example floods, droughts and earthquakes, can cause migration.

•Social factors, for example wars or political and religious problems, can also cause migration.

Also, people sometimes leave home to find work.

2. Internal migration

Internal migration is produced within the same country.

For example, there are often migrations from rural areas to cities. There are two main reasons:

•The number of jobs in rural areas decreases.

•Young people find better opportunities to study, work and live in cities.

3. International migration

Migration from one country to another is called international migration.

People who leave a country are called emigrants.

When they arrive in the other country, they are called immigrants.

People emigrate for many reasons. Some leave to find work, or to join relatives in another country. Others leave to escape from war and persecution in their own country.

In the past, many emigrants left Europe and went to other countries, such as the United States, to find better jobs.

Today, many immigrants come to the European Union from Africa, Latin America and other European countries to find better jobs.

Today, many young European adults also emigrate to study or work in a different country.

True or false? Make more sentences about migration.

Droughts are a social factor which can cause migration. People who leave a country are called emigrants.

Many people emigrate to find better jobs.

Young people often go to another country to study.

Senior citizens sometimes emigrate to live in a warmer climate.

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■ CONTENT AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

Comprehension. Write the sentence halves on the BB.

Ss copy them and draw a line to join the halves.

1. The movement of a. produced within the same population is called country

2. Earthquakes are b. migration

3. Finding work is c. people who leave a country 4. Internal migration is d. migration from one country

to another

5. International migration is e. a natural cause of migration 6. Emigrants are f. people who arrive in another

country

7. Immigrants are g. a social factor of migration Answers: 1 – b. 2 – e. 3 – g. 4 – a. 5 – d. 6 – c. 7 – f.

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Content objectives: 5, 6, 8.

Language objectives: 1, 3, 4, 5.

Vocabulary: emigrants, immigrants, international migration, internal migration

Role-play

• Ask Ss: Where do immigrants in Spain come from? Why do they come?

• Some Ss play the parts of immigrants and the rest are the citizens of their new community. Citizens ask questions to get to know the immigrants: What is your home country? Why did you come here? Do you like it here?

The immigrants invent answers.

• Ss think about how they would like to be treated if they were immigrants.

• Ask Ss from other countries to describe their experiences.

M. A. …Many people emigrate to find better jobs. Internal migration is produced within the same country. Young people often go to another country to study.

■ Special attention

• Interpreting bar graphs

■ Hands on

■ Presentation

• Ss look at the graph on

page 40. Ask: What does the horizontal axis show? (years) What does the vertical axis show? (number of inhabitants in millions) What is the meaning of the bar’s height? (millions of inhabitants in that year) What was the population in 1910?

(20 million inhabitants) And in 2004?

(43 million)

• Present with .

• Ask: What regions of Spain are densely populated? (the coast and the Autonomous Community of Madrid) What regions of Spain are sparsely populated? (some inland areas such as Extremadura)

• SS do the activity at the bottom of the page.

Activity Book, page 40.

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■ CONTENT AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

Comprehension. Write the following sentences on the BB.

Ss copy them and choose the correct alternative in each sentence.

1. In Spain the number of emigrants / immigrants is increasing.

2. Senior citizens come to work / retire here.

3. Population density in Spain is low / high compared to other European countries.

4. The population is / is not evenly distributed.

5. The Spanish population is getting younger / older.

Answers: 1. immigrants. 2. retire. 3. low. 4. is not. 5. older.

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40 POPULATION

1. Population characteristics

•Today the population of Spain is approximately 43 million inhabitants.

In 1900 it was 18 million inhabitants.

(See the chart.)

•The number of immigrants is increasing.

There are now about three million immigrants.

Some come to work in Spain.

Others, such as senior citizens, come to retire here.

•Population density is low compared to population density in other European countries, such as Germany, Belgium or France. It is 86 inhabitants per km².

•The population is not evenly distributed.

The coast and the Autonomous Community of Madrid are densely populated.

In contrast, other inland areas are sparsely populated.

In many Autonomous Communities, a high proportion of the population is found in the provincial capital.

•Like other European populations, the Spanish population is getting older.

This means that the adult and senior population is growing more quickly than the population of young people.

Complete the sentences to describe

In document Prof. Titular Universidad Complutense de Madrid. (página 136-142)