Changing Populations IGCSE Geography Cambridge Assessment

Completed lesson overview for topic 6 ‘Changing Populations’ from Paper 2 Human Geography. Lessons are in PowerPoint format and are ready to go, including all starter tasks. Lessons contain a variety of exam and skill opportunity. Including line graph construction and analysis, population pyramids, choropleth maps. As well as a greater emphasis on the concept of ‘evaluation’ in line with the new syllabus update.

Lessons follow the guided structure on published Cambridge Scheme of Work. Including two detailed specific example lessons on Pro-Natalist Policy for Population Decline on Japan and International Migration on Myanmar to Thailand.

Package also includes two* Model Answers and two Knowledge Organisers (PDF)* for detailed specific examples.

Lessons cover as followed:

• L01 To know the patterns and trends in global population growth.
• L02 To know the reasons for the growth and decline of a country’s population. Reasons include role of fertility rate, birth rate, death rate, natural increase and migration.
• L03 The impacts of population growth or decline.
• L04 To understand and evaluate the impact of pro-natalist and anti-natalist policies on birth rates
• L05 To understand strengths and limitations of the DTM
• L06 To understand the factors influencing population structure
• L07 To understand the causes of youthful and ageing populations and evaluate the impacts
• L08 To know one named example of a pro-natalist policy
• L09 To explain the types, causes and impacts of migration
• L10 To examine strategies for managing migration
• L11 To know one named international migration stream