Are they deliberately drowning migrants?!!!

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/16/migrants-children-drowned-boat-Mediterranean



impacts of illegal migration from Africa to Europe!
Now Africans are being deliberately drowned!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29161620

A look at how one of the world's poorest nations Malawi has met the Millenium development goal of reducing child mortality.
A look at how they are managing their population too.

Do it for Denmark!

http://do-it-for-denmark.dk/

A campaign in Denmark to encourage people to have children!!!
It encourages them to go on holiday because couples are more likely to have sex whilst on holiday in a different place!
Novel, Pro-natalist policy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrO3TfJc9Qw     clip on the policy

http://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2014/mar/30/sun-sex-baby-package-holiday-danes-Denmark

The full story here!
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/do-it-for-denmark--competition-calls-for-danes-to-have-more-sex-to-tackle-declining-birth-rates-9218490.html  
and here!

GCSE Topic summaries-PAPER 2-Human Topics

Year 10 final population lesson......UK migration past and present-

Today we did a fact finding mission where we looked around the room and gathered information about the history of immigration n the UK.

The following links will help you revise over this topic-

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/uk/2002/race/short_history_of_immigration.stm#1950 this is an overview of the information we  put onto our own timelines today, read from the 1950s onwards.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdX5kYufkbY  This video shows what happened in the 1950s when people came over from the Caribbean to the UK, after the war.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVcWVjNOCFA This one the 60s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uol876E01CY This one is about the Kenyan Asians migration in the 60s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo3fcooY6lU This is about the migration in the 70s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZYEJBfjs5M the 1980s race riots are documented here

There are lots of other videos on this topic, but not all just concentrate on the facts which is a shame!


The current UK migration policy is here

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/migration/migration_trends_rev4.shtml

The UK offers a points based system and has a more closed door policy today, than recently.  There are caps on the number of migrants allowed to enter and you can no longer enter if you are considered unskilled.  You must have skills to enter Britain as a migrant, unless you are an EU resident, they have freedom of movement into the UK. As we do to EU member countries.

Year 10 this week

Assessment week for module 1, you need to revise

The Gambia and its youthful population, including- why it has a youthful population and the problems that having a youthful population can bring

Japan and their ageing population, the causes of it and the problems that an ageing population can cause.

Also revise the Demographic Transition Model (DTM) and how the birth, death rate and total population change as countries move through the model.

Also revise under, optimum and over population and the UKs current immigration policy.

Year 10 Geographers week....

We looked at how countries have to manage their populations.

We looked first at China and its one child policy.

China has an ANTI-NATAL population policy- it's a STICK policy- that punishes citizens who do not adhere.

Why did China need a one child policy?

They had a population explosion, after the previous president ordered Chinese people to have many babies to build up a large population to rival the USA.
In the late 70's the new government realised there were just too many people, so they decided on a policy of limiting all native urban Chinese couples to one child only. (rural people could have 2 and foreigners were exempt

 

The above video shows some of the impacts of the one child policy, like 'little emperor' syndrome, female infanticide, lonely children, small families.
But it also highlights that it has prevented an estimated 400 million extra Chinese people being born, easing the strain on the countries resources.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/china-business/10221730/China-to-ditch-its-one-child-policy-as-ageing-crisis-looms.html

This is the latest take on the policy- you see 30 years of limiting most of the population to only one child has left China with a problem- ageing people and fewer workers to look after them

dependency ratio is negative- as China has increased wealth and invested in medical care, keeping people alive longer- those reaching pension age now are numerous as born before policy, so there are many of them.  Due to the one child policy, there are fewer 30 year olds to work and support the larger numbers of retirement age people.

We then looked at countries that have PRO-NATAL population policies (encouraging baby births), these policies are found in countries at stage 5 of the DTM, who have a declining population and need more children to be born to support the increasing number of ageing people.

Russia has this problem and to try and solve it the government used a carrot (soft approach), by introducing a 'sex day'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/6990802.stm 
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/skip-work-have-sex-russians-celebrate-day-of-conception-as-sporting-community-continues-to-criticise-putins-antigay-legislation-8812840.html

In one Russian province, Ulyanovsk- the governor has offered cash incentives (to spend on education/ health or housing)  for people having a baby on Russia's national day, 12th June- so on September 12th couples try to make a baby to attempt to get a cash reward.

We also looked at France and their approach to encouraging their citizens to have 3 babies

http://geogaroundtheworld.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/france.html

There is a PowerPoint on the above link that highlights the French policy and the reasons for the policy.

We then looked at how 2 different countries have to manage migration-
Bangladesh- an OVERPOPULATED COUNTRY- where they may need to ban immigration in the future and Russia an UNDERPOPULATED COUNTRY, where they need to encourage immigration as their population is in decline.

Year 10 Geographers week...

This week year 10 will be looking at ageing and youthful populations, in Japan and the Gambia, they will need to learn the impacts that these have on the countries.

Here are some helpful places to find extra information-

A video going over the reasons The Gambia has a youthful population, the impact it has on the country and its people and the ways the problems can be tackled.

A country with a youthful population will have a Population pyramid that looks like this-


A wide base, indicating higher % of younger (youths) people and a narrow top (indicating fairly high death rate as few reach old age).

A youthful population brings many challenges, such as lack of school places, so some Gambian children have to go to school in shift.  As the Gambia lacks money they cannot build enough schools to cater for the large numbers of children in the country. Furthermore, due to the lack of wealth invested in healthcare many children die young, this means that some people have more children than they otherwise would have.
In addition to these issues, a high dependency ratio is created meaning each person of working age in the country has to pay more in tax, as they have more dependents (people 0-15 and 65+) to support this means families have less money to spend so the country can struggle to develop.

We will then look at the case of Japan which has an ageing population, some problems with an ageing population are similar to those countries which have a youthful population- such as a high dependency ration, where the amount of tax per person of working age (economically active) has to increase as the % of ageing people increases.
This is Japan's population pyramid- compare it to the Gambia's...



Other problems created by an ageing population include-

increased healthcare budgets, paid for by decreasing economically active people, which is unsustainable/
There is also a problem for younger people who need to support their ageing parents as well as children, this can place pressure on them financially and socially.

The issue is looked at in this video clips-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59tvl6mJGrQ

You will have to compare Japan and Gambia in terms of their populations for homework too!

Good luck!

Year 10 population Geography week 1.....

So another year is under way at the academy, the Geography curriculum at GCSE and A level is being taught slightly differently to previous years, thanks to curriculum changes.
Year 1o have started with population and have started by getting to know the key terms of the unit and have looked at how the global population is increasing-

as outlined in this video above.
It was a hot and sweaty afternoon but the year 10s were on the ball and quick to understand.

We then looked at the Demographic transition model and how it can be used to highlight population change over time

If you didn't understand watch the above video as a recap and then you can learn these rap or songs to keep it stuck in your head!!!

Or maybe you could make your own!!!!!!

We had the usual giggles when discussing the factors controlling the birth rate and not so many when discussing the death rate, still a good introductory lesson where students seemed engaged with this exciting geographical topic.

Let's hope it continues this week where year 10 highlights will include Jelly Baby Geography (but using M and M's- an adapted version of the original Jelly Baby Geography game found here
http://www.geographyalltheway.com/igcse_geography/population_settlement/population/jelly_baby_population.htm

and the second lesson of the week will involve looking at how population pyramids change over time (as a country 'develops'

Basic changes are highlighted in the graphic above and in the video below.

You can use these to refresh your memory after the lessons or get a head start before the lesson.

Good luck!  

    

UK net migration increase over last year!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23878689

 

 

Does Population matter?

An excellent video about population, for A level UNIT 1- global challenges and Yr 10 topic 1 population dynamics.