Sherree L. Kassuba
There are three basic objectives for this unit of study. They are: (1) to introduce to the students the subject of population, (2) to make the students aware of the problems overpopulation and population control can have on a nation, (3) to help develop an understanding of women’s role in population. This will be a four week unit taught to the 9th grade with a reading level from the 3rd to the 6th grade. In teaching this unit I will use the following resources; slides, movies, guest speakers, graphs and charts. This unit can also be incorporated into classes such as mathematics, U.S. History, sociology, ecology, health or environmental studies. An outline of the unit is as follows:
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I. Birth Rates and Death Rates
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II. Fertility Rates
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III. Marriage and Childbearing
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A. Women’s Roles
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B. Birth Control
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IV. Age Structure
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V. Population Control
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A. 1974 Year of World Populations
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B. Census
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C. Changing Attitudes
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D. Education
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E. Voluntary Control
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F. Involuntary Control
