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Home > The Courses > Course Home Pages > The Demographic Transition -- A Contemporary Look at a Classic Model The Demographic Transition -- A Contemporary Look at a Classic Model by Martha Sharma Retired Teacher Hilton Head, South Carolina Lesson Plan Introduction With the spread of the Industrial Revolution in the eighteenth century, dramatic changes began to occur in the populations of industrializing countries. But do the changes that occurred in Western Europe and the United States have relevance for modern countries just entering the industrial age? Students should be able to evaluate and apply models to explain changes in global demographic patterns and use their assessments to predict future needs. Objectives To understand the classic demographic transition (DT) model To explain assumptions and limitations of the classic DT model To construct graphs of contemporary demographic change To explain contemporary demographic patterns in the context of the classic DT model Content Standards AP Human Geography: Unit II -- Population B. Population growth and decline over time and space 4. Regional variations of demographic transitions Student Activities   Activity One: Explaining Population Change   Activity Two: Global Population Patterns and Demographic Transitions   Activity Three: Can an Old Model Explain New Trends? Lesson Resources Population Reference Bureau: Transitions in World Population, pp. 6 and 7-11 www.prb.org/pdf04/TransitionsinWorldPop.pdf (.pdf/320KB) Population Reference Bureau: Population -- A Lively Introduction, 4th ed. www.prb.org/pdf/PopulationLivelyIntro.pdf (.pdf/260KB) Central concepts: Demographic transition model, birth rate, death rate, natural increase Case locations: Selected locations Note: This lesson plan is part of the teaching package "Making Population Real: New Lesson Plans and Classroom Activities," created by and available from the Population Reference Bureau (PRB). This sample lesson plan is being made available to AP Central users via a collaboration agreement between the PRB and the College Board.   Population Reference Bureau -- for Educators Related Links   Demographic Transition: An Historical Sociological Perspective (University of Michigan)   The Demographic Transition (University of Wisconsin)   The Demographic Transition: Three Centuries of Fundamental Change (Johns Hopkins University (.pdf/270KB)   Focus Areas on Population Trends (PRB)   Population Trends Presentations (PRB) More... Activity One: Explaining Population Change Activity Two: Global Population Patterns and Demographic Transitions Activity Three: Can an Old Model Explain New Trends? Population Reference Bureau Making Population Real: New Lesson Plans and Classroom Activities (PRB) World Population Futures (PRB) (.pdf 338KB) See also... AP Human Geography Course Home Page Teachers' Resources

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