Fernando M. Reimers et al.

4. Students will synthesize varying viewpoints on population policies
and their challenges and opportunities.

5. Students will judge population policies and challenges according to
the standards of equity, feasibility, and legitimacy.

Activity 8.8.1
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Activity 8.8.2

The Population History of India and China

The teacher splits the class into two groups. One will focus on India, and the
other will focus on China.

Students will work in groups of four to research the historical migration pat—
terns in India and China. They should produce similar maps and charts as
well as narrative explanations of trends in their assigned country.

Students will get into larger groups to present the information they learned
about their country to the other groups that researched the same country, to
exchange information, and to deepen their understanding of the concepts
through discussion.

Students will regroup into mixed groups (i.e., groups of students who stud—
ied China and students who studied India) and present to one another the

information they learned.

Students will compare the history of population change in China to that of
India using a simple chart.

Some key data are available here: www.un.org/esa/ population.

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