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Whoa! Slow Down-Some of You!

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Learners analyze demographic data (growth rate, natural increase, fertility rate, crude birth rates, and crude death rates) and determine which areas of the world contain the fastest and slowest growth rates. They construct population pyramids and write an editorial-style essay on ways to control population growth.

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population growth, population, global population

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population growth, world population, social studies
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9th - 12th
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Social Studies & History
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