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Create a case-study document about the crisis in Darfur using the following resources:
1) The Guardian – Photo/Audio summary of  the crisis.
2) Map-based interactive GIS to show the geographic situation.
3) An organisation called ARC show some possible solutions.
4) Geographyalltheway on the Sudan crisis

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A population pyramid (or age sex structure) often tells a story. Detective Discussion points:

What are the unusual features of the above age-sex structure?
Can you suggest possible reasons?

So how might this story look if we plotted the birth rates and death rates on the same line [...]

Before moving on it is worth recapping the Demographic Transition model:
BBC Scotland Animation of DTM
Now we compare population structures (also known as age-sex structures or ‘population pyramids’) between MEDCs and LEDCs. The following animation should make sense before moving on:
BBC Scotland Education Population Pyramid Flash Animation
Now download the following worksheet and follow the instructions:
[...]

Recapping some key words … can you define the following:

Birth Rate
Death rate
Natural Increase
Natural Decrease

Sec 2 – Birth Rate & Death Rate
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First, use the above slideshow to revise some reasons for high and low birth and death rates.
You should make a table to summarise these causes of high and low birth and [...]

We are thinking about how the world’s population (and different countries / continents’ population) is changing and why.
First a snap shot
An excellent link to show estimated births and deaths (as well as CO2 emissions) across the planet – click on it to view in full:
http://www.breathingearth.net/
How has the world population changed in your lifetime?
Use the following [...]

We first need to recap our understanding of population distribution. Visit this page:
Quick Population Distribution Quiz
And we also need to recap our understanding of the phrase population density:
Quick population Density Quiz
Thanks to http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk for both of these quizzes.
By the end of this section we will have developed a table to illustrate the different factors affecting [...]