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=Population Pyramid – Vietnam and own country case study=

Teaching Process

 * 1) Introduce the topic and tasks to the students.
 * 2) Discuss with the students what population pyramids are and how they can be interpreted. Introduce the term “Cohort”.
 * 3) Have the students complete the worksheet.

As a class discuss the various ideas that the students have presented in their final table.


 * 1) Create a class summary of the key ideas developed by the students in their summary table. Present the summary to the students.

Extension ideas

 * 1) Get students to create a population pyramid based on ages of family members. Develop questions, which examine implications for their community, based on the results.
 * 2) Compare the Vietnam population Pyramid with Two “developed” and two “developing” countries. Get the students to work through the same questions as in Task 2.

Resources

 * Population pyramid handout
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