TEACHER ENRICHMENT INITIATIVES

Curriculum

Our Aging World

Topic: Population Demographics

Overview:

Students will investigate factors that affect the quality of life for all, especially the aged individual.

Lesson 1: Population Changes Over Time

Activity 1A: Growth of the Older Population

Activity 1B: Graphing Population Changes Over Time

Activity 1C: Processing Out "Population Changes"

Pre-Activity 1A: Review of Charts and Percents

Lesson 2: Graphing Changes in Life Expectancy

Activity 2A: Graphing Life Expectancy

Activity 2B: Predicting Life Expectancy Extension: Survival Curves

Pre-Activity 2A: Historical Factors Affecting Life Span

Lesson 3: Life Expectancy Around the World Today

Pre-Activity 3A: Developing/Developed

Activity 3A: Life Expectancy at Birth

Activity 3B: Graph Life Expectancy at Birth

Activity 3C: Why the Difference?

Lesson 4: Population Change by Age and Sex

Activity 4A: Population Pyramid Analysis Extension: Supporting Two Dependency Groups

Pre-Activity 4A: Introducing Pyramid Graphs

Lesson 5: Visualizing the Aging Population

Activity 5A: Class Discussion Extension: East Asia Aging Fastest

Activity 5B: What Services Will Be Needed?

Activity 5C: Challenges, Products, and Services

Lesson 6: Entrepreneurship and the 21st Century

Activity 6A: Create a Product for the Future Extension: "Needs" Survey with Older Friends

Activity 6B: A Marketing Strategy

Activity 6C: Producing a Commercial Extension:Viewing Tapes

Pre-Activity 6A: Advertising Techniques

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