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To aid junior high and high school educators and curriculum planners as they develop population education programs, the book provides an overview of the population education knowledge base. In addition, it suggests learning activities, discussion questions, and background information which can be integrated into courses dealing with population, physical survival, and/or world problems. The book is presented in eight chapters. Chapter I discusses some of the ways in which population has been taught including as a problem-solving situation and as a topic to be studied through methods of inquiry such as defining issues, placing population within a values context, identifying universal laws and principles, and predicting logical consequences of suggested solutions. Chapter II explains world population growth rates and offers activities such as studying and constructing population pyramids. Chapters III and IV explore family planning and population regulation by physical and social systems. Chapter V investigates the relationship of population density to social stress. Chapter VI discusses how various urban, rural, and migratory populations relate to their environments. Chapter VII examines how populations are dependent upon natural resources. The final chapter explores the role of values in population education and delineates major issues which should be treated in a population education course. (DB)

This document presents a variety of materials related to population trends in Hawaii. Materials presented include maps, glossaries, readings, charts, activities, questions, puzzles, tables of data, newspaper and magazine advertisements, and a directory of sources of additional information on Hawaii. The overall objective is to help students in high school and junior high school social studies classes understand how populations change, how policies are devised to deal with population growth, and how population trends influence individuals, families, society, and the environment. Specific objectives are that students who read the information and participate in the suggested activities should acquire a demographic understanding and vocabulary which can be demonstrated in written and oral work, relate population change in Hawaii to other areas of the world, describe the relevance of population change to one's future well-being, appreciate the variety of viewpoints on population planning, and express feelings about population change in the future. The materials can be used in any order and can be integrated into existing curriculum on Hawaii and/or population education. The materials present a great deal of background information on Hawaiian population trends and suggest a variety of activities, including filling in a crossword puzzle on Hawaiian population growth, taking a true/false test, filling in blanks, graphing Hawaiian tourism, predicting Hawaii's future based on selected readings, listing problems associated with population growth, and responding to survey questions on Hawaiian population policies. (DB)

This mathematics teacher's manual contains ten sample lessons on population growth and demography that were adapted from materials produced in several countries in Asia and Oceania. Among the mathematics concepts and skills students apply during these lessons are set theory, cardinal and ordinal numbers, frequency tallies, percentages, ratios, averages, inequalities, and the use of graphs and tables. Activities are designed for lower primary through high school students. Topics investigated include family size, fertility rates, age-sex pyramids, dependency ratios, and population projections. A scope and sequence chart illustrates how teachers can integrate population-related issues into the regular mathematics curriculum. (WB)

This science teacher's manual contains nine sample population education lessons adapted from materials produced in several countries in Asia and Oceania. Activities are designed for lower primary through high school students. Included are class discussions, small group activities, and a role-playing situation. Food chains, human dependence upon plants and animals, methods for increasing food supply, water pollution, and land resources are among topics investigated. A scope and sequence chart depicts how teachers can integrate population growth and related issues into the regular science curriculum. (WB)

Seven sample lessons on population and the family appear in this home economics teacher's manual. These activities have been adapted from materials produced in several countries in Asia and Oceania. A scope and sequence chart illustrates how teachers can integrate population-related issues into the home economics curriculum. Among the topics covered in this manual are family relationships, nutrition, family stages, marriage, adolescent changes and decisions, and family resources. Activities are designed for students in the upper primary grades through high school. (WB)

This manual for home economics teachers contains eight sample lessons on health issues related to population growth. Among the topics treated are nutrition, family health, communicable diseases, causes of high mortality, and community health services. Lessons are designed for lower primary through high school students. A scope and sequence chart depicts how teachers can integrate population-related concerns into the health curriculum. These activities were adapted from materials prepared in several countries in Asia and Oceania. (WB)

This guide reviews resources used to develop the analysis of world hunger in "Food First: Beyond the Myth of Scarcity," Houghton Mifflin, 1977. The objectives are to help people understand the economic and political factors that contribute to food deprivation, document this analysis with credible sources, and inform high school, college, and community study teachers about the existence and availability of various resources on global hunger. The developers believe that the guide might also aid teachers as they develop curriculum on world poverty. The guide is presented in four sections. Sections I and II focus on the causes of hunger. Topics discussed include population, scarcity, production, colonialism, inequality among and within nations, sexism, racism, and inefficiency. Sections III and IV discuss proposed solutions including agribusiness, economic and military intervention, international aid, socialist reforms, and the responsibility of Americans in ending world hunger. Citations of books, articles, studies, and reports are listed immediately under the topic to which they refer within each section. For each entry, information is given on title, author, publisher, date of publication, code designating the type of data to be found in the cited material, and (where appropriate) chapter and/or page. The document concludes with a directory of organizations and publications cited in the guide. (DB)

Designed to foster an understanding of some of the relationships among population growth and distribution of people, food, and land area, this simulation kit deals with the following concepts: (1) the finite nature of land and resources, (2) the size and rate of growth of population, (3) the unequal distribution of population throughout the world, and (4) the distribution and consumption of world food supplies. Section 1, "Simulation," contains three main parts: "World Population Growth,""Distribution of World Population and Agricultural Land," and "Distribution of World Food." Each simulation actively involve all participants. For most of the activities, a large floor space is mapped out into six major world regions. Participants are distributed among the regions according to the regions' percentages of world population. Participants act as citizens of their respective regions during the simulation. A discussion guide at the end of each part can be used to elicit factual information, opinions, and feelings. Optional activities are also included and may be used to explore concepts such as migration, family growth decisions, and protein consumption. Section 2, "Resource Materials," provides the necessary geographic and population information for all activities. Contents include a glossary, regional population and geographic information sheets, a script for the combined version of the simulation, world and U.S. population charts and fact sheets, and world population data sheets. (LH)

The old ways of doing things are no longer suitable to some of the current conditions faced by the world, such as overpopulation, environmental degradation, unstable economic development, and wasteful consumption of natural resources. In order to achieve a sustainable future, nations must develop better long range planning through combining economic, environmental, and demographic priorities. This packet is designed to help improve this process by giving students information, a perspective of the global scene, and guidance to develop critical analytical skills. Four activities are included: (1) "The Big Picture"; (2) "Global Alphabet Book"; (3) "Biosphere in a Jar"; and (4) "Mind Your Manor." Each contains a brief overview, a concept statement, objectives, a list of relevant subject areas and skills, a list of materials, and procedures used to carry out the activity. Some cut-out pages are included. (CW)

One of the most critical issues that faces humanity is the world population boom. The high rate of population growth can directly affect sensitive issues such as the state of the environment, economic development, health, resource uses, and consumption. Though we have achieved the capability to override many of nature's limitations, we live in a limited space on limited resources. Many feel that the quality of life for future generations is being severely threatened by the continued rise in human population growth. These facts and trends should serve to augment the importance of educating young people about the issue of population. This curriculum guide represents a deliberate attempt to focus on population as a numbers game, since in order to understand the issues surrounding population, it is necessary to first understand the scientific or mathematical facts of population growth. Activities include: (1) "A Sense of Census"; (2) "Sheba the Amoeba"; (3) "The Potential of Exponential"; and (4) "Growing Globally." Each activity provides a brief description, a concept statement, objectives, background information, a list of subject areas and skills, a list of materials, and the procedures used to conduct the activity. (CW)

Family planning programs in sub-Saharan Africa (42 countries and 450 million population), the fastest growing and poorest region in the world, need effective communications campaigns to educate people about the benefits of contraception, help change attitudes about fertility control and family size, and provide information about available contraceptive methods and family planning services. Radio, an important medium in areas where a strong oral tradition and low literacy exist, is the most effective way to reach people in sub-Saharan African because of its credibility, portability, immediacy, flexibility, imaginative potential, and relatively inexpensive production costs. For family planning communications, radio's limitations include the difficulty of transmitting a complicated idea over the air, and the communicator's lack of control over the medium. Therefore, family planning communicators should use radio as part of a multi-media campaign, in conjunction with personal communication, and should use culturally acceptable messages presented in an interesting way. Family planning programs in other areas of the world--including Columbia's PROFAMILIA, the Jamaica Family Planning Association, and the Johns Hopkins University/Population Communications Service--have used radio programming with varying success. However, innovative approaches based on strong audience research can be used successfully to promote family planning in sub-Saharan Africa, despite cultural barriers and a generally unreceptive audience. (Twenty-seven references are attached.) (MM)

To examine the cultural characteristics of a society without exploring the human condition of that society and how it relates to all as citizens on this planet is to ignore the realities of today. Most Canadians see global problems as massive and overwhelming. Some are uninformed and others are misinformed. As a result, gross misconceptions have developed that are popular and are used by many as a reason for not meeting their responsibilities as citizens of the world. Canadians should know the fallacies behind popular misconceptions and they should be prepared to make intelligent decisions about the global problems for which they soon will assume responsibility. This resource package was developed toward that end. Seven independent, nonsequential units involving popular misconceptions, are presented. Some of the unit titles are: (1) "Why don't they stop having babies?"; (2) "They're poor because they're lazy"; and (3) "Why don't they find a better place to live?" Each unit has a theme poster for discussion. The right hand pages of the package were designed for student use and can be duplicated while the left-hand pages provide additional information for teachers. The units were designed for teachers to extract selected portions for independent use. A preliminary survey is included that should reveal which misconceptions are most popular in a given classroom. Four world maps and a list of 12 films dealing with world problems are included, and three additional sources of resource material (a world data chart and a chart of food nutrient values) are appended. (JB)