Time was given to complete the Chapter 4 Textbook Assignment. This was not handed in.

Report Card marks will be ready for late next week.

Today we looked at the Canada Scrapbook to get an idea of Canada’s Immigration History.

Handout: Canada’s Immigration History.

Time was given to work on the handout – Population Pyramids of Canada for 4 different times throughout history.

PowerPoint for further discussion.

demographics09.ppt

Compared the Life Expectancy of Burundi with Sweden.

Life Expectancy

Handout: Demographics (Textbook Assignment) Completed question 4 as a class.

*Reminder to send ISU Proposals.

Learned the equation for calculating population over a number of years. Different examples done on the board.

Time given to work on Population Growth Assignment – due next class.

Today we learned about Population Pyramids.

Handout: Population Pyramids

Population Density Assignment handed in.

Population Density Assignment handed out. Due next class.

Population Growth Assignment handed out. Due at the beginning of next week.

Reminder: Proposals for your ISU are due.

Today we reviewed calculations from the Demographic Vocabulary sheet.

Defined the term Doubling Time. (Rule of 70 equation).

Handout: Population Problems – calculated demographic data for the population growth of the Matrix

There is computer lab time to research your independent study proposal. Next class there will be more information about due dates, etc. but first you need to pick a topic. Start with a general topic, narrow that topic down, and choose the question you would like to answer in your research. *Remember that it needs to be a current issue. One from the past few years.

The instructions are outlined in the document below.

ISU Topic Proposal