This assignment is very straightforward. Please start with your textbook as your first resource. See page 62 for an overview of the phases of Demographic Transition.

One miscommunication I encounter is that students will list the phases of demographic transition. Be careful here, you are asked to DESCRIBE. This means you will write a narrative of what the growth curve looks like, what the birth and death rates are, what contributes to these rates, and what type of society is seen in each.

If you would like to choose a specific developing country to make your descriptions more specific, you are welcome to do so. India, Gabon, and Malaysia for example, are countries currently in Demographic Phase III.

This is a terrific website to help explain the phases of demographic transition:

http://www.prb.org/Publications/Datasheets/2011/world-population-data-sheet.aspx

Scroll down to Population Bulletin. You can then click on each Phase for more information.

Please be sure to answer all of the questions. Feel free to use the questions as headings if you want to organize your report in that manner.

Grading:

Content is worth ~70% (90 points). I divide this up by question.

Development of Demographic Transition Model and general description of the model (9 points).

4 Phases of demographic transition (7 points each (28 points)).

Factors leading to decline of death rates in Phase 2 and in birth rates in Phase 3 (8 points each (16 points)) .

Comparison of three living conditions (7 points each (21pts)).

One program to assist a country transition up to Phase 4 (8 points).

One program to assist with food security (8 points).

 

Organization, language, grammar, spelling (20 points).

Citations and references (5 points).

APA format including a title page and abstract (5 points).