Transcript Counting the People (a census)

CfE:
The Human Environment
COUNTING PEOPLE
POPULATION UNIT
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Title: Counting people
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Date:17/07/2015
Aim:
 To find out how we count the population of a
country or the world, and the problems that we
can encounter while doing so.
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LESSON STARTER
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Before we go on to the lesson for today the
starter is looking back at the previous lesson.
LESSON STARTER: BIRTH AND DEATH RATE
Increase
Lack of contraception
available
War
Birth rate
Death rate
Education on family
planning
Advances in medicines and
hospitals
Decrease
INFORMATION ON POPULATION
Q:
How do we get the information
on how many people live in
different places?
INFORMATION ON POPULATION
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A: A census
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A census is when the government sends out a
questionnaire to everyone in the country to find out
important information.
INTRODUCTION
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We know how many people there are in the
world because every country takes a census.
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In Britain we take a census every 10 years and
the last one was in 2011.
HOW DO THEY WORK?
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Every household was given a census form to fill
in on exactly the same date – The last Sunday in
March.
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The forms were then collected and the figures
added up.
WHAT QUESTIONS DO THEY ASK?
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Task:
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Imagine that you are the UK government and
you have to make up the questions for the
census.
WHAT QUESTIONS DO THEY ASK?
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Task:
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Q1) What information do you think that the
government wants to find out? Think of at least
5 things.
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Q2) What questions do you think that they
would ask? Write at least 5 examples down.
WHAT QUESTIONS DO THEY ASK?
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The census form has questions about each
person in each household, in order to find out:
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Basic Facts – their age, sex, nationality.
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Extra facts – other useful information such as
occupation, type of house, language spoken.
WEBSITE
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12860630
 http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/
 http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/files2/thecensus/scotlands-census-2011-specimenquestionnaire.pdf
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WHY ARE CENSUSES TAKEN?
 It
tells you how many people live in different
parts of the country, so they know how much
money they should be spent in each region.
 It
tells you how fast the population is
growing, so that they can try to slow it down
or speed it up if necessary.
 It
tells you how many schools will be needed,
how much money they will need for pensions
and how many people will be taxpayers.
IN SHORT!
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All of the information is needed for a government to
be able to plan ahead.
How many new hospitals, houses, roads should be built
and where in the country should they be built.
SCOTLAND’S CENSUS
Take a look at the interactive timeline which
shows information from Scotland’s census from
 1851- 2011
 Timeline
 Look at the information from the following years
 1851, 1891, 1931, 1971and 2001
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Describe the changes that the population of
Scotland has gone through, as shown in the
census.
CENSUS PROBLEMS
Look at these pictures and see if you
can think of any problems that you
might get when conducting a census
in a developing country.
Write them down
Hello
Bonjour
CENSUS PROBLEMS
In some countries, many
different languages are
spoken.
Some people cannot
read or write and so
cannot fill in the forms
It is difficult
to reach some
villages
Some people do
not want to tell
the truth.
They are
expensive to
carry out
It is difficult to count
people if there is a war
Some people are nomads. So
are difficult to track down.
YOUR TURN
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Read page 15 & 16 of the
International Issues book.
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Answer the Credit questions
on page 17.
Extension:
Finish the
Extension
questions on page
17
Q1-4
Extension 2:
Finish the
Extension
questions on page
24. Q1-4
LESSON PLENARY
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Comparing the UK to Nigeria
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“The UK does not face any of the problems that
Nigeria does when it carries out a census”
Write down the quote:
 Do you agree or disagree with this statement?
 Write down your answers in you jotter and be
ready to feedback.
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CORE QUESTIONS: STANDARD OF LIVING.
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P27 Core questions 1-7