India: Population Challenges

Students learn about India’s huge population. They work with population data to calculate population density and review other measures of a country’s development. They use layered maps to explain settlement patterns. Then they discuss the question of “overpopulation or underproduction?” and take a stand on the issue.

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Here are the teacher pack items for India: Population Challenges:

The World Bank: Population Density
Additional resource for easy access to population density of all countries
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Overview:

In this experience, students learn about India’s huge population. They work with population data to calculate population density and review other measures of a country’s development. They use layered maps to explain settlement patterns. Then they discuss the question of “overpopulation or underproduction?” and take a stand on the issue.

Students should be divided into small groups for the first four scenes.

Objectives:

Explain India's patterns of settlement.
Identify problems caused by India’s huge population.

India has the largest population of any country on the planet. Currently, almost one out of every six people on Earth is from India. In this experience, you will examine this huge population and some of the challenges it presents.

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