Writing the Essay

Today we wrote our essays for the midterm exam. I came prepared with my notecard. I thought I did a pretty good job on writing it. I did get a little nervous, however, when almost everyone in the class started getting a second paper to write on and I only used one. I reread the question that I chose and reread my essay and it seemed like I had covered everything. I just hope it was enough. I kept trying to convince myself that I was just writing smaller than everyone else and they had big handwriting and that's why they used a second page but I'm not sure. Maybe I just didn't have as much as everyone else but I think it covers the whole topic in the right amount of sentences. I didn't want to turn in an essay that I wouldn't want to read because it's so long because if I wouldn't want to reread it why would you want to read it. I hope my essay was enough to get me a good grade on this part of the exam. That's all for today.

FINAL ESSAY PREPERATIONS

Today, we finished the outline of our essay. Now, we can write out some of the outline on our notecard. I am going to write out an outline so it will help me better. I also finished writing the outline. Tonight or tomorrow I'm going to have to write out the facts on the notecard. I am going to be so prepared that I'm going to ace writing this essay. That's all for today.

ESSAY FOR THE EXAM

Today we worked on our essay for the exam. I chose the third option about the demographic transition. I stared writing the outline. So far I have the first 3 paragraphs done. So I only have to do the last two tomorrow. I think my essay is going to go pretty well. I just have to make sure I remember the parts of it. Tomorrow I’m going to finish the first two paragraphs in class and then have someone read over it. By Friday I’ll be prepared to write the best essay I can. Anyways that’s all for today. This is late because I wrote it yesterday and thought I published it but I guess I forgot.

Demographic Transition Quiz

Today we took took a quiz on the Demographic Transition. I studied for it and I thought I was going to do  well but once I saw it I don't think I did that well on it. I wasn't sure which stage in the demographic transition was the one that was beneficial to have a lot of kids. I knew that it was either one or two but I wasn't sure. Stage One could have had a lot of kids because of all the people that were dying and they needed to replace the people that were dying by having a lot of kids. Stage Two also could have been the answer because most people in stage two were farmers and needed a lot of kids to hellion the farm. So my final answer for that question was stage two but I don't know if it was right or not. I also struggled on the one where we had to write out the math problem. I think I got the right answer but I wasn't 100% sure. Anyways, I hope I passed the test. That's all for today.

More About the Demographic Transition

Today we copied down a graph about the demographic transition. It had the 5 stages going across the bottom. Birth and death rates stared at pretty much the same spot. Over time birth rate decrease slightly but was still higher than the death rate. In between the birth and death rates is the natural increase. The total population stared at the bottom and went up. We also looked at one of he videos we watched yesterday and went over it a little more in detail. Anyways, that’s all for today.

Demographic Transition Videos

Video 1 : Demographic Transition -
1. Stabilization in population occurs in most industrialized countries
2. Growth rate measures how much the population grows or shrinks over some time period
3. Most countries were in stage 1 until the 18th century when death rates in Europe began to fall

Video 2 : Demographic Transition Theory -
1. We are experiencing exponential growth
2. The plague, war, famine, and poor living conditions people died pretty young to make up for all the deaths they had to have children- stage 1
3. Cultural lag : technologies that improved mortality rates changed faster than. cultures ability to adapt

Video 3 : Why Populations Grow and the Demographic Transition Model -
1. The population growth of less economically developed countries is rapid compared to more economically developed countries.
2. One way to measure population growth is by calculating doubling time (length of time it takes for population to double in size). Calculated by dividing 70 / growth rate.
3. 2 main factors affecting population growth RNI and NET Migration Rate.

Video 3 was most helpful to me because I like to listen to people with accents. It makes me listen better. I also thought it had more facts than the other 2. It had some terms that we've learned before and some that we're new to me. It also had different ways to measure population, some of which were new to me. Even though the video was longer than the other 2 I thought I learned more from it than the others. That's why video 3 was the most helpful to me.

Demographic Transition

Today we read a packet on Demographic Transition. It is a 4 stage process. It is the change in society's population from high crude birth and death rates and a low rate of natural increase to low crude birth and death rates, low rate of natural increase, and higher total population. The 1st stage has high birthrates and deathratecs and a very low growth. No country is still in stage 1. Stage 2 has a high growth because death rates decline and birthrates remain the same. The two things that impacted most countries into stage 2 was the Industrial Revolution and the Medical Revolution. Stage 3 has crude birthrates that dropped sharply as a result of changes in social and economic patterns that will encourage people to have fewer children. In stage 4 birthrates continue to drop until their rate of natural increase is 0. In this stage women enter the labor force in large numbers. Some countries think there is a stage 5 where the population declines but the Demographic Transition doesn't count it.That's all for today.