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Provided by: American Museum of Natural History |Published on: April 27, 2021
Videos Grades 6-8, 9-12, ap-college
Synopsis
This video provides an animated map of human population growth and settlement locations throughout human history.
It provides numerous historical references as the map continues to add one dot for every 1 million people added to the planet and it provides estimates for the future size of the human population.
The facts are presented clearly and the music in the background is captivating.
Students get a very clear picture of how quickly human population growth increased over the last 200 years and the locations where our population is the most dense.
Additional Prerequisites
There may be an advertisement at the beginning of the video.
The teacher may want to download the video from the link provided to show offline.
Differentiation
This resource could be used in a lesson that focuses on world history, human civilizations, population dynamics, sustainability, or biodiversity loss.
Science and biology classes could use this video as an example of exponential growth and relate it to lessons about ecosystems and the natural factors that keep populations from growing exponentially.
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