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A Quick Trip to 7 Billion: Exploring the Timeline

Introduction:

Our global family reached a milestone in 2011 -- the addition of our 7 billionth

member. The events of our past have shaped how our family has

grown over the years and now our collective action will determine where

we grow from here. The “Quick Trip to 7 Billion” timeline shows that our

population growth has been the result of events related to a variety of

topics, ranging from Industry and Technology to Women’s Rights. In this

activity, students will learn how these events have influenced our population

growth and how they are interconnected to paint a larger picture of

our global family and the world that we live in.

Materials:

Computer with Internet access

“A Quick Trip to 7 Billion” poster (Can be viewed at www.Worldof7Billion.org/)

Student Worksheets: “Exploring the Timeline”; “Topic Essay”

Part 1: Exploring the Timeline

Procedure:

1. Provide each student with a copy of the Student Worksheet “Exploring

the Timeline.”

2. Direct students to our website, www.Worldof7Billion.org/Wall_Chart.

Allow students time to read the timeline and work through the questions.

3. Briefly go over the answers as a class.

4. As a class, discuss the following questions. Students do not have to be

able to look at the poster to answer these questions, but it may be

helpful to have it in view. Consider holding this discussion in a computer

lab, where each student can look at the poster on their screen

Alternatively, you could project the poster to the front of the room.

a. The Comstock Laws (which made contraception illegal in the U.S.)

were overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1965. What do you

think was different about a woman’s life after 1965? Women could

plan the timing and number of children they wanted to have;

women could focus on their education or a career; women had

more of a say over their role in the family and in the work place.

b. Why do you think the Great Depression led to the “baby bust”?

What factors do you think contributed to the post-WWII baby

boom? In times of prosperity, couples tend to have more children

than in times of economic downturn. During the Great Depression

Concept:

The human population has grown

exponentially over the past 200

years, and in 2011 we add our 7 billionth

member. As we hit this milestone,

it is important to reflect on

how we got here and how our population

trends will impact our

future.

Objectives:

Students will be able to:

- Understand how certain events

from the past have influenced population.

- Discuss the factors that contribute

to continued population

growth.

Subjects:

Civics/Government, Economics,

Environmental Science, Geography,

Health, History, Science, Social

Studies, Women’s Studies

Skills:

Critical thinking, essay writing,

conducting research, drawing connections

Method:

Through group discussion and individual

work, students explore how

the events of our past have contributed

to a world of 7 billion.

A Quick Trip to 7 Billion: Exploring the Timeline

people feared they would not be able to financially support large families, leading to a decline in

the fertility rate. In the years following WWII, the U.S. economy soared and jobs were plentiful.

Men and women who were reunited after years of war were eager to start families and had the

financial means to support large families.

c. In 1834, the mechanical reaper was invented, tripling farmer’s outputs. What other events in our

history have increased farmers’ yields? Do you think that we are currently at our maximum food

output? The invention of the combustion engine allowed farmers to use machinery which increased

their efficiency; nitrogen fertilizer (the result of Fritz Haber’s discovery in 1908) supplies

plants with essential nutrients that they need to grow, increasing crop output; the use of DDT

(beginning in 1939) marks the beginning of pesticide use, preventing insects from destroying

crops; the Green Revolution introduced high-yield seeds, allowing for drastic increases in food

production around the world. Answers will vary about our maximum food output.

e. What impact do you think global communication has on our population? With advances in communication,

people across the globe can more readily exchange ideas about population, family

size and resource use - ideas that can now easily be exchanged through TV portrayals, radio, or

social media.

f. The poster highlights advancements in medicine, industry, nutrition and women’s roles that have

helped improve lives, eradicate disease and bring down birth rates. Do you think that we’ve made

equal progress with these advancements around the world? Overall, our global family has made

great strides, but there is still much progress to be made in developing countries. Among the

least developed countries, only 36% of the population has access to improved sanitation, the

infant mortality rate is 81/1,000 births (about 1 in 12), and fertility rates remain high at 4.3

children per woman. Women in the least developed countries lack equal access to education and

employment opportunities, as well as family planning services.

Part 2: A Quick Trip to 7 Billion: Topic Essay

Each event on the timeline is labeled with a topic symbol (Communications, Environment, Food and

Agriculture, Health, Industry/Transportation, Population, Social Justice, or Women’s Roles). Events within

each of these topics have had direct and indirect impacts on our population over the years. Invite students

to write essays to explore the ways that specific events on the timeline have affected population

1. Ask students to choose 2 topics (from the Topic Key.) Students should read through each event that

is labelled with the topic they choose.

2. Tell students to use the graphic organizer, “Topic Essay” to structure their essay. They should

answer each question on the worksheet for both topics, and then write their essay. Students may

want to conduct research.

3. For some helpful research sources, direct students to the “Research Resources” listed on

www.Worldof7Billion.org under the Student Video Contest tab. Additional resources include:

www.7billionactions.org; www.fao.org; www.who.int; and http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/7-billion.

A Quick Trip to 7 Billion: Exploring the Timeline, page 2

Name: ____________________________________ Date:_______________________________

A Quick Trip to 7 Billion

Student Worksheet: Exploring the Timeline, Part 1

Go to our website, www.Worldof7Billion.org/Wall_Chart. Look first at the timeline side of the poster. The

events on the timeline explore events in our modern history that have shaped our population size.

First, read through each event on the timeline. As you read, think about how each event might have

had an impact on population size. Also, be sure to note the “topic symbol” next to each event. The

Topic Key can be found in the bottom left corner of the poster. Once you’ve read the poster, answer the

following questions.

1. The first transcontinental railroad in the U.S. was completed in 1869, allowing goods, food, and

people to travel from coast to coast in a matter of days. In what ways might the transcontinental

railroad have changed the lives of people living in that time? What other events on the timeline

may have had a similar impact?

2. When birth rates are higher than death rates, a population grows. Knowing this, how do you think

the Public Health Movement in Britain in the 1840’s impacted population (hint: think about how

this would affect death rates)? What other events on the timeline have improved our overall health

and allowed us to live longer lives? Do you think improved health and nutrition might also have an

impact on birth rates? If so, why?

3. Which events on the timeline do you think led to an increase in death rates?

4. Can you find technological advances from our earlier history that had consequences (either intended

or unintended) in our later history? How are these events related? (For example, production of

the Ford Model-T could be related to the raising of surface sea temperatures that has led to coral

bleaching.)

5. Which events at the end of the timeline, if any, might have an impact on our population in the

future?

A Quick Trip to 7 Billion: Exploring the Timeline, page 3

Topic Essay

Choose 2 topics (Communications, Environment, Food and Agriculture, Health, Industry, Transportation,

Population, Social Justice, or Women’s Roles) and use the organizer to explore the ways that

specific events on the timeline have effected population growth and played a role in creating our world

of 7 billion. Use your answers to create a short essay.

Topic 1: _________________________________

How do events in this topic impact population? Give examples.

What themes can you find within this topic’s events?

What other events can be added to this topic strand that aren’t on the timeline? Back up your

answer with research.

Could any events in this topic be labeled with another topic symbol? Why?

A Quick Trip to 7 Billion: Exploring the Timeline, page 4

of 7 billion. Use your answers to create a short story.

Topic 2: __________________________________

Suggested Student Worksheet Answers

Part 1: A Quick Trip to 7 Billion: Exploring the Timeline

1. Because of the transcontinental railroad, goods could be transported from coast to coast, increasing

trade and causing a spike in industry and production in the growing cities of the East Coast.

With transportation being faster, cheaper and safer, more people began to go West, settling in new

territories along the route of the railroad. Similar events include the invention of the first air conditioning

unit, enabling populations to migrate to Southern cites, the Ford Model-T, the dawn of

air travel, and in some ways even the creation of email and the World Wide Web.

2. Improving sanitation helped to combat water-borne diseases, such as typhoid and cholera, allowing

people to live longer and healthier lives, eventually leading to a decline in death rates. This

decline created an imbalance between birth and death rates, causing the population to grow.

Advancements in nutrition (pasteurization, preservation and canning) and medicine (sterilization

and antiseptics in medical treatment, antibiotics, vaccines) all bring down death rates. Medical

and nutritional advances also lead to better health for infants and children. When infants are

healthier, women are more confident that their children will live to adulthood and therefore tend

to have smaller families. As a result, improvements in health and nutrition lead to lower birthrates.

3. Potato famine (hunger), WWI/WWII (war/conflict), Spanish Flu (disease).

4. Answers will vary. Answers may include: advances in industry and technology leading to environmental

consequences like the Great Pacific Garbage Patch or the U.S. accounting for 25% of the

world’s resource consumption; the introduction of DDT to agriculture enabling heavy pesticide

use; it was later banned in the U.S. because of its environmental impacts.

5. Answers will vary.

Part 2: A Quick Trip to 7 Billion: Topic Essay - Teacher Notes

Communications

Population Influences -- With the beginning of the age of rapid global communication in the 20th century,

it has become easier to share ideas and concepts about culture, lifestyle, and global trends. The

accessibility and speed of the Internet, email and modern communicative devices (cell phones), have

given people access into the far corners of the world, spanning great distances and creating opportunities

to learn. As people become aware of the lifestyles and realities other people face around the world,

they strive to progress -- people in the developing world have knowledge of the advancements in medicine,

education, and economics as seen in developed countries and vice versa. Global communication

can help spread information on social and environmental issues, the impacts of investing in education

and medicine, and challenges that we face as a global society.

A Quick Trip to 7 Billion: Exploring the Timeline, page 6

Student Worksheet Answers, continued

Themes/Trends -- Global communication has become easier and more accessible through the years,

allowing people to more readily exchange ideas about lifestyle, family size and resource use.

Additional Topic Symbols -- Population, Environment, Social Justice, Women’s Roles

Environment

Population Influences -- As our numbers grow, so does our impact on the environment and the natural

resources that support us. Environmental issues like the collapse of cod, deforestation, coral bleaching,

and climate change all threaten our ability to rely on the resources that we need for survival.

Themes/Trends -- The majority of environmental issues are seen later in the timeline. Many of these

are related to advances in technology, food production, and industry that we see in earlier stages of the

timeline.

Additional Topic Symbols -- Population, Public Health, Food and Agriculture

Food and Agriculture

Population Influences -- Advancements in food and agriculture allow more people to be fed and have

better nutrition. Better nutrition (from pasteurization, preservation, canning, and faster transportation

of food) improves overall health and contributes to longer life expectancy for both children and adults,

bringing down both birth and death rates. Food scarcity can cause a decrease in population, as it did in

the Irish Potato Famine of 1845.

Themes/Trends -- Developments in agriculture have allowed us to produce food more efficiently and to

feed more people. However, many of these developments (especially the use of fertilizers, pesticides)

have had unintended environmental consequences.

Additional Topic Symbols -- Population, Industry/Transportation, Environment

Public and Reproductive health

Population Influences -- Advancements in public health allow both adults and children to live longer

and healthier lives, leading to an eventual decline in fertility rates. Reproductive rights and family planning

give women the ability to decide the timing of their children. Women who have control over their

childbearing tend to have smaller families.

Themes/Trends -- Women today have more power over their fertility than they did in the past and we

are overall, a healthier global society.

Additional Topic Symbols -- Population, Women’s Roles, Social Justice

A Quick Trip to 7 Billion: Exploring the Timeline, page 7

Industry/Transportation

Population Influences -- With the availability of transportation, people settle in new areas (as with the

building of the transcontinental railroad.) Transportation enables the fast transport of food, giving people

access to a varied and more nutritional diet.

Themes/Trends -- Travel has become faster and easier through the years. Many of the advances in

industry and travel have had unintended environmental consequences (For example, coral bleaching,

the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and the earth exceeding its ecological footprint.)

Additional Topic Symbols -- Food and Agriculture, Population, Environment

Population

Population Influences -- Not applicable.

Themes/Trends -- Our population grew slowly until the middle of the 20th century. We are now growing

very quickly and adding a billion people every 12-13 years.

Additional Topic Symbols -- Environment, Food and Agriculture

Social Justice

Population Influences -- With development of the United Nations and the Millennium Development

Goals, improving the standard of living for people in the poorest countries has become a global priority.

This could have profound positive effects for slowing population growth in the years ahead.

Themes/Trends -- We see the development of the UN after WWII when it becomes clear that we are an

inter-connected global society and need to work together to solve social and economic issues within our

global community.

Additional Topic Symbols -- Women’s Roles, Population, Health, Food and Agriculture

Women’s Roles

Population Influences -- When women have access to education, have more opportunity in the workforce

and are empowered within a society, birth rates fall and populations stabilize.

Themes/Trends -- Women’s ability to enter the workforce and have control over childbearing has fluctuated

over the years. In recent years, we’ve seen more women in positions of power and women have

greater ability to control their family size.

Additional Topic Symbols -- Population, Social Justice, Health

A Quick Trip to 7 Billion: Exploring the Timeline, page 8

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Quick Trip to 7.6 Billion: Exploring the Timeline Introduction Global population hit 7 billion in 2011 and continues to Concept grow, expected to surpass 10 billion by the middle of the 21st century. This population growth has been the result of many Many events throughout history have events throughout history that impacted global fertility and population size, quality of life, and mortality trends, from huge technological advances to changes environmentaldirectly and indirectly impact influencedover the past our 200 in women’s rights and empowerment. years. Some advances have led to longer and healthier lives, such as better ways of growing and storing our food. As a result, we Objectives currently have an imbalance in birth and death rates, with Students will be able to: births exceeding deaths roughly 2.5 to 1, and we now have • Explain how key events from the past more people on the planet using resources at an unsustainable rate. In addition to growing consumer demands, we’ve also • Discuss factors that contribute to have influenced population size. seen that some technological and social advances have had population growth and unsustainable long-reaching consequences that would have been unexpected resource consumption. at the time of their development – such as the advent of the • Complete a graphic organizer exploring two thematic topics and their impact on in 1908, which ultimately set us on a path to anthropogenic global population. assembly line and the production of the first Ford Model-Ts climate change today. Recognizing trends in major events • Respond to a short essay prompt throughout history helps us consider the human impacts of analyzing how events and trends within today’s global family, as well as how all 7.6 billion of us can live more sustainable lives. each other. two population related topics influence Subjects Materials AP Human Geography, Geography, Part 1 Environmental Science (General and AP), Health, World History (General and AP), US • A Quick Trip to 7.6 Billion poster or e-poster History, English Language Arts • Student Worksheet Skills Part 2 Critical thinking, writing, researching, • Student tablets or computers with Internet access analyzing and evaluating data, • Graphic Organizer (provided) collaborating, identifying trends, reading comprehension Part 1: Exploring the Timeline Method Through written analysis of the timeline Procedure on the A Quick Trip to 7.6 Billion poster, students explore how past events have 1. Distribute a copy of the Student Worksheet to each contributed to our current population size student. and resource use. 2. Direct students to the A Quick Trip to 7.6 Billion poster found at www.worldof7billion.org/high-res-wall-chart and allow them time to read the timeline found on side 1

AnswersBriefly to review Student the Worksheet answers to the Student Worksheet as a class. See Answer Key Part 2: A Thematic History Procedure 1. and Agriculture, Health, Industry/Transportation, Population, Social Justice, or Women’s Roles). AskEach students event on to the choose timeline two is topics labeled (excluding with a topic Population) symbol (Communications, from the Topic Key. Environment, Students should Food read through each event labeled with the topics they choose. 2. Distribute a copy of the Graphic Organizer to each student and go over the short essay assignment.

suggested answers when assessing students’ completed essays, see the Teacher Notes. Then provide them with class time to complete the essay or assign it as homework. For guidance and Note: Students will need to conduct research to complete the Graphic Organizer. Possible resources include: www.fao.org, www.who.int, and http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/7-billion. Assessment Collect student essays and assess for thoroughness of their analysis. Follow-up Activity Students create their own timelines focusing only on one topic, a particular region of the world, or a specific period of human history. They may include some events from the poster timeline but the majority must come from further research.

©2019 Population Connection Exploring the Timeline 2 Name: Date: Student Worksheet Look at the timeline side of the A Quick Trip to 7.6 Billion consider how it might have impacted population size. Then, use the timeline to answer the following questions. poster. First, read through each event and

Comprehension Questions 1. How might the transcontinental railroad have changed the lives of people living at the time of its completion? What other events on the timeline may have had a similar impact?

2. Which events on the timeline directly led to an increase in death rates?

3. In 1834, the mechanical reaper was invented, tripling farmers’ outputs. What other events in our history have increased crop yields?

4. The Comstock Laws created in 1873 (which made contraception illegal in the U.S.) were overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1965. What do you think was different about a woman’s life after 1965?

5. Why do you think the Great Depression led to the “baby bust?” What factors do you think contributed to the post WWII “baby boom?”

6. How do you think the Public Health Movement in Britain in the 1840s impacted population? What other events on the timeline have improved our overall health and allowed people to live longer lives? Analysis Questions 7. What impact could improved health and nutrition have on birth rates?

8. Do you think that we are currently at our maximum food output, or are we capable of growing more food than we do today?

9. What impact do you think global communication has on our population and resource use?

10. The timeline highlights advances in medicine, industry, nutrition, and women’s roles that have helped improve lives, eradicate disease and bring down birth rates. Do you think that we’ve made equal progress with these advances around the world?

11. Which event at the end of the timeline will have the largest impact on our population size and our quality of life in the future? Explain your thinking.

12. Are there any events that don’t seem like they are related to population growth? Why do you think they were included in the timeline? Explain.

Take a look at the Topic Key in the lower left corner of the poster. Every timeline event has just one topic assigned to it (Communications, Environment, etc.).

TASK 1: Select one event from the timeline and complete the organizer.

Event: Explain your reasoning.

Listed topic:

To what other topic could this event have been assigned?

TASK 2: Choose two topics from the timeline’s Topic Key (except Population) and complete the organizer. The completed organizer will help you answer the short essay prompt found at the end.

Topic #1 Topic #2

How do events in this topic impact population? How do events in this topic impact population?

examples. examples. Include at least two specific events as Include at least two specific events as

4 What trends do you notice within this topic’s What trends do you notice within this topic’s events? events?

topic.Conduct research and find two other events topic.Conduct research and find two other events (not listed on the timeline) that fit into this (not listed on the timeline) that fit into this Event 1: Event 1:

Event 2: Event 2:

1.Are there any events on the timeline that fit into both of these topics?

ESSAY: On separate paper, respond to the following prompt:

How have events and trends within these two topics influenced each other? ©2019 Population Connection Exploring the Timeline 5 Student Worksheet Answer Key Comprehension Questions 1. How might the transcontinental railroad have changed the lives of people living at the time of its completion? What other events on the timeline may have had a similar impact?

Because of the transcontinental railroad, goods could be transported from coast to coast, increasing trade and causing a spike in industry and production in the growing cities of the East Coast. With transportation being faster, cheaper, and safer, more people began to go west, settling in new territories along the route of the railroad. Similar events include the invention of the first air conditioning unit, enabling populations to migrate to Southern cites, the Ford Model-T, the dawn of air travel, and the rise of the Internet, email, and social media.

Death rates increased as a direct result of the following events: Potato Famine, WWI, WWII, Spanish Flu, HIV/AIDS crisis, historic high of world hunger.

The invention of the combustion engine allowed farmers to use machinery which increased their efficiency; nitrogen fertilizer (the result of Fritz Haber’s discovery in 1908) supplies plants with essential nutrients that they need to grow, increasing crop output; the use of DDT (beginning in 1939) marks the beginning of pesticide use, preventing insects from destroying crops and increasing output; the Green Revolution introduced high-yield seeds, allowing for drastic increases in food production around the world.

Women had the ability to plan the timing and number of children they wanted to have; women could now focus on their education or a career; women had more of a say over their role in the family and in the workplace.

During the Great Depression, people feared they would not be able to financially support large families, leading to a decline in the fertility rate. In the years following WWII, the U.S. economy soared and jobs were plentiful. Men and women who were reunited after years of war were eager to start families, had the financial means to support large families, and thus had more children than in previous years.

6. How do you think the Public Health Movement in Britain in the 1840s impacted population? What other events on the timeline have improved our overall health and allowed people to live longer lives?

©2019 Population Connection Exploring the Timeline 6 Improving sanitation helped to combat water-borne diseases, such as typhoid and cholera, allowing people to live longer and healthier lives, eventually leading to a decline in death rates. Advances in nutrition (pasteurization, preservation, and canning) and medicine (sterilization and antiseptic in medical treatment, antibiotics, vaccines) all brought down death rates.

Analysis Questions 7. What impact could improved health and nutrition have on birth rates?

Medical and nutritional advances lead to longer life expectancy and lower death rates. This means better health for everyone, especially infants and children. When infants are healthier, women are more confident that their children will live to adulthood and therefore tend to have smaller families. As a result, improvements in health and nutrition lead to lower birth rates.

Answers will vary. Students may point out that while we’ve increased food output, much is still wasted or lost in transit. Some students may note that our demand for meat is increasing, which will decrease the output per acre of agricultural land.

With advances in communication, people across the globe can more readily exchange ideas and knowledge about medical and health practices, impacts of consumption, the state of the global environment − ideas that can now easily be exchanged through social media.

Overall, our global family has made great strides, but there is still much progress to be made, especially in developing countries. Among the least developed countries, only 36 percent of the population has access to improved sanitation, the infant mortality rate is 66/1,000 births (about 1 in 15), and fertility rates remain high at 4.4 children per woman. Women in the least developed countries lack equal access to education and employment opportunities, as well as family planning services.

Answers will vary.

Communications th century, it has become easier to share ideas and concepts about culture, lifestyle, and global trends. The accessibility and speed ofPopulation the Internet, Influences email, and– With cell the phones dawn have of rapid given global people communication access to far corners in the 20 of the world, spanning great distances and creating opportunities to learn. People in less developed regions have more knowledge of the advances in medicine, education, and economics available in more developed areas. Those living in more developed nations can access information about challenges we face as a global society, and are more aware of their disproportionate resource consumption. Global communication can help spread information on social and environmental issues, such as the impacts of investing in education and medicine or the importance of sustainable resource use.

Trends – Global communication has become easier, more accessible, and more electronic through the years. Today, more people can readily exchange knowledge about medical and health practices, impacts of consumption, and the state of the global environment.

Environment resources that support us. This means that the bigger our population, the more quickly we exceed the Population Influences – As our numbers grow, so does our impact on the environment and the natural stock, deforestation , coral bleaching, and climate change all threaten our ability to rely on the resources thatEarth’s we biocapacity ,need for survival. or ability to support us at its rate of resource regeneration. The collapse of cod fish

Trends – The majority of environmental issues are seen later in the timeline, and their intensity increases as we get closer to the present day. Many of these are results of advances in technology, food production, and industry from earlier stages of the timeline, such as the impacts of climate change and the Great

FoodPacific and Garbage Agriculture Patch. nutrition. Better nutrition (from pasteurization, preservation, canning, and faster transportation of food) improvesPopulation overall Influences health – Advancesand contributes in food to and longer agriculture life expectancy allow more for bothpeople children to be fed and and adults, have bringing better

1845.down death rates. As families become confident that their babies will survive to adulthood, they tend to have fewer children overall. Food scarcity can cause population decline , as did the Irish Potato Famine of people. However, many of these developments (such as the use of fertilizers and pesticides) have had unintendedTrends – Developments environmental in agriculture consequences. have allowed us to produce more food more efficiently to feed more

Population Influences – Advances in public health allow both adults and children to live longer and healthier lives, leading to an eventual decline in fertility rates as parents are more confident their children ©2019 Population Connection Exploring the Timeline 8 will survive. Reproductive rights and family planning give women the ability to decide when and how many children they want to have. Women who have control over their childbearing tend to have smaller families.

Trends – We are a healthier global society today than in the past. Life expectancy has increased, death rate has decreased, and some diseases have been eradicated. However, these advances are uneven around the world.

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Social Justice

Development Goals, improving the standard of living for people in the poorest countries has become aPopulation global priority. Influences This could – With have the profounddevelopment positive of the effects United for Nations slowing and population more recently, growth the in Sustainablethe years ahead.

Trends – The development of the UN and more awareness of social justice is seen especially after WWII, when it became clear that we are an interconnected global society and need to work together to solve the social and economic issues within our global community.

Women’s Roles and are empowered within a society, birth rates fall and populations stabilize. Population Influences – When women have access to education, have more opportunity in the workforce,

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