6th Grade Social StudiesUnit 3, Lesson 3

DemographicTransition

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Birth rates and death rates are high.

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Birth rates and death rates are high. High birth rates serve practicalpurposes:

• labor for farm work• support for elderly parents

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Birth rates and death rates are high. High birth rates serve practicalpurposes:

• labor for farm work• support for elderly parents

Poor health and harsh livingconditions cause the high death rate.

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Birth rates and death rates are high. High birth rates serve practicalpurposes:

• labor for farm work• support for elderly parents

Poor health and harsh livingconditions cause the high death rate. Birth rates and death rates are aboutthe same.

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Death rates begin to drop because of improved livingconditions and health practices. .

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Death rates begin to drop because of improved livingconditions and health practices. Birth rates remain high.

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Birth rates move downward – eventually catching up withdeath rates. .

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Birth rates move downward – eventually catching up withdeath rates. Population growth stays high at early part of this stage but fallsto near zero in the later part.

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Birth rates and death rates nearly the same again. .

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Birth rates and death rates nearly the same again. Birth rates and death rates at low levels. .

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ACTIVITY: The Impact of FamilySize

Stop and Jot in your GLIN:

How does having one more child change the rate ofpopulation growth?

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