Lesson+Plans+(Week+5)

__Week 5__ This week the chair class will conclude the course curriculum about sustainable development, and the four main developmental challenges, by exploring population growth. Since many chairs have yet to present their Republic of Dongo presentations the curriculum dealing with population growth will mainly be introduced from Wednesday to Friday. The discussion of population growth will deal primarily with concepts of high fertility rates, the reasons for high fertility rates, the connection between the lack of development and high population increase rates, and the Demographic Transition. The class will also discuss solutions for sustainable population rates, and current policies that countries have to deal with population growth. As always, the chairs will utilize chair simulations to sharpen their parliamentary procedure skills.

September 24, 2012: Presentations

 * Chairs will finish their Republic of Dongo presentations.

**September 25, 2012:**

 * In lieu of finishing presentations, Chairs will post their project to their edublogs-the post should be titled MUN: Republic of Dongo, should include an uploaded version of the presentation, and should be tagged as Social Studies
 * Your blog post should reflect on TWO of the following prompts:
 * How did the project help you to develop your ability to "communicate your ideas" to a group of peers?
 * How does this project help you to understand what it means to "take action" in our world?
 * What were the greatest challenges of the project and how did you work with your group to overcome those challenges?
 * Zelda and Ali can respond to these two prompts either digitally or handwritten.

September 26, 2012

 * Chairs will finish their Republic of Dongo presentations.

September 27, 2012:

 * Word of the Day: Appropriate Development.
 * What does it mean?

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 * 1) What does Hans say needs to happen in order for the global population rate to decrease?
 * 2) How is this accomplished?
 * 3) Does religion play a role in population growth?
 * 4) How would you describe what Hans calls "The Great Fill Up?"


 * Question: If you had to create policy for a country with a high population growth rate what kinds of policies would you implement?
 * Discuss

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September 27, 2012: One-Child Policy

 * Questions:
 * Does the one-child policy work?
 * What are the social implications of the one-child policy?
 * Is the one-child policy fair?
 * Would the one-child policy work for other nations besides China?

September 28, 2012: Parli Pro

 * Chairs will simulate conditions in committee rooms as co-chairs.