devry SCi204 week 3 ilab

Exercise 1 is worth ten points.

Background:

Family trees are excellent indicators of the population dynamics within a family.Exercise:

Draw your family tree and discuss the fertility rates in at least three generations. Is the Total Fertility Rate the same or has it changed in the three generations? What are some of the reasons for these differences?

Exercise 2 is worth ten points.

Background:

Population profiles, also called population pyramids, show the distribution of any population into sex and age cohort/groups.Exercise:

Discuss a CURRENT population profile of your state. What does it show? Is the population growing, declining or stable? What is the projected population? List your references (at least three references are required).

Exercise 3 is worth ten points.

Background:

Human migration has been going on for hundreds of years as people move in search of better economic and educational opportunities and improved social lifestyles. Today, immigration is a global discussion. Many developed countries in the world are feeling the pressure from high numbers of immigrants coming into their countries from different cultural, socio-economic, and educational backgrounds.Exercise:

Discuss two similarities and two differences between immigration concerns of the U.S.A. and another developed country of your choice. List your references (at least three references are required).

Exercise 4 is worth ten points.

Background:

As of 2011 the global population passed the seven billion mark. The Earth's resources are constant as the human population continues to grow. All of these increases are a result of high birth rates in the poor developing countries of Asia, Africa and South America. India has the world's oldest family planning program, and China has the world's only One Child Population Policy.Exercise:

Should governments decide the number of children a woman can have in her life time? Discuss the relationship between women's rights (human rights) and education and fertility rates? List your references (at least three references are required).