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Leader: This activity involves analyzing population pyramids.
Please make sure that everyone has a copy for this exercise.
Begin with five minutes of individual work and then
open things up to group discussion for the remaining time.
You may print the population pyramids here.
Working
individually, analyze the Egypt population pyramids for the
years 2000, 2025, and 2050 and briefly answer these questions.
What
do these graphs tell you?
What
other information do you need to know in order to determine
what these trends mean for the country in question?
How
might you explain population pyramid interpretation in your
classroom?
Use the
remaining 10 minutes to discuss these population pyramids as
a group.
Keep the
questions and your answers in mind as you watch the video program.
