SOCIOLOGY UNIT PLAN

Class: Form 6
Unit/Theme: Unit 2/Development & Social Change: Population and Development
Goals: This unit should help provide students with a better understanding of the concepts used in population studies, identify issues that arise
in relation to development, the eradication of poverty, and explain how population and development are interconnected with specific
reference to the Caribbean.

Rationale: This topic, Population and Development is not completely new. For students who have completed CSEC Social Studies, some of the
terminology used will be familiar. This unit introduces students to issues and theories surrounding population and development in an
effort to bring awareness to self, community, country and the future of the Caribbean region.

Concepts to be taught: Population

Relationship Trends
between
Population & 1.
Population
Development Growth &
7. Trends
2.

Sociological POPULATION
Perspectives &
of DEVELOPMENT Theories of
Development Population
6. 3.

Indicators of Concepts of
Development Development
5. 4.
 Content Key Concepts Learning Outcomes Vales & Attitudes Resources Teaching/Learning Assessment
Students will be able to: Activities
Lesson 1 Basic Concepts: crude a. define and explain key Appreciation of Textbook Class discussion Activity 10.1 (p.266)
Population Trends birth & death rate, concepts relevant to this population issues
fertility rate, natural topic Whiteboard Note-taking Question: Explain
increase, life the relationship
expectancy, migration, b. use quantitative and between births and
HDI, quality of life qualitative measures to Handouts deaths, migration
index, dependency explain population trends rates, immigration
ratio, population and emigration.
growth rate c. compare and examine
population trends in
developed and developing
countries

Lesson 2 - Population a. assess population Acknowledge the Textbook Class discussion Activity 12.2 (p.312)
Population composition: pyramids for implications importance of
Growth Rates & quantitative measures of population growth and qualitative and Whiteboard Note-taking Question: List and
Trends (e.g. sex, age, religion) trends quantitative explain reasons for
- Population Growth measures of Population Group work – analyze the ethnic diversity
population growth
Trends b. explain population issues pyramids population pyramids and change in the
- Population Issues: and statistics with reference (p.281) Caribbean/United
urbanization, to the Caribbean Population States
https://www.babble.com/baby/10-
migration statistics astounding-population-laws-
c. examine population from-around-the-world/
policies in developed and
developing countries
Lesson 3 Main perspectives: a. critically assess the Appreciate the Textbook Group discussion Activity 11.1 (p.305)
Theories of - Malthusian, sociological perspectives of explanations
Population Marxism, population offered by Whiteboard Group presentations Essay question:
Neo-Malthusian, the theorists as well as Explain the process
Demographic b. apply the sociological the critiques Population stats Class discussion of demographic
Transition Theory perspectives of population transition in the
(DTT), the Caribbean to the Caribbean Recognize how Laptop, speakers Caribbean.
https://www.babble.com/baby/10-
version of the DTT these theories are & projector astounding-population-laws- OR
c. evaluate population still relevant to our from-around-the-world/ Quiz (short answers)
policies in selected region Handouts
developed and developing
countries in relation to Graphic
population theories organizers

Lesson 4 - Definition of: a. define concepts related to Respect and Textbook Class discussion For centuries, core
Concepts of Development, development appreciate the countries have an
Development underdevelopment, efforts made by Handouts Note-taking exploitive relationship
modernization, b. explain the importance of nations to progress with semi-peripheral
industrialization these concepts in relation to economically and Graphic Group work and peripheral
countries. This has led
sustainable development to socially organizers
to their
the region/world underdevelopment.
Discuss.

Lesson 5 Indicators: a. assess how development Recognize Textbook Class discussion

Indicators of - Economic (GDP, is measured as social and indicators of Critically
Handouts
Development GNP, Per Capita economic factors development and Read alouds analyze/compare 2
Income, CoL) discuss its www.un.org/ Sustainability
- Social (health, tech, b. explain and evaluate the implications for millenniumgoals/ Group work Indicators Factsheets
education, social purpose and progress of the certain countries poverty.shtml (2013 & 2016)
services, QoL) css.snre.umich.edu
www.mdgmonitor.org
 MDGs in relation to the
indicators of development

c. compare two
sustainability indicators
factsheets to establish level
of [global] development

Lesson 6 - Theories: a. critically assess the Give an account of Textbook Class discussion Activity 15.1 (p.370)
Sociological Modernization, sociological perspectives of Caribbean
Perspectives of Dependency Theory, development development from Whiteboard Note-taking Activity 14.2 (p.368)
Development World Systems a sociological Select ONE essay
Theory, Globalization, b. apply these theories to perspective PowerPoint Group work
Industrialization by the development of the
Invitation Caribbean Handouts

Lesson 7 Concepts: a. define key terms relevant Recognize and Textbook Read alouds Essay:
Relationship Urbanization, to this lesson appreciate the Identify any three in
between Migration, interconnectedness Handouts Class discussion: development facing
Population & Industrialization, b. explain the relationship of population and Population and the Caribbean. Also
Development Gender, between population and development Graphic development do not state 3 types of
Bureaucratization, development organizers exist in isolation. reform that are
Tourism Explain. necessary for the
c. discuss the implications future development
for the region of the region.