Sep 4/5: population policies

Today we will go over the Unit 1 Summative FRQ results...
Consider how today's Bellringer above could be written in the format of an FRQ. What type of prompt might you be asked and what type of supporting information should you be able to respond with?

Helpful Resources for Today's Class:
Population Policies - Presentation
EXPANSIVE POPULATION POLICIES:
Case Study: Singapore's declining birth rates

• Singapore population infographic (SG website)
• Singapore Policy Questions - Student Doc (answer questions using resources below):
• Population - Family Planning Singapore National (Google Slides)
• Singapore’s Pop Policy - Restrictive to Expansive - Background Reading Doc
• “Have Three Or More -- If You Can Afford It” - SG.GOV e-doc on gov website
•  Why 80% of Singaporeans Live in Government-Built Flats” - The Economist​

Case Study: South Korea declining birth rates:

• Why I never want to have kids (BBC)
• South Korea’s Declining Birthrate (CBC News)
• Rise in Singletons in South Korea (Al Jazeera)
• South Korea is trying to Boost its Birth Rate. Its not working. (CityLab)

​Other Countries with Expansive Population Policies:

• Parenthood Policies in Europe (BBC News)

RESTRICTIVE POPULATION POLICIES:
Case Study: China

• China's Twilight Years  (Article, The Atlantic, June 2016)
• Ending China's Birth Limits Won't Bring a Baby Boom (Bloomberg, 2018)
• China’s 2-Child Policy is Having Unintended Consequences (Economist, 2018)
• China is Thinking of Scrapping Birth Limits... (Business Insider Singapore, 2018)

​Case Study: India

• India's Population Rise Puts it On Course for Rapid Growth (Article, The Independent, 2015)
• India's Population Policies, Including Female Sterilization, Beset by Problems (The Guardian, 2014)
• A Misguided Approach to India's Population Policy (New York Times, 2015)
• Population Policies of India (Government of India)

​Other:

• Overpopulation in Bangladesh: A Time Bomb Ticking (Article, The Financial Express, 2013)

EUGENIC POPULATION POLICIES:

• The Nazi Racial State - Third Reich (BBC History article)
• U.S. Eugenic Laws in 1960’s forced sterilization of 60,000 people (HuffPost article)
• Payment to Eugenics Victims in North Carolina, USA - People of Color Targeted in Policy (NPR article)
• ​India's Dark History of Sterilization (BBC)​​

HW: Answer these population policy questions

HW: Finish reading Fouberg Chapter 2;
Answer 4 questions about Population Policies (hint: use any resource to help you answer these questions)
1.     Why do women in Niger have a lot of kids?
2.     What can countries do who want to limit a rapidly   
       expanding population?
3.     Why do Singaporean women have so few kids?
4.     What can countries do who want to halt a declining  
       population?