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Population Pyramids on The InternetIndia and the UK compared
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Open a new Word (or similar) document and save it as ‘Pop Pyramids’
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Add a Header and Footer. Type in your name and teacher’s name.
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At the top of your Word document, type in the following title : India’s PopulationPyramid - 2009
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Press CTRL and click on the following link to open up a web-site which lets youchoose population pyramids
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/informationGateway.phpHint: By pressing Alt and Tab together you can quickly swap between this worksheet, the web-siteand your Word document
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On the web-site, choose India as a country and the year 2009 and click onSubmit. Click on the Population Pyramids tab that appears at the top.
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Right-click on the Population Pyramid for India 2009 and ‘Copy’ it and then‘Paste’ it into your new Word document. If the bars do not copy save it somewhere firstand then insert that image.
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Click underneath the pyramid. Now write the title:
UK Population Pyramid - 2009
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On the web-site, click the ‘Back’ arrow at the top
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Now repeat steps
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to
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, but choose the United Kingdom instead.
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Make sure both your pyramids fit on just one page. You may need to resize them, butkeep them as large as possible. Now do step
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below …
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Copy each of the 12 green labels below, one by one, and paste them in your new document. Move them to where you think each one should go.
Hint: You could change the view size of your Word document to 50% to make thiseasier.
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Now choose two yellow labels to go under each of your population pyramids.
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Check all of your labels to see that you are happy with where they belong.
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Narrow TopShort LifeExpectancySteep SidesHigh Death RateWide BaseHigh Birth RateTaller top (up to 100+)Women have longer life expectancyLow Death RateWide MiddleMore Narrow BaseWide Middle
LEDC (Less Economically Developed Country)MEDC (More Economically Developed Country)Population grows quicklyPopulation grows slowly
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