Year 9 Geography - Populations Unit

Yew Chung International Secondary School

Assessment 1: Poster Design and Production

Semester Grade Contribution 20%

Due date: last lesson of the week - commencing Monday 20 February 2017

For this assessment task, you will use your prior knowledge and understanding of populations to
produce a poster that presents information in a creative and interesting way.

Your completed Poster must include all of the following essential components:

1. Name of your country – with relevant and appropriate photographs and other images.
(see instructions below – under heading of Presentation)

2. You must also include the following pieces of information:

 Population history – since 1850 – presented as a line graph.
 Population pyramids – for current year.
 An analysis of the data on population for sex and age differences.
 Calculation of the country’s population density.
 GDP (wealth) per capita (per person).
 Economic activities – how do they make their money?

3. Work out the future prospects of your countries

 What problems lie ahead?
 What are the positive signs for the future?
 Is the population aging rapidly, slowly or is there negative growth?
 What is the death rate?
 What type of population policy does the country’s government need to implement?
A) Negative growth - Ageing population – health care for the aged, pensions, immigrants
for more workers
B) Rapid growth – younger population – schools, more jobs for school leavers
C) Slow growth – needs younger people, long life expectancy

Presentation

Choose your style of presentation

 You can include the anthem, the flag, national emblems and other national items.
 Provide a brief description about your chosen country.
 Place it on a map – ensuring that you include all of the BOLTSS.
 Arrange the population information about the country in an interesting manner.
 You may hand-draw your poster or produce it on the computer – using any program;
or you may create your poster by using a combination of methods and media.
Population Poster - Marking Rubric

Criteria Component 5 points 3 points 1 point 0 point Total

Geographical Skills Poster Design A creative and A mildly A satisfactory An uninteresting /5

engaging poster interesting poster – which poster – which
– which poster – which includes one or does not include
includes a wide includes several two relevant any relevant
variety of relevant images. images. images.
relevant
images.

Geographical Skills Map and Graphs Map, line graph Map, line graph Map, line graph Map, line graph /5
and population and population and population and population
pyramid have pyramid have all pyramid have all pyramid have
all been hand- been hand- been generated not all been
drawn to a very drawn to a on a computer. included.
high standard. satisfactory
standard.

Understanding Information Includes all of Includes most of Includes some of Does not include /5
and explaining the required the required the required enough
people and place information information information information
(HUMAN) about the about the about the about the
and processes chosen country. chosen country. chosen country. chosen country.
(PHYSICAL)

Understanding Explanation Includes a very Includes a Includes an No explanation /5

and explaining detailed satisfactory unsatisfactory given about the
people and place explanation explanation explanation future
(HUMAN) about the about the future about the future prospects of the
and processes future prospects of the prospects of the chosen country.
(PHYSICAL) prospects of the chosen country. chosen country.
chosen country.

Use of Communication Poster includes Poster includes Poster includes a Poster does not /5
geographical a wide range of a suitable range limited amount include any
language and
geographical of geographical of geographical geographical
literacy
words and words and/or words and/or words and / or
features features contains several contains many
excellent satisfactory spelling and spelling and
written written grammar errors. grammar errors.
communication communication
skills. skills.

TOTAL = / 25

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