G8 Individuals and Societies

Unit 2 – Constant Changes – How many are we? How many should we be?
Task 2.2: Presenting your research findings
YOUR TASK:

Goal – To present your findings following research into a population shift in one or two chosen countries.
Role – You are a demographer at the United Nations.
Audience – Other researchers and policymakers at the UN.
Situation – The UN is creating new programs to help countries understand population shifts.
Product – PowerPoint, Canva, or Keynote presentation file showing your research findings (required
sections listed below).

What you need to do:

Complete a presentation file containing the following pages:

1. A title page containing your research question, reasons for choosing the question, a possible
hypothesis, and your research methodology.
2. An analysis of chosen data showing your understanding of the country’s situation.
3. An analysis of chosen data showing your understanding of the country’s situation.
4. An analysis of chosen data showing your understanding of the country’s situation.
5. Conclusions on the research question. You must justify your conclusions with evidence. Possible
guiding questions for your conclusions are:
a. To what extent did the factors cause the population shift?
b. Would the shift have happened without the factors?
c. How does the shift match demographic transition trends (if at all)?
d. Could the shift be reversed?
e. Could the shift happen again?
f. How does the shift compare to trends in similar countries?
6. A bibliography containing MLA citations for all sources used.
Assessment criteria:
C3: create a reference list and cite sources of In this task…
information.
1-2 lists sources of information inconsistently.
3-4 creates an adequate reference list and
sometimes cites sources.
5-6 creates an adequate reference list and usually
cites sources.
7-8 creates a complete reference list and always
cites sources.

D2: summarize information to make valid, well- In this task…

supported arguments
1-2 begins to identify connections between
information to make simple
arguments
3-4 summarizes information to make some
adequate arguments
5-6 summarizes information in order to make
usually valid arguments
7-8 summarizes information to make consistent,
well-supported arguments
Exemplar: How did the Rwandan genocide influence HDI in Rwanda from
1990 to 2020?

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