The Contemporary World 2

Republic of the Philippines
SORSOGON STATE COLLEGE

BULAN, CAMPUS
Bulan, Sorsogon
(Module)
Submitted by:
Nikki Jean Hona

Samantha Javier
Paula Jane Ladimo
Camille Joyce V. Lanote
Submitted to:
Mr. Graham M. Naz
The Contemporary World
I. Subject: The Contemporary World
Lesson: Global Demography
References: Books Claudio, E. and Abinales, P.(2018)The Contemporary World. Global
Demography p(96-100)
Materials: Visual aid, Manila paper, Colored Paper, and Printed Pictures
II. Objectives:
At the end of this lesson, you should be able to:
1. Discuss the relationship between population and economic welfare
2. Identify the effects of aging and overpopulation; and
3. Differentiate between contrasting positions over reproductive health.
III. Motivation
Students will be form 2 groups and they will count 1 and 2. Students will have a short role play.
One of the group will act on how family act as a Rural Families and the other group act as an
Urban Families. Students will be given 15 minutes to prepare in this activity.
IV. Discussions
 The two version of the family life determine the economic and social policies that
countries craft regarding their populations.
 Rural Families view multiple children and large kinship network as critical investments.
Children, for example, can take over the cultural work. Their houses can also become the
“retirement homes” of their parents, who will then proceed to take care of the
grandchildren.
 Urban Families are educated and professional families with two incomes, however, just
one or two progenies. With each partner tied down or committed to his/her respective
professions, neither has the time to devote to having a kid, much more to parenting.
These families have also their sights on long term saving plan. They set aside significant
parts of their incomes for their retirement, health care, and future education of their
grandchildren.
 Global agricultural population has declined.
 Urban Population has grown, but not necessarily because families are having more
children. It is rather than the combination of the natural outcome of significant migration
to the cities by people seeking worth in the “more modern" sectors of society.
 International migration also plays a part. Countries welcome immigration as they offset
the debilitating effects of an aging population, but they are also perceived as threats to the
job market because they compete against citizens for job and often have the edge because
they are open to receiving lower wages. Voters' pressure has often constrained their
government to institute stricter immigration policies.
The "Perils" of Overpopulation
 Development planners see urbanization and industrialization as indicators of a developing
society, but disagree on the role of population growth or decline modernization.
 A British Scholar Thomas Malthus who warned in his 1798"An Essay on the Principle of
Population" that population growth will inevitable exhaust world food supply by the
middle of the 19th century.
 It was revived in the later 1960s when American biologist Paul R. Ehrlich and his wife,
Anne, wrote The population books, which argued that overpopulated in 1970s and 1980s
will bring about global environmental that would, in turn, lead to food shortage and mass
starvation.
 In the mid-20th century, the Philippine, China, and India sought to lower birth rate on the
belief that unless controlled, free expansion of family members would lead to a crisis in
resources, which in turn may result in widespread poverty, mass hunger, and political
instability.
 The economist argument for the promotion of reproduction health’s. Advocate of
population control contend for universal access to reproduction technologies (such as
condoms, the pill, abortion, and vasectomy) and more importance , giving women the
right to choose whether to have children or not.
 Finally, Politics determine these "birth control" programs. Developed countries justify
their support for population control in developing countries by depicting the latter as
conservative society.
It's the Economy, Not the babies.
 Population growth has, in fact, spurred "technological and institutional innovation" and
increased "the supply of human ingenuity"132 advances in agricultural production have
shown that the Malthusian nightmare can be prevented. The "Green Revolution "created
high-yielding varieties of rice and other cereals and along with the development of new
methods of cultivation increased yields globally, but more particularly in the developing
world.133 The global famine that neo-Malthusians predicted did not happen. Instead
between 1950 and 1984,global grain production increased by over 250 present allowing
agriculture to keep pace with population growth, thereby keeping global famine under
control.
Women and Reproductive Rights
 Reproductive rights supporters argue that if population control and economic
development were to reacts their goals, women must have control over whether they will
have children or not and when they will have their progenies, if any.by giving women
this power, they will be able to pursue their vocations-be they economic, social, or
political-and contribute to economic growth.
 The Philippines, with a Catholic majority, now has a reproductive health law in place, but
conservative politicians have enfeebled it through budget cuts and stalled its
implementation by filling a case against the law in the Supreme Court.
 A country being industrialized and development, however, does not automatically assure
pro-women reproductive regulations. In the United States, the women's movement of the
1960s was responsible for the passage and judicial endorsement of a pro-choice law, but
conservatives controlling State legislatures have also slowly undermined this law by
imposing a restriction on women's access to abortion.
The Feminist Perspective
 They believe that the government assumptions that poverty and environmental
degradation are caused by overpopulation are wrong. These factors ignore other equally
important causes like unequal distribution of wealth, the lack of public safety nets like
universal health care, education, and Gender equality programs.
 Country representatives to the conference agreed that women should receive family
planning counseling on abortion, the dangers of sexually transmitted diseases, the
nature of human sexuality, and the main elements of parenthood.
Population Growth and Food Security
 The Food and agriculture organization (FAO) warns that in order for countries to mitigate
the impact of population growth, food production must increase by 70 present; annual
cereal production must rise to 3 billion tons from the current 2.1 billion; and yearly meat
production must go up to 200 million tons to reach 470 million. The problem here is that
the global rate of growth of cereals had declined considerably-from 3.2 percent in 1960 to
just 1.5 percent in 2000.
Demography
 Demography is a complex discipline that requires the integration of various social
scientific data. As you have seen, demographic changes and policies have impacts on the
environment, politics resources, and others. Yet, at its core, demographic accounts for the
growth and decline of the human species, it may be about large numbers and massive
effect. But it is ultimately about people.thus.no interdisciplinary account of globalization
is complete without an accounting of people. The next lesson will continue on this theme
of examining people. And will focus particularly on their global movement.
V. Evaluation
What is the Feminist Perspective all about?
Why is it said that it’s the economy, not the babies?
What is the advocacy of Women and Reproductive Rights?
Why is it important to know the Population Growth and Food security?
What is demography in your own word?

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Republic of the Philippines

SORSOGON STATE COLLEGE

Nikki Jean Hona

I. Subject: The Contemporary World

Lesson: Global Demography

References: Books Claudio, E. and Abinales, P.(2018)The Contemporary World. Global

At the end of this lesson, you should be able to:

1. Discuss the relationship between population and economic welfare

2. Identify the effects of aging and overpopulation; and

3. Differentiate between contrasting positions over reproductive health.

Urban Families. Students will be given 15 minutes to prepare in this activity.

countries craft regarding their populations.

 Global agricultural population has declined.

government to institute stricter immigration policies.

The "Perils" of Overpopulation

 Development planners see urbanization and industrialization as indicators of a developing

society, but disagree on the role of population growth or decline modernization.

middle of the 19th century.

 The economist argument for the promotion of reproduction health’s. Advocate of

population control contend for universal access to reproduction technologies (such as

right to choose whether to have children or not.

It's the Economy, Not the babies.

increased "the supply of human ingenuity"132 advances in agricultural production have

Women and Reproductive Rights

 Reproductive rights supporters argue that if population control and economic

political-and contribute to economic growth.

implementation by filling a case against the law in the Supreme Court.

imposing a restriction on women's access to abortion.

The Feminist Perspective

universal health care, education, and Gender equality programs.

planning counseling on abortion, the dangers of sexually transmitted diseases, the

nature of human sexuality, and the main elements of parenthood.

Population Growth and Food Security

just 1.5 percent in 2000.

 Demography is a complex discipline that requires the integration of various social

effect. But it is ultimately about people.thus.no interdisciplinary account of globalization

of examining people. And will focus particularly on their global movement.

What is the Feminist Perspective all about?

Why is it said that it’s the economy, not the babies?

What is the advocacy of Women and Reproductive Rights?

Why is it important to know the Population Growth and Food security?

What is demography in your own word?

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