Life Expectancy at Birth and Net Migration by Nation Lesson for Grades 9-12
This lesson focuses on the relationship between life expectancy at birth and net migration. Students search for data on life expectancy at birth and net migration and visualize them in FRED. The goals are for students to observe patterns in mapped data, note differences across geographical areas, and hypothesize the reasons for those patterns and differences.
- Activities guide (pdf)
- View more Lesson Plans and Activities for Teaching with FRED® Maps
- FRED website
Economic and Statistical Concepts Covered in this Lesson
- Economic growth
Objectives
Students will be able to:
- define life expectancy, net migration, and economic growth;
- observe patterns in data;
- note differences in data across geographical areas;
- hypothesize reasons for patterns in data and differences in data across geographical areas;
- identify the inverse relationship between life expectancy at birth and net migration across nations; and
- evaluate potential reasons for the observed inverse relationship between life expectancy at birth and net migration.
Time Required
30-40 minutes
Compelling Question
Why do people choose to move away from the country where they were born?
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Education Level:
9-12
Subjects:
Economics
,
Geography
Concepts:
Incentives
,
Wealth/Inequality
Resource Types:
Charts/Graphs
,
Data
,
Lesson
Languages:
English