Matthew M

Today we wrote the essay for our midterm. My essay could've been better in some areas. I could've done a better intro for the essay. I also could've extended the paragraph on stage 5, unfortunately I didn't have enough time to add more. My conclusion should've been better too. The only reason I couldn't add onto stage 5 was because I took so much time thinking about how to write the conclusion. I've always had trouble with writing the conclusion, I feel like there's nothing else that needs to be said so I have a blank mind. Here's how my essay should've gone. In the world every country will go through a series of stages. They can delay what happens, but they can’t avoid it. The series of stages have been mapped out for us on the demographic transition. There are 4 or maybe 5 stages every country will go through. Each one is different in its own way. The first stage is the beginning for the countries. This is before the industrial revolution, bu

Stage 1: Before industrial revolution. Started as hunters and gatherers. High birth rate, death rate, and low NIR/population. Birth rate slightly higher than the death rate, slow population increase. No countries in this stage currently. All countries are in at least stage 2. Stage 2: Started from the industrial revolution. England was first to do it then U.S. birth rate remains high while death rate drops. Population/NIR rises higher than the birth rate. High production means more money, which leads to more medicine/bigger houses for kids. Stage 3: Lower birth rate, death rate remains, population/NIR peaks then drops. Women have less children because they enter the workforce. Population falls greatly. Birth rate still higher than death rate, population slowly increases. people live in cities, bad idea to have large families. Colonial Mexico experienced the stage. Stage 4: Slow time for the country. Birth rate barely higher than death rate, population rises very slowly. Birth rate w

Option C: Consider our studies of fertility (which include data on CBR and TFR) and mortality (CDR, Infant Mortality Rate, Life Expectancy, and Rate of Natural Increase). Describe the four (or five) stages of the Demographic Transition, beginning with the Industrial Revolution, proceeding to the present day, and projecting into the future. Be sure to discuss individual countries as you describe the different stages. In the world every country will go through a series of stages. They can delay what happens, but they can’t avoid it. The series of stages have been mapped out for us on the demographic transition. There are 4 or maybe 5 stages every country will go through. Each one is different in its own way. The first stage is the beginning for the countries. This is before the industrial revolution, but during the time when people were still hunters and gatherers. They would go out and hunt any food they could find. The country will have a high birth rate, high death rate, and a l

We took a quiz today for class. I believe I did well on it. I got questions right that others got wrong. For example one of the questions  we had was, Who said this.... in a video? My main choices was the Australian guy or Kim with the PHD. I choose Kim because she has a PHD and that's the only reason I had. The picture question was easy for the demographic transition. I finished that part easily, it's pretty simple. I was expecting a question about stage 5 on the quiz. Since no one has reached it yet, it could have been a trick question or extra credit. It would have been nice to get a couple of extra points. We should do a jeopardy for extra credit,

Today we watched another video on demographic transition. We also sketched it into out notebooks. One thing I learned is that stage 5 really doesn't exist. It's just a theory of what will happen to the country. We have plenty of countries that have made it to the 4th stage but they haven't moved past it yet. There's a possibility it may happen in my lifetime. Right now the country is in stage 4, we are having less children than the previous stages we've been in. I believe stage 5 leads into a baby boom. Stage 1 starts off with a high birth rate and a high death rate, but a low population/NIR. If there is a baby boom in stage 5, it will give the demographic transition what it needs to be in stage 1. I don't know how the population will be low though. The very idea of stage 5 is crazy all by itself. It could lead to the fall of a country or the rise to newfound power. Whether it's good or bad, it will definitely change the way we see countries. if it leads to

Today we reviewed information on demographic transition. We also talked about the different stages of the country or area in each demographic transition. In stage 1 the country or people are hunters and gatherers. They go out and hunt their food and are most likely nomads, always traveling. Stage 2 has the industrial revolution. In this stage the country or area has high production rate of goods which leads to more money for the people. This directly effects the transition into stage 3. Since people are starting to have more money to buy things in stage 2, people can now buy better medicine.  In stage 3 medicine is abundant and the NIR is at an all time high. Many people are living longer and now can cure sickness. In stage 4 the NIR drops to complete zero. This is because women are now more focused on joining the workforce instead of staying home and having kids while doing house chores.

The demographic transition is a process of change in a society's population from high crude birth and death rates and low rate of natural increase to a condition of low crude birth and death rates, low rate of natural increase, and higher total population. There are 5 stages. Stage 1 (Low growth) has very high CBR, very high CDR and very low NIR. Most of human history was spent in stage 1 of the demographic transition, but today no country remains in stage 1. Every nation has moved on to at least stage 2 of the demographic transition, and, with that transition, has experienced profound changes in population. For Stage 1 humans relied on hunting and gathering food. If food was abundant then the population will increase. If food was scarce, then the population will decrease, duh. Stage 2 (High Growth) has high CBR, rapidly declining CDR and very high NIR. Rapidly declining death rates and very high birth rates produce very high natural increase. Europe and North America entered