Political Compass Activity

 

Image c/o politicalcompass.org

Attention all Social Studies and politically minded students! Check out where your politics fall along the political compass which plots you along a multi-axis spectrum based on a social and economic scale.

Watch the video and take the test here before print off your certificate to be posted in class later. Note: students have had problems printing off their posters in the past so it may be better to take a screen shot of your placement on the compass and recording your name on a post-it note to be placed on the class’ political compass later. 

If time permits, check out what politicalcompass.org has to say about the last federal Canadian election in 2015.

Introduction to Population Growth

Go to the World Population Clock at http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/ to answer the following questions.

  1. What is the world’s population now?

  2. Compare the birth’s today versus the deaths today. What inferences can you make?

  3. Refer to the “Top 20 Largest Countries by Population (Live)”. What similarities can you find amongst these countries? Also, are there any surprises?

  4. What is Canada’s population as of today and where does it rank amongst the world countries? What does its yearly and net change tell us about growth compared to other countries?

  5. What do the past, present, and future tell us about how population changed and what will happen in the future? Be sure to explain why. 
  6. Give 10 more interesting facts about world populations from this site.

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