Population in Perspective: A Curriculum Resource

If population growth doesn't cause poverty, hunger, and pollution, then what does?

Published by the Population and Development Program at Hampshire College, this innovative teaching tool challenges students to think critically about national and international population issues. Designed as an accessible and flexible supplement to social studies and other subjects that address global issues, Population in Perspective contains 276 pages of teaching ideas, background readings, up-to-date facts and figures, provocative quotes, poems, and cartoons, and a comprehensive resource list.

Who can use Population in Perspective?

Population in Perspective is designed for social studies, language arts, environmental studies, global studies, geography, current events, math and biology teachers.

Teachers can use Population in Perspective to:

  • Provide students with diverse viewpoints and interpretations of global population issues.
  • Serve as an entry-point into discussions about hunger, environmental degradation, inequality and poverty.
  • Increase students' global literacy and global citizenship skills.

What's the deal with overpopulation?

Doesn't everyone agree that overpopulation is responsible for many problems in the world, particularly environmental destruction?

In reality, there are big debates about population and its impact.