Friday, January 11th, 2011

Hello my students,

Time moves, and as always we are not standing still. Week 5 is finished, and we have completed half of level 8. That is both exciting and frightening because when this level finishes, you'll be part of a much larger mechanism - a university with ? how many students? maybe someone will tell me on Monday.

Please don't slow down. Corinna and I are very happy with the work you've produced so far. You need to apply everything you've learned in the first 5 weeks to the work we will be doing from now to the end of the course.

The main assignment for this weekend is to work on your research.

You should be surveying your books and articles and mapping your ideas.

If you decide to work on a section, remember to make a detailed outline of that section. Include in your outline the name of the authors.

Your blogging assignment for this weekend is to answer the 3 following discussion questions on Poplulation.

1. How many children did your grandparents have? What about your  parents? How many children do you want to have?

2. What is the populatrion of your country? What impact does the population have on the quality of life there?

3. Has there been a significant population shift in your country from rural areas to urban areas? If yes, what are the consequences?


Remember to react to your classmate's posts.

Preactivity Quiz

Read the following statements and answer T / F. Be prepared to explain your answers to your classmates on Monday morning.

1. World population is still an important topic.       T / F

2. We know exactly how many people there are in the world today.   T / F

3. World population has stopped growing.   T / F

4. The population in some parts of the world has decreased.   T / F

5. The world population crisis is over and it's not a problem anymore.    T / F

6. Since the world has so much empty space, one solution to the problem of overpopulation is for people to move to less crowded areas.    T / F

Have a good weekend. The weather will be warm on Sunday. We had a lovely visit to the Science Museum today. You should all go with friends, if only to find out WHO has the stronger will and can move the ball with their brain power (I failed). But, it was a fun day and the sun was shining.