Demographic Transition Board Game

MISSION: OPTIMISE
You are a demographer on a mission to find out how to best help your country through the challenges of population change.

This board game helps students understand the sequential nature of population change and how countries demographics change over time. The game introduces technical terminology in context, encouraging deeper understanding of the links between demographics, society and the economy.

These resources are ideal for determining student understanding of the intricacies of demographic transition, but equally could be used to introduce the concepts from scratch, especially with more able classes.

Additional equipment required:
Counters - although pen lids and rubbers etc work equally well
Dice - or dice app!