{"id":"study-dtm-stages-memory-lines","audience":"high-school","category":"summarizing","technique":"grounding","track":"study","title":"Condense the demographic transition model into five lines","free":false,"task":"Your AP Human Geography test has a question on the demographic transition model. Get exactly 5 numbered lines, one per stage in order, each in the form 'Stage N: birth rate, death rate, growth', each under 15 words, plain text. Use only Mr. Castillo's version, which has 5 stages, and his correction about Stage 3.","materialLabel":"Your AP Human Geography notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"AP HUG - Unit 2 - Population - Demographic Transition Model (Mr. Castillo)\n\nDTM = how birth rates and death rates change as a country develops.\n\nStage 1: high birth rate, high death rate, very slow growth. (no country today)\nStage 2: high birth rate, death rate DROPS FAST (better food, medicine, clean water), very fast growth.\nStage 3: birth rate drops, death rate keeps dropping. I wrote \"growth stops.\"\n  ** Mr. C correction: NO. In Stage 3 growth SLOWS but is still positive. Growth stops in Stage 4. **\nStage 4: low birth rate, low death rate, very slow or no growth.\nStage 5: birth rate below death rate, population declines. (Mr. C: \"We use the 5-stage version. Some textbooks stop at 4, ignore that.\")\n\nExamples he gave: Stage 2 - Niger. Stage 3 - India. Stage 4 - United States. Stage 5 - Japan.\n\nTest tip: \"Know the birth rate, death rate and growth for each stage. The FRQ might give you a graph.\"\n\nNext: Malthus and population pyramids (Thursday).\nBring headphones for the podcast assignment.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":5},{"type":"maxWords","max":90},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Asking for an explanation","why":"The AI writes paragraphs on causes and history, not something you can memorize.","fix":"Show the shape: \"Stage N: birth rate, death rate, growth\".","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Not saying how many lines","why":"The AI picks its own number, and it usually picks more lines than you need.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 5 numbered lines.\"","checks":["numberedItems"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total and it often lands 20% over.","fix":"Cap each line: \"each line under 12 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Missing the correction","why":"Your wrong note about Stage 3 is still in the material, next to the fix.","fix":"Add: \"Use Mr. Castillo's correction for Stage 3.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Using the 4-stage version","why":"Many sources stop at Stage 4, and the AI may follow them.","fix":"Add: \"Use the 5-stage version from my notes only.\"","checks":["r2","plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Says how many lines","patterns":["\\b(5|five)\\b.{0,25}line"]},{"label":"Shows the line shape","patterns":["birth rate.{0,20}death rate","like ['\"]","format"]},{"label":"Uses the correction","patterns":["correct","stage 3","slows"]},{"label":"Sets a length limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]},{"label":"Says to use only the material","patterns":["only.{0,30}(notes|material|source|excerpt|text|reading|passage|draft|facts|article|handout|sheet|guide|chapter|data|list)","no outside","don't add","do not add","don't invent","5.stage"]}],"hint":"A model with stages is easiest to learn as one line per stage. Show the AI the shape, say how many stages your teacher uses, and point it to his correction.","rubricLabels":["Has 5 lines for Stages 1 through 5 in order, each a single line in the shape 'Stage N: birth rate, death rate, growth', with no example countries (such as Niger or Japan) or extra sentences","Stage 3 says growth slows but is still positive (the correction, not that growth stops), and Stage 5 shows population decline","Uses only the notes: no extra stages, no Malthus or population pyramids, and no explanations beyond each line"]}