Work Period Students will research three countriesprovided The students will complete a chart for the three countries based on the following categories: Gross Domestic Product (GDP), GDP, per capita, Human Development Index (HDI), Gender Inequality Index, Total Fertility rate (TFR), Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), Literacy rate, Life expectancy.
Closure Reflection Questions: 1. From your research, which countries would be considered highly developed, semi-developed, and low developed from the three you chose? 2. What evidence supports your conclusions? 3. Is GDP always a good predictor of the development of a country? 4. Why might a country have a high economic development (GDP), but have lower numbers on the social factors like total fertility rate? 5. Why might a country with higher social and demographic factors have lower numbers on GDP? 6. How could these numbers be misleading in trying to determine how the average person in a country lives? 7. In your opinion, which indicator is most significant in determining level of development?
Closure How do location and economic activities relate? Note: If time: CNN 10 https://www.cnn.com/cnn10 Finish working on Measures of Development and Reflection Questions from Tuesday
Work Period In groups, students will research to explain the causes and consequences (positive and negative) of urbanization. Students will focus their answers on factors such as: changing employment patterns, urban sprawl, squatter settlements, and gentrification