WELCOME TO GCSE GEOGRAPHY

WHERE WILL IT TAKE US TODAY?

02/05/2017

LEARNING IS SUCCESSFUL WHEN I …

Know:

• What development means and that countries are at different levels of development [1-2]

• How countries are classified and their relative development characteristics [3]

• The indicators that are used to measure development and how they work [3-4]

Understand:

• Why development is difficult to measure [5-6]

• why development indicators don’t always give a true picture [6-9]

TOPIC 6- DYNAMIC DEVELOPMENT 6.1: WHY ARE SOME COUNTRIES RICHER THAN OTHERS?

a) HOW CAN WE DEFINE DEVELOPMENT?

b) HOW CAN WE CLASSIFY COUNTRIES?

c) WHERE IN THE WORLD DO WE FIND THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF COUNTRIES?

• What do you remember about ‘development’ from KS3?

• Mind map key concepts and geo-lingo – sols – class share -boost up

• Consider the tracking sheet – can you confidently tick anything off already?

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L.O:

know what development is

understand the complexities of the term.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRmjoF5nv6s

• What do you understand by the term development?

• What might you expect conditions to be like in …………..

a) ? Countries

b) ? countries

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Why might it not be that

‘simple’ in reality?

L.O:

know what development is

understand the complexities of the term.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRmjoF5nv6s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRmjoF5nv6s

DEVELOPMENT…• is more than just wealth $£ …….

• is ideally sustainable ……. [what does that look like in practice?] GET A DEFINITION

Over To You…..Demonstrate your K&U of the aspects of sustainable development by

classifying them, using the ‘SEE’ approach

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DEVELOPMENT IS…• a SUBJECTIVE term because it can be interpreted in a number of

ways.

• in simple terms it means that a country is IMPROVING. No country is fully developed and no country is not developed at all.

• a pathway with different countries at different locations along it.

Over To You…..

Add a simple definition of development to your notes

Add a geographical definition of development to your notes [p180]

DEVELOPMENT DIVIDE…•The IMF has identified 3 broad country types: Let’s

investigate what they are and what conditions are like in

those countries

Over To You…..

Read and unscramble the jumbled table of statements to build up a set of

characteristics about the THREE country types. Add a key

LEARNING IS SUCCESSFUL NOW I …

Know:

• What development means and that countries are at different levels of development [1-2]

• How countries are classified and their relative development characteristics [3]

• The indicators that are used to measure development and how they work [3-4]

Understand:

• Why development is difficult to measure [5-6]

• why development indicators don’t always give a true picture [6-9]

A LITTLE EXTRA ……… SAY WHAT YOU SEE ……..

WHAT DO YOU RECKON THEIR CURRENT STATUS IS?

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