OVERVIEW

The meaning of development, how development can be measured as well as different development theories.

GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE

• I know the different development indicators to measure economic, social and political development.

• I know the different characteristics of developing, emerging and developed countries in terms of their demographic and development indicator data.

• I know the causes and consequences of global inequalities.

• I know how the development theories of Rostow and Frank show the changes to a country over time.

• I know the characteristics of top down and bottom up development strategies and the positives and negatives of each.

• I know the factors that have led to globalisation and the impacts in different types of countries.

GEOGRAPHICAL SKILLS

• I can interpret population pyramids.

• I can plot and interpret compound bar graphs for different development  data.

• I can use income quintiles to analyse global inequality.

NUMERICAL AND STATISTICAL SKILLS

• I can compare development indicator data between different countries

• I can calculate mean, median, mode, range and interquartile range for different development data.

LITERACY SKILLS

• To use comprehension skills to interpret case studies

ACADEMIC LITERACY

• Development 

• Economic development

• Social development

• Political development

• Gross domestic product (GDP)

• Gross National Income (GNI)

• Corruption Perception  Index

• Demographics

• Infant mortality rate

• Colonialism

• Open economy

• Globalisation 

• Intermediate technology

• Foreign direct investment (FDI)

• Transnational corporations (TNC)

• Fair trade

• Aid 

• Remittances

• International aid

• Outsourcing 

• Infrastructure 

CAREERS

Community development worker: https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/job-profiles/community-development-worker

Aid worker: https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/job-profiles/aid-worker 

Charity director: https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/job-profiles/charity-director 

WIDER READING

Students will complete a wider reading with comprehension question homeworks along with teacher led and whole class reading on the following articles:

• Development aid and appropriate technology

• Nike a TNC

• Fair trade

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER (CROSS CURRICULAR)

• Maths: Comparing data, quintiles, mean, median, mode, inter- quartile range, compound bar graphs

• English: 

• Science: Intermediate teachnology