How developed is Brazil?

The aim of today’s lesson is to learn what ‘developed’ means, and how we measure development. Then we will look at some data to decide how developed Brazil is.

1. Is the country in which the following photo was taken developed or not? What is your evidence that it is a

developed country / it is not a developed country?

2. What is your evidence that it is a developed country / it is not a developed country?

3. What is a highly developed country likely to have………..

Did you get the following?

Or any of these?

4. So what is a developed country?

In pairs try to note down a definition.

A developed country

Is a country which has good public services and a high standard of living.

5. But what actually does the term development mean?

Watch the video clip ‘The 4 Yorkshire men’ and think about it a little more. Then complete the following brainstorm.

Development

Environment

Social

Political

Economic

How can we measure development?

Could the fact that China won the most gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics be an indicator that China is the most developed country in the world?

6. Brainstorm in pairs how we can measure development.

GDP by Country 3D Graph Google Earth Overlay

8. Rank the following countries in the terms of the amount of money they earn each year (GDP – PPP).

Afghanistan *FranceEgypt *NorwaySaudi ArabiaUSAZimbabweUKSingaporeBrazil