This lesson compares life in 5 different countries at different income lessons. It is a practical lesson where students work in pairs with an envelope of images. For each location there is a GNI figure and 4 pictures ( the home, toilet, a plate of food and a possession) students need to work out which pictures match up together. My students have LOVED this - it really challenges stereotypes. There is a bit of preparation needed - all the images and information are on the last 2 slides, but each pair will need a complete set cut up, in an envelope. I have found laminating them and doing this once works best and now I am just reusing. Included resources are the powerpoint and an oral activity called Talk Development. For Talk Development - one student has the sheet and asks the other student the questions in order, if they get an answer wrong they are told the correct answer, then they switch places and repeat.

The lesson is part of a series of lessons that I teach in Year 8 on Global Development. This lessons follows a Top Trumps lesson on Development Indicators, so my students already have some knowledge of different indicators. The focus of this lesson is using maths skills such as RANGE, MEDIAN, MEAN and MODE alongside Scattergraphs. The lesson starts with the factfulness quiz to challenge misconceptions. There are two levels of worksheet, one for mainstream and one for LAPS. There is also a ‘Moving On’ activity for HAPS students.