UNIT 3 - OUR WORLD: RICH OR POOR?

STUDENT'S WORKSHEETS

 


SESSION 2: RICH WORLD, POOR WORLD

 
  By the end of this lesson the students should be able to:
    • identify rich and poor countries on your map
    • use different words to help describe the differences between rich countries and poor countries
    • name different developed and developing countries
    • identify a number of development indicators
    • categorise a number of facts which divide rich and poor countries

    EXERCISE 1

    With your partner read the Article 25 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html)

     

    Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.

    There are many divisions between the people of the world. One of the biggest is the difference between those who live in the RICH NORTH and the POOR SOUTH. The map below shows that the world can be divided into 2 parts: the Rich North and the Poor South.

    Countries in the Rich North are also called DEVELOPED COUNTRIES. Examples of developed countries are: Spain, Great Britain, Germany, the USA, Japan and Australia.

    A DEVELOPING COUNTRY is another name used to describe countries in the Poor South. Ethiopia, Mozambique, Brazil and India are all examples of developing countries.

    The term "developing country" often refers mainly to countries with low levels of economic development, but this is usually closely associated with social development, in terms of education, healthcare, life expectancy, etc.

    Developing countries are in general countries which have not achieved a significant degree of industrialization relative to their populations, and which have a low standard of living. There is a strong correlation between low income and high population growth, both within and between countries.

    The countries in the Poor South are also called LEDCs (Less economically developed countries) or Third World Countries. The North refers to richer countries, which are sometimes called the First World, MEDCs (More economically developed countries) or The West.


    Go to http://www.ams.org/membership/develop.html  and have a look at the developing countries list

     

    EXERCISE 2


    Using the map in the previous page and an atlas, copy and complete the table below:

     

     

    COUNTRY

    DEVELOPING COUNTRY

    DEVELOPED COUNTRY

    Catalonia

     

     

    Cuba

     

     

    Scotland

     

     

    Sudan

     

     

    USA

     

     

    Germany

     

     

    Brazil

     

     

    Ethiopia

     

     

    India

     

     

    New Zealand

     

     

    Colombia

     

     

    Australia

     

     

    As we saw before, we use many words to describe the difference that exist between the rich and poor parts of the world. Complete the table below:

    RICH NORTH WORDS

    POOR SOUTH WORDS