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Human Development Index (HDI)
Part 1
Click on the following link and complete the activity while watching the video:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zvp39j6/activity
Click on the “S” if you would like to have subtitles during the activity video.
Click on the “Glossary” if you would like to have more detail about a specific term.
Part 2
Once you have completed the activity, click on the link below to see how much you have
remembered:
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Enter your name and begin the quiz
How many questions did you answer correctly? ________
Part 3
Developed and developing countries
There are developed and developing countries on our planet. To work out if a country is
developed or developing we use ___________. There are three main types of indicators
used: economic indicators, social indicators and educational indicators.
Economic Indicators
Economic indicators show the amount of __________ a country makes. GDP,
__________________________, is the figure which shows the total value of all _______ and
services produced in a country.
Social Indicators
Social indicators are another way of ____________ whether a country is developed or
developing. Three key social indicators are birth rate, infant mortality rate and life
expectancy.
The birth rate tell us how many babies are born to every __________ people in a country.
The ______________________________ shows how many babies or infants die before the
age of one, out of every 1000 babies born.
The life expectancy figure indicates what age people live to ______________.
Educational Indicators
Another way of measuring a country’s development is through educational indicators. Three
key educational indicators are a country’s figures for equality of education, years of
schooling and literacy rate.
Equality of education shows whether ________ get as much schooling as _______. Years of
schooling tells us at what age anyone _________ school. The literacy rate demonstrates the
percentage of all people who can _______________________.
Developed or Developing?
Until recently the division between developed and developing countries was marked by
drawing an imaginary line across the map called the ___________________. This line shows
the northern hemisphere as __________ and the southern hemisphere as __________
except Australia and New Zealand. It is a __________________ and not a perfect model.
The United Nations use the HDI or _______________________________ to define a
country’s development. The HDI is a useful scale to distinguish between developing and
developed countries and is more _____________ than the Brandt Line model. HDI is
calculated using three key indicators of human development: Gross National Product, (this is
GDP + income from people making their money overseas) life expectancy and years of
schooling.
All these positions are changing and could reverse completely as the years go by. All the
countries of the world are at different levels of development.
Word Bank
Brandt Line
girls
leaves
indicators
Gross Domestic Product
read and write
rich
money
poor
Human Development Index
generalisation
boys
accurate
goods
measuring
infant mortality rate
1000
on average
Part 4
Click on the following link:
http://worldmap.canadiangeographic.ca/
Compare Luxembourg (which has a “Very High” HDI) to another country with a “Low” HDI.
Fill in the table below:
Luxembourg
Surface Area (km2)
Population
Life expectancy at
birth (years)
Net primary
enrolment rate (%)
Male
Female
Male
Female
Male
Female
Male
Female
GDP per capita (US $)
Part 5
Click on the following link which provides further details of the HDI from countries around
the world:
http://hdr.undp.org/en/countries
You must now choose two countries to compare. For one of the countries, you could choose
the country where you were born or perhaps the country where your parents were born. Do
not choose two countries from the same HDI category.
Once you have chosen your two countries, complete the table below:
Country
Health
Life expectancy at
birth (years)
Infant mortality rate
(per 1,000 live births)
Education
Expected Years of
Schooling (years)
Adult literacy rate
(% ages 15 and older)
Income/Composition
of Resources
Gross domestic product
(GDP) per capita
Gender
Expected years of
schooling (years)
Life expectancy at
birth (years)
Male
Female
Male
Female
Male
Female
Male
Female
Extension activity
Write down two other statistics that can be used to help measure the HDI of a country.
1. ________________________________________
2. ________________________________________
Part 6
For your final challenge, copy and paste the link below into your browser:
http://www.voicesofyouth.org/en/sections/poverty-and-hunger/pages/ayiti-the-cost-of-life
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Enter your name in the “Player” box
Click “Help” and read the instructions
Click “More Info” and read the sections on “The Human Right to Education” and
“Education in Haiti”
You are now ready to play the game. Good luck!