PrimaryGeographyAliveDiversityAcrossAsia(Lesson7)
Lesson7:WhatisthequalityoflifelikeinAsia?
Contentfocus:
Inthislessonstudentsinvestigatethe‘qualityoflife’experiencedbythoselivinginselectedAsiancountries.Indoingsotheyareintroducedtoarangeofdatapresentedinagraphicform.Theyalsohaveanopportunitytocommunicatetheirknowledgeandunderstandinginawrittenform.
Resources:
• Resource:Gapminder–http://www.gapminder.org/world/
• Resource:NationalGeographicMapMaker–https://mapmaker.nationalgeographic.org
• Worksheet1:Comparisontable
• Worksheet2:Comparisonparagraphscaffold
Keyinquiryquestions:WhatisitliketoliveinAsia?
Outcomes:
Astudent:
• identifiesqualityoflifeindicators
• readsandinterpretsgraphs
• comparesthequalityoflifeinTWOcountries
Lessonsequence:
WhatisitliketoliveinAsia?
Step1:Teacherintroducestopicbyaskingstudentstobrainstormwhatismeantbytheterm‘qualityoflife’.Studentresponsesarewrittenonboardundertheheading‘IndicatorsofQualityofLife’–forexample:income,housing,education,numberofdoctorsandinternetconnection.
Step2:StudentsareintroducedtoGapminder.TheteacherdisplaysthemainindicatorsforAustralia.StudentsundertakefreeexplorationofGapminder(play)togenerateinterestinlifeinAsiancountriesusingindicators,trackingonecountryovertimeandcomparingcountries.Alternativesoftware:https://mapmaker.nationalgeographic.orgusingeconomiclayers.
Step3:StudentsselecttwocountriesinAsiaandrecordtheindicatorsforthatcountryincludingincome,housing,literacy,numberofdoctorsandinternetconnectiononWorksheet1.
Step4:Follow-upwithavisiblethinkingactivity:Whatdoyousee?Whatdoyouthink?Whatdoyouwonder?
Step5:Literacyactivity:Teacherprovidesscaffoldforacomparisonparagraph(Worksheet2).TeachermodelsacomparisonbetweentwoAsiancountriesusingindicators.StudentswriteaparagraphcomparingtheindicatorsintwoAsiancountries.
ExtensionActivity:StudentscomparetheindicatorsforthetwoselectedcountrieswiththesameindicatorsforAustralia.UseGapminderstatisticstocompareindicatorsfortwoAsiancountrieswiththoseofAustralia.
Alternativeactivities:
1.Introducestudentstovariationsinemployment,educationandhealthinAsiancountriesusingimagesorbooks.
2.Workinginpairsorsmallgroups,studentsprepareabriefFactSheetontwoAsiancountriesincludinggovernment,employment,educationandhealth.
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