COUNTRY+DEVELOPMENT+PROJECT

====Welcome to the Countries at Contrasting Levels of Development Project*. The purpose of this study is to explore the ways in which development is measured. You will look at ten different countries and compare and contrast the wealth and some aspects of the quality of life of the residents. This information will be used to create a wiki. You will have nine different tasks to complete on your team's wiki. After gathering data, you will write a paper ranking the ten countries in order of their level of development based on your understanding of the data.====

The real questions that we will explore are these:

What further questions can we create based on this data?
Here is how the tasks will be structured:

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font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">F ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">G ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">H ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">I ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">J ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">A ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">B || <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">D ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">E ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">F ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">G ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">H ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">I ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">J ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">A ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">B ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">C || <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">E ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">F ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">G ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">H ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">I ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">J ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">A ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">B ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">C ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">D || <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">F ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; 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font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">G || <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">I ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">J ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">A ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">B ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">C ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">D ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">E ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">F ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">G ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">H || <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">J ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">A ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">B ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">C ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">D ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">E ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">F ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">G ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">H ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">I ||
 * =  ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">TASK 1 ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">TASK 2 ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">TASK 3 ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">TASK 4 ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">TASK 5 ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">TASK 6 ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">TASK 7 ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">TASK 8 ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">TASK 9 ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">TASK 10 ||
 * = **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Thailand ** ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Student
 * = **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Thailand ** ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Student
 * = **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Japan ** ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Student
 * = **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Japan ** ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Student
 * = **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Nepal ** ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Student
 * = **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Nepal ** ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Student
 * = **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Niger ** ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Student
 * = **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Niger ** ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Student
 * = **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Brazil ** ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Student
 * = **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Brazil ** ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Student
 * = **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Bolivia ** ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Student
 * = **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Bolivia ** ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Student
 * = <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">France ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Student
 * = <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">France ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Student
 * = **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Tunisia ** ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Student
 * = **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Tunisia ** ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Student
 * = **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Canada ** ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Student
 * = **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Canada ** ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Student
 * = **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Ethiopia ** ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Student
 * = **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Ethiopia ** ||= <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Student

For each task, there is a page of written instructions and an example of what your work might look like. South Africa has been chosen as the example country.

= Skills and Concepts for this Unit =

Task 1 COUNTRY FACTFILE
__Skills__: Creating a Wikipage; Research from CIA World Factbook; embedding an image into a Wikipage __Concepts__: Capital city, Population, Land Area, Languages

Task 2 LOCATION AND CLIMATE ZONE
__Skills__: Manipulate Google Earth; Take a screen shot; Embed a Google Earth image into your Wikipage; find average rainfall data; find average temperature data; create bar graphs in Numbers program; create line graphs in Numbers program __Concepts__: Climagraph, Average Temperature, Average Rainfall

Task 3 ECONOMIC PRODUCTION
__Skills__: Research from CIA World Factbook; compare economic data of various countries __Concepts__: GDP (Purchasing Power Parity); GDP per capita; unemployment rate; poverty line; agricultural products; industries; Export partners; Imports partners

Task 4 POPULATION - SIZE, SHAPE AND LIFE EXPECTANCY
__Skills__: Research from US Census Bureau; Interpret Population Pyramids; Compare Life Expectancy in various countries; embed images into Wikipage __Concepts__: Total Fertility Rates, Population Pyramids, Average Life Expectancy, Gender, Age Demographics, Infant Mortality Rates

Task 5 WHAT IS IT LIKE TO LIVE THERE?
__Skills__: Research local English language newspapers; research US and French governments' travel alerts __Concepts__: Regional current events

Task 6 Environmental Issues -- clean water, clean air and other environmental issues
__Skills__: Identify main environmental issues faced by country; find an appropriate article that expands on an environmental issue; summarize the problem and potential solutions __Concepts__: Environmental issue - particular to country

Task 7 Education
Skills: research, compare data of various sources Concepts:

Task 8 Women's Rights -- Total Fertility Rates
Skills: create chart based on gender equality Concepts: index, gender equality, maternal mortality rates


 * The concept for this project has been influenced by the work David Allaway at www.geographyalltheway.com.