A complete, ready-to-teach lesson on what development means and the indicators that measure it, taken unchanged from my full Development unit for Cambridge IGCSE Geography 0460 (2027 syllabus).

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This is Lesson 1 of Module 1, Development Indicators. Students rank photographs of four toilets to judge development, learn the difference between standard of living and quality of life, and sort economic and social indicators such as GNI per capita, literacy and life expectancy.

What students will learn

• What development means
• Standard of living and quality of life
• Economic and social indicators

What’s included

• START HERE guide (one page)
• Lesson 1 slides, with the answers on the slides
• Lesson 1 workbook, matching the slides
• Two Complete pathway tasters: describe the HDI pattern on a world map, naming continents, hemispheres and countries (More skills), and weigh the strengths and weaknesses of economic indicators, social indicators and the HDI (Go deeper)
• Essentials Notes for Lesson 1
• One 5-mark question on a scatter graph in the 2027 style, with a mark scheme and a model answer
• A two-sided overview of the whole Development unit

Suitable for ages 14 to 16. PowerPoint and Word, fully editable, with fonts embedded.

The full Development unit has five modules, each with Focused and Complete pathways, a flagship group activity, Essentials Notes, exam practice with mark schemes and a Blooket quiz.

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