Lesson Plan
The lesson plan is designed to be used in a 9th grade World Geography course in a unit on Southeast Asia. Since this unit typically falls towards the end of the school year, it is assumed that students are already familiar with the following terms and concepts: life expectancy, literacy rate, school life expectancy, GDP per capita, GNP per capita, Human Development Index, subsistence activities, commercial activities, primary activities, secondary activities, tertiary activities, quaternary activities, less developed, newly industrialized and more developed. If students have not been introduced to these topics previously, a brief introduction should be made before beginning the lesson.
This lesson provides a means for students to begin to understand how to compare countries and their levels of development. Utilizing a graphing technique to depict four criteria simultaneously (literacy rate, life expectancy, GDP per capita and school life expectancy), students are able to see a visual representation of the development of each country – making it easier for them to compare countries within the region and with the rest of the world.
The lesson plan includes :
Economic Activities of Southeast Asia powerpoint
Development Diamonds Lesson Plan step-by-step plan