Introduction to year 9.

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Introduction to year 9.

• What is development?

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On a post it note

• Write down what you think the word development
  means

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Key terms

• LEDC
• MEDC

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Is the country in which the following photo was
taken developed or not? What is your evidence
that it is a developed country? What is your
evidence that it is not a developed country?
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LEDC or MEDC Picture Board Bonus mark for
guessing the city
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Pick a Number LEDC or MEDC?
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Question 1
Dhaka Bangladesh (LEDC)
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Question 2
Rio de Janeiro Brazil (LEDC)
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Question 3
Nairobi Kenya (LEDC)
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Question 4
Tokyo Japan (MEDC)
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Question 5
Mumbai India (LEDC)
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Question 6
Bangkok Thailand (LEDC)
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Question 7
Cairo Egypt (LEDC)
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Question 8
Washington USA (MEDC)
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Question 9
Munich Germany (MEDC)
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Question 10
Paris France (MEDC)
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Question 11
Copenhagen Denmark (MEDC)
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Question 12
Dublin Ireland (MEDC)
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Task

• Complete the sheets individually to explain if
  you think the place is an MEDC or LEDC. Justify
  your answers as much as possible.

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Answers
Kabul, Afghanistan
Paris, France
Rio de Janerio, Brazil
Bangkok, Thailand
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Summary

• Have you come up with a new definition of
  development?
• Is development a difficult word to define? Why?