Living differently

Year level: Upper primary Learning outcome Students compare the difference insights into lifestyles given by statistics and descriptions Make a list of eight countries, including some rich and poor countries. Make a guess to order the countries from richest to poorest. What ideas have you used to make this guess? Use The Human Development Report to collect statistics and fill out the table. Go to http://hdr.undp.org/ Name of country Access to safe water Literacy rates Life expectancy Infant mortality rate Immunisation                                                                                                                 Use the statistics to describe what life might be like in one of the countries. Read the Country Profile on this website of the country and compare it to your description. Discuss How do statistics represent a country? What insight do statistics give to life in a particular country? Assessment task Write a statement about the contrasting impressions that numbers and words can give of one of the countries you have examined.