1. Starter
Watch the following clip. On a post it – define ‘quality of life’ and ‘standard of living’

2. Learning Objectives
To understand there many factors that influence people’s standard of living and quality of life.
To appreciate that there is inequality.

3. Your Task
In addition to our income, explain how the following factors influence our quality of life:
Personal Health – heart disease, asthma, obesity, HIV
Our Local Environment – traffic, noise, crime, air quality, schools etc

4. Infant Mortality per 1000 live births
Interpreting the Data
Infant Mortality per 1000 live births
Adult male obesity %
Unemployment %
Average for England
5.4
20.8
4.6
North East
5.7
24.7
10.5
North West
5.8
20.3
4.8
Yorkshire & Humberside
6.4 22
4.2
East Midlands
5.3
23.2
4.3
West Midlands
6.6
22.2
East
4.4
19.5
3.9
London
18.2
6.7
South East
3.7
South West
18.9
3.5
Describe the regional pattern.
If you were the Government, where would you invest resources?
Which region has the poorest, and which the richest ‘Quality of Life’?

5. Patterns of inequality across the UK
Describe the distribution of job seekers in the UK.

6. Watch the following clips
John and Donna, Middlesbrough.
Discuss with your partner how their quality of life and standard of living is affected by their health and environment.
YouTube - UK Poverty - John and Donna's story
Compare their poverty with children in South Africa. How is it similar and different?
Poverty in South Africa

7. Plenary On a post-it note list the factors that influence people’s standard of living and quality of life.