1. What is it like to live in an LDC? Write a short story or diary entry from the perspective of someone who lives in an LDC. What challenges do you face? What are your hopes and dreams?

2.  Students will understand the term LDC.  Students will make connections between poor economic conditions and poor social development.  Students will analyze data to support opinions on economic and social development throughout the world.

3.  Women in the Work Force from page #43 in textbook.  Discuss in small groups: Are women treated equally around the world? How about in the USA?  Look at Table 1.3 from page #42 in your textbook. In what countries do women seem to have the lowest status?

4. Money is the driving force behind Globalization

5.  Global economic convergence states that the world’s poorer countries will gradually catch up with the more advanced nations.  Countries economies have become more interconnected.  It is also assumed that with increased economic prosperity an increase in social conditions will follow.

6.  In recent years, wealth disparity within many nations has risen.  In recent years, wealth disparity between many nations has risen.

8.  Much of the Occupy Wall Street protests center on the idea of income inequality here in the United States. “We are the 99!”.  The top 1% of the American population controls 42% of the wealth – is this “healthy”? Source: William Domhoff

9.  The core-periphery model states that the economic “core” is located in the Northern hemisphere and the economic “periphery” is located in the Southern hemisphere.  Look at Figure1.46 AND Table 1.2 from page #40

10.  Also referred to as LDC’s or 3 rd World countries.  Usually characterized by low economic development, high birth rates, poor social conditions.  Most parts of Sub Saharan Africa and Haiti are good examples of LDC’s.

11. USA (1999 STATS) BANGLADESH  GNI per Capita, PPP – $31,910  Female Life expectancy – 80 years  Percentage of females unable to read - 0%  Under 5 mortality rate per 1,000 births - 8  GNI per Capita, PPP - $1,530  Female Life expectancy – 59 years  Percentage of females unable to read - 71%  Under 5 mortality rate per 1,000 births - 89 SOURCE: Textbook

13.  Trying to balance short term economic growth with long term environmental and social consequences.  Should the Amazon Rain Forest be harvested? OR should it be preserved? Who gets to decide?

14.  Proponents of Globalization would argue that this process takes time and that many Developing Nations are simply mirroring our own history of economic and social development.

15.  Students will understand the term LDC.  Students will make connections between poor economic conditions and poor social development.  Students will analyze data to support opinions on economic and social development throughout the world.