Economic Development

SAVE $$$ Economic Development BUNDLE- Focusing on development indicators, sectors of production, the influence of globalization and TNCs, Agriculture, Industry, Tourism, Water Scarcity and Energy that are taught through a series of contemporary case...

Content: - The importance of Energy as a driver of economic development. - Global trends and patterns of energy use. - An overview of the sources of energy used by humans and their individual advantages and disadvantages. - Iceland's Energy Mix. -...

Content: - The importance of water for humans and economic development. - Water sources (aquifers, boreholes, reservoirs, desalination, infrastructure.) - How countries at different levels of development use water. - Global distribution of water...

Content: - Description of the growth of tourism globally and regionally using graphs and charts. - Reasons for the growth of tourism. - An introduction to sustainable tourism. - Bonus Case Study: the growth of tourism and its impact in Langkawi,...

Content: - Factors affecting the location of heavy industry and hi-tech industry. - Case study overviews of Burnaston, UK and Cambridge Science Park, UK - Industrial systems including inputs, processes and outputs. - The changing location of...

Content: - The distribution of food across the globe looking at areas of undernourishment and areas of high obesity. - The social, economic, environmental and political causes of food shortages. - Food shortages in Somalia. Looking at the Horn of...

Primary industries- Agriculture (Farming) Content: - An overview of primary industries. - The factors that influence farming and the type of farming. - A definition of the types of farming (arable, pastoral, mixed, extensive, intensive, subsistence,...

Transnational Corporations (TNCs): The case study of Toyota Content: - A definition of transnational corporations with an introduction to 5 of the world's biggest companies. - A brief history of the rise of global companies from the days of empire. -...

Globalization  Content: - An activity to show how students are linked to their world. - A definition of globalization and its components. - Using the origin of Premier League Soccer players to demonstrate globalization over time. - A brief...

Sectors of Production- Primary, Secondary, Tertiary and Quaternary sectors. Content: - Describes the characteristics of each sector and gives a range of examples. - A case study of Apple in the quaternary sector. - A description of changes to the...

Content: - Definitions of a range of social and economic development indicators. - The relationship between indicators (GNI per Capita and literacy). This includes a scatter graph activity. - A detailed comparison of 2 countries to explain why they...