Comparison should include
- examining a day in the life of an individual in a developing nation and one in a developed nation to discover the similarities and differences related to resource consumption and quality of life
- choosing an issue and examining differences from one culture to the next
- researching a quality-of-life issue in a developing nation and comparing with the same issue in a developed nation.
Teacher Resources:
Process/Skill Questions:
- What is quality of life in relation to culture, health, and human rights?
- Why is having choice key to experiencing quality of life?
- When measuring quality of life, what are some factors other than monetary wealth to consider?
- What are some alternatives to Gross National Product (GNP)? Consider Happy Planet Index, (http://happyplanetindex.org/)
- What are daily, weekly, and monthly choices one makes that affect quality of life? How are those choices different than the ones made by someone in a less developed country?
- How would one research a country's gross domestic product (GDP) and its correlation to resource consumption?