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- Unlabeled outline maps of selected countries
- Atlases
- Almanacs
- Class notes
- Review the types of resources and their uses, the impact of unequal distribution of resources, the ways the culture of a region influences the use of resources, and the definition and tools of measurement of developed and developing nations. Tell students that they will now analyze the global patterns and networks of economic interdependence.
- Explain that many factors influence the economic activity of a region. These factors include the following:
• Access to human, natural, and capital resources:
- Skills of the work force, i.e., human capital
- Natural resources
- Access to new technologies
- Transportation and communication networks
- Availability of investment capital
• Location of and ability to exchange goods:
- Landlocked countries
- Coastal and island countries
- Proximity to shipping lanes
- Access to communication networks
• Membership in political and economic alliances that provide access to markets, e.g., European Union (EU), North American Free Trade Association (NAFTA).
Provide examples of each of these.
- Distribute unlabeled outline maps and atlases. Instruct students to annotate their maps so that landlocked countries are reflected in green and countries with coastal boundaries are reflected in blue. Also, have them indicate with dotted lines those countries that are members of the European Union, and with dots those countries that are members of the North American Free Trade Association.
- Provide students with outline maps of five developed nations and five developing nations. Provide students with atlases, and instruct them to write on their maps these nations’ literacy rate and GDP. Instruct them to write a paragraph explaining the correlation between education and the level of economic development of a country.
- Assign a teacher-selected reading, worksheet, or other reinforcement activity, using available teacher resources.
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