Development & Gender
Photo Credit: Wendy Silvius
Accra, Ghana 2013
Accra, Ghana 2013
Textbook ReadingDevelopment & Gender
Chapter 10 (pages 349-367) AMSCO 280- top half 284, 290 then bottom 291 (Gender) -295 Data is fun!1. Gender Inequality Index: UN Link
2. Datafinder: http://www.prb.org/DataFinder/Geography.aspx PRB Data Sheets 2018 (click the title) 3. US Census Factfinder: Link 4. Developing Regions: UN Link 5. Gapminder World: http://www.gapminder.org/world/ 6. World Bank: http://data.worldbank.org/ 7. OECD Data Lab: http://www.oecd.org/ 8. Nation Master: http://www.nationmaster.com/ 9. Human Development Index (HDI): Link 10. Cincinnati's "Power 100" 2017 Link 11. Sustainable Development Goals Link |
Main Concepts
Media LinksInvesting in Girls
No Ceilings Website: Stats about the progress of women Dollar Street from Gapminder: Compares households around the world Hans Rosling (#1) Global Population Growth Hans Rosling (#2) and the Magic Washing Machine Video Gender: Half the Sky Videos: 1) Kibera School for Girls 2) What are you Carrying? Women in Agriculture from the UN's FAO: link here Why is the U.S. Maternal Mortality Rate So High? (Slate) Journals#1 How has technology improved your life? (free write)
#2 Make a few notes about each of the three videos (links above) while watching (Hans Rosling #2, "Magic Washing Machine," Kibera School for Girls and "What are You Carrying?" ) Title each section the title of the video. #3 Teaching kids about Cholera in an LDC. Click on the link to my file to read a short lesson I saw in a school book when I was in Ghana in March of 2013. I took this excerpt from a student workbook when I visited a school in a slum area outside the capital city of Accra. Journal Prompt: What does this lesson help you understand about Cholera and health education in Ghana? What challenges do Ghanaian schools face in trying to help people stay healthy? Do we have any similar challenges in the United States? |
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