Quality of Life and Human Rights · Social Geography

The Human Development Index

Using the HDI to compare the well-being of people in different parts of the world.

Key Questions

  1. 1Is economic growth a reliable indicator of human happiness?
  2. 2How does access to education vary between the global north and south?
  3. 3Why do life expectancy rates differ so drastically between neighboring countries?

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

ON: Global Inequalities: Economic and Social - Grade 8
Grade: Grade 8
Subject: Geography
Unit: Quality of Life and Human Rights
Period: Social Geography

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