1. How economic development is improving the quality of life
‘Uganda: A Case Study of a LIC’ by Owen and Witts and associated resources are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

2. STARTER: What are the UN Millennium Development Goals?
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How could the MDGs help improve the quality of life for people in Uganda?

3. Lesson Objective:
To understand how economic development is improving the quality of life for the population in Uganda

4. Key Term: Development
The progress of a country in terms of economic growth, the use of technology and human welfare.

5. TASK: What are the connections between these two graphs?
Progress to achieving all millennium development goals
TASK: What are the connections between these two graphs?

6. To what extent have the goals been achieved?
TASK: Use the virtual tour of Kampala to explore the extent to which the Millennium Development Goals have been achieved in Uganda.
To what extent have the goals been achieved?
How has quality of life improved?
What are the obstacles stopping some goals from being achieved?
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7. Exam Alert!
To what extent has economic development improved the quality of life for the population in an LIC or NEE you have studied? (9 marks)

8. Mark scheme Level Marks Description 3 Detailed 7-9
Demonstrates comprehensive and specific knowledge. Shows thorough and accurate geographical understanding of the relationship between quality of life and development. Demonstrates effective application of knowledge and understanding in making a judgement about the issues and reaching a substantiated conclusion. Justification is detailed and balanced. 2
Clear
4-6
Demonstrates reasonable knowledge. Shows clear geographical understanding of the relationship between quality of life and development. Includes reasonable application of knowledge and understanding in making a judgement about the issues and reaching a conclusion. Justification is clear and well supported. 1
Basic
1-3
Demonstrates limited knowledge. Answers may be largely generic. Shows some geographical understanding of the relationship between quality of life and development. May either include limited application of knowledge and understanding in making a judgement about the issues and/or reach a conclusion. Justification is limited to one or more simple points.

9. Reflection…
How could the sustainable development goals improve quality of life in Uganda? Are they all likely to be achieved?
Homework (Flipped learning): What is the development gap? How can the gap in the development between the UK and Uganda be illustrated?