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1 Brain Jogger Get out your notes from yesterday.

2 Life Expectancy, Literacy Rate, and Standard of Living

3 What is Life Expectancy? The average length of a person’s life in a certain place. Looks like a long life!! Looks like a shorter life!!

4 Why is it important to know a country’s Life Expectancy? Countries with… Low Life ExpectancyHigh Life Expectancy High Education Might have a few wars (not always the case) Low Infant (baby) mortality low cases of illnesses like AIDS. Good health care system (good hospitals) Low Education Might be in a war High Infant (baby) mortality High cases of illnesses like AIDS. Bad health care system (bad hospitals)

5 Life Expectancy Around the World Where is the highest life expectancy? Where is the lowest life expectancy?

6 What is Literacy Rate? The percentage of people who can read and write in a certain place.

7 Literate- Ability to read and write Illiterate-Inability to read and write What limitations are placed on people who cannot read or write? Shoulder Buddy

8 Why is it important to know a country’s literacy rate? High Literacy RateLow Literacy Rate Country is Wealthy Country has a high Standard of Living (economically how good life is in a country) Good Health Care Good Education Low Infant Mortality (Babies Dying at birth) Country is NOT Wealthy Country has a low Standard of Living (economically how good life is in a country) Bad Health Care Bad Education High Infant Mortality (Babies Dying at birth)

9 Literacy Rates Around the World Where is the highest literacy rates? Where is the lowest literacy rates?

10 Life Expectancy Literacy Rate What do we have in common with these two graphs?

11 Complete the following sentences: 1.If life expectancy is low in a country, most likely the literacy rates will be __________. 2.If life expectancy is high in a country, then the infant mortality rate will be ________ and the standard of living will be _________. 9/10 Brain Jogger Low High Low

12 So what is Standard of Living? … refers to the quality and quantity of goods and services available to people, and the way these goods and services are distributed within a population. With the money that you make, how well can you live? Or…

13 Top Ten Standard of Living Countries

14 Percentage of the Population Living on Less than $1 a day.

15 Review This is only a majority language that is spoken. Europeans usually learn how to speak more than one language.

16 Assessment: Creating a Double Bar Graph comparing 3 countries’ Life Expectancy and Literacy rate!

17 This is a Double Bar Graph You must have a title You must label Must have increments Must have a Key

18 The Rules Create a double bar graph comparing the literacy rates and life expectancy of the Israel, Sudan, and two countries of your choice. (Use page 412-415 for your data) You must have increments, color, title, labels, and a legend (key).

19 Double Bar Graph and Rules You must have a title You must label Must have increments Must have a Key Create a double bar graph comparing the literacy rates and life expectancy of the Israel, Sudan, and two countries of your choice. (Use page 412-415 for your data) You must have increments, color, title, labels, and a legend (key). The Rules:


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