Standard of Living
What is it?
Standard of Living
What do you think standard of living
means?
 Come up with your own definition of
standard of living.
 Write it at the top of your paper leaving
enough room to write more below.
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Standard of Living
 Talk
to as many different people
as you can.
 Write down their definition of
standard of living under your
definition on your warm up.
Standard of Living
A) Pick which definition you think
best explains standard of living
OR
B) Create a new definition by
combining different parts of other
people’s definitions.
What is standard of living?
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How well you live.
How well and the way you live by also being able
to pay for everything you need
The stuff you have and how much money you
have (poor, average, rich)
Poor, average, rich can determine life and death
and affect where you live and what you have
As you read, make a list of anything
you think has to do with the standard of
living in Africa.
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How well you live.
How well and the way you live by also being
able to pay for everything you need
The stuff you have and how much money
you have (poor, average, rich)
How people live
The way of living in a certain place with
money and death
How the people keep their households
Poor, average, rich can determine life and
death and affect where you live and what
you have
How highly your way of living is and the
average pay in your region
How well you live and how much money you
make
Definition
Characteristics
(What’s it like? Causes? Effects?)
Examples
(from the real world)
Standard of Living
Non-Examples
(opposite of standard of living)
Definition
Characteristics
(What’s it like? Causes? Effects?)
Examples
Standard of Living
(from the real world)
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Non-Examples
(NOT standard of living)
Cultural diversity
Religions – Islam, Christianity,
TB
Ethnicities – Arab, Ashanti,
Bantu, Swahili
Standard of Living
Group Project
Standard of Living
What’s it got to do with anything?
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Read textbook pg.s 73-75.
 A – “A Growing Population”
 B – “Where African’s Live”
 C – “Health Care”
As you read, make a list of anything you
think has to do with the standard of
living in Africa.
 You will use this list for a group poster
about standard of living in Africa.
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Standard of Living
Group List
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Take turns sharing each group member’s list.
What ideas from everyone’s list do you agree
with? What ideas are connected to standard
of living?
Try to find at least 15 ideas you all agree on.
HINT: put checkmarks by the ideas that you
all agree with
Write down your group words on the provided
cards.
You will use these cards for your concept
map.
Textbook pg. 73-75
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Population growth
Sanitation
Medical care
Death rates
High birthrate
Overcrowding
Poor living conditions
Shelter
Water
Electricity
Food
Ruined farmland (overuse, soil
erosion, droughts)
Exporting goods
Better farming techniques
Smaller families
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Uneven distribution of population
Climate
Land features
Dry land
Farming
Raising livestock
Rainfall
Mild temp
Fertile soil
Industries
Businesses
Urbanization
Jobs
Health care
Education
Skyscrapers
Shopping areas
Traffic jams
Pollution
Poor sanitation
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Population growth
Health care
Clinics, hospitals, medical
centers
Drugs, medical supplies
Death rate
Malnutrition
Food
Clean water
Sanitation
Famine
Malaria
Mosquito, tsetee
Government
AIDs
Life expectancy
Workers
orphans
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Generate – Sort – Connect
1. GENERATE a list of ideas and thoughts that come to
mind when you think about standard of living.
2. SORT your ideas according to how important they
are to standard of living.
 Place the more important ideas near the center.
 Place the less important ideas toward the outside.
3. CONNECT your ideas by drawing connecting lines
between the ideas that have something in common.
 Explain and write on the line in a short sentence how
the ideas are connected.
4. Elaborate on any of the ideas or thoughts you have
written so far by adding new ideas to expand,
extend, or add to your initial thoughts.
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