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Curriculum expectations
B1— analyse some interrelationships among factors that contribute to global inequalities, with a focus on inequalities in quality of life, and assess various responses to these inequalities (FOCUS ON: Interrelationships)B2— use the geographic inquiry process to investigate issues related to global development and quality of life from a geographic perspective (FOCUS ON: Geographic Perspective)B3— demonstrate an understanding of significant patterns in and factors affecting economic development and quality of life in different regions of the world (FOCUS ON: Spatial Significance; Patterns and Trends)
Lessons
- Who works for others' wellbeing?Groups and institutions that work to improve people's lives, and what each one focuses on, seen through two historical cases (B3.5).
- Measuring the river for the farmA river's flood measured to guide irrigation policy, seen through the Nilometer; whether this is a factor in economic development is for the class to judge (B3.8).
Brief
Strand B of Grade 8 Geography: Global Inequalities: Economic Development and Quality of Life. The museum teaches two of its nineteen specific expectations, in two lessons: institutions that work for people's wellbeing, and measuring a river for the farm. The rest are in the gap register. 1
Sources
- The Ontario Curriculum: Social Studies, Grades 1 to 6; History and Geography, Grades 7 and 8 (2023)
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islam.museum contributors. “Strand B: Global Inequalities: Economic Development and Quality of Life”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/course/ca-on-g8-geography-b/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-12.
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