I teach IGCSE Geography at an international school in Southeast Asia. Development Indicators was one of my best-selling lessons, but six years is a long time in development data: the World Bank moved the poverty line to $3.00 a day in 2025, the global HDI fell for the first time ever, and half the old HDI answers are now simply wrong (Iceland, not Norway, tops the rankings today). So I rebuilt it from scratch, with all 20 comparison countries refreshed from World Bank data and the HDI activities rebuilt on the 2025 Human Development Report. If you bought the original, the update is free, just re-download.
What’s in it:
A complete, ready-to-teach lesson answering one big question: can a number really tell us how good life is in a country? You get a full PowerPoint presentation with answers included throughout (a Dollar Street two-families opener, twelve indicators with a cover-and-test grid, Definition bingo, a GNI-against-literacy scatter graph across 20 countries, the Malaysia vs DR Congo case study with time-series data since 1960, a choropleth of Malaysia’s states, core and periphery, the HDI with a shade-the-world map, Match the answers, Quiz quiz trade, and a desert island indicator exit ticket), a Word workbook in three versions (Full colour, printer-friendly black and white, ready-to-print PDF), and a 30-question Blooket quiz file for instant retrieval practice. Bonus access to free lesson-support activities and daily games on the Geography Oasis website.
What students learn:
- What development is and what indicators measure
- Standard of living versus quality of life
- Twelve key indicators, from GNI per capita to infant mortality
- The relationship between wealth and literacy, read from a scatter graph
- Why Malaysia and DR Congo’s paths split after 1960, and how development varies within a country
- How the HDI works, and its strengths and weaknesses
Every figure is re-verified for 2026, including HDI data from the 2025 Human Development Report and the World Bank’s 2025 poverty-line move from $2.15 to $3.00 a day. Also suitable for AP Human Geography, World Geography, and any development, global inequality or world issues unit at ages 11-16.
Format:
Delivered as fully editable PowerPoint (.pptx) and Word (.docx) files, plus PDF. Diagrams and visuals are not editable.
TEACHING CAMBRIDGE IGCSE GEOGRAPHY (0460)?
I have also rebuilt this whole topic as a complete Development unit for the 2027 syllabus: 5 modules with lesson slides, student workbooks, full answer keys and bonus interactive website access. Start with the free sample: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13453955
This is one of a growing collection of fully rebuilt 2026 geography lessons; more are on the way in my shop. If you find this useful, a review would mean a lot.
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