dollar street

Dollar Street

Which is true about developed
countries compared to
developing countries?

Higher: GNP, Population

Growth, Waste, Education

Higher: GNP and Population

Growth, Lower: Waste and
Education

Higher: GNP and Education

Lower: Waste and Population
Growth

Higher: GNP, Waste, and

Education Lower: Population
Growth

Multiple Choice

Which is true about developed countries compared to developing countries?

✅ Higher: GNP, Population Growth, Waste, Education

❌ Higher: GNP and Population Growth, Lower: Waste and Education

😂 Higher: GNP and Education Lower: Waste and Population Growth

⏩ Higher: GNP, Waste, and Education Lower: Population Growth

• ✅ Higher: GNP, Population Growth, Waste, Education

• ❌ Higher: GNP and Population Growth, Lower: Waste and Education

• 😂 Higher: GNP and Education Lower: Waste and Population Growth

• ⏩ Higher: GNP, Waste, and Education Lower: Population Growth

Standard

SEV5. Obtain, evaluate, and
communicate information
about the effects of human
population growth on global
ecosystems.
a. Construct explanations
about the relationship between
the quality of life and human
impact on the environment in
terms of population growth,
education, and gross national
product.

Learning Target

I can explain how people of
different income levels live in
countries around the world.

Worksheet

Your worksheet for this
activity is in Canvas right
after this page.

You will not be working in
your notebook today.

We will share what you
found in class tomorrow.

What is Dollar Street?

Imagine all the homes in the world lined
up on one long street, sorted by income.
The poorest live at the left end of the
street and the richest live at the right
end. Everybody else? Most people live
somewhere in the middle. Your house
number on this street represents your
income. Your neighbours on Dollar
Street are people from all over the world
with the same income as you.

Step 1

Dollar Street documents the lives of over 264 homes in 50 countries so far, and
the list is growing. In each home the photographer spends a day taking photos of
up to 135 objects, like the family’s toothbrushes or favorite pair of shoes. All
photos are then tagged (household function, family name and income).

Let's Visit - When you access the site, it will order the houses visited in terms of
the income. Poorest on the left, middle incomes in the middle and richest on the
right. Spend 10 minutes clicking on different people's homes and have a look
around and read up on the family in question. You might notice that there are
some countries in places you perhaps wouldn't expect.

Step 2 - Go to Dollar Street homepage

It should be set on Families in the World by Income. Change if needed.

Each row has 4 images of families from poorest to richest. Pick a row and fill out the
worksheet.

Click on the first drop down menu. Look at the third column, 'All Topics' and have a
look through the list of the items photographed. Click on 'Eating' and see how diets and
varieties of food vary from household to household and according to wealth.

Home

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You Decide!

Choose YOUR TOP THREE FACTORS from that 'All Topics' list that YOU think
show how developed a country is.

Select the first factor and then carefully choose one image from each column to
show the four different levels of development (you might want to choose the
poorest, the richest and two in between).

Take a note of the name of the country and the family average monthly wealth.
Then copy each of the photos into the worksheet beneath. Once that is done,
write down a brief summary of the change in the 'Factor' as wealth increases.

Please DM if you have any questions

About finding, working through the assignment, thank you

Open Ended

The activity make 2 dollar activity by making two or more sentences with a word bank below,

word Bank: low birth rate, long life expectancy, and population