Brain Jogger

•Get out your notes from yesterday.

Life Expectancy, Literacy Rate, and Standard of Living

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!!

Why is it important to know a country’s Life Expectancy?

Countries with…

Low Life Expectancy High 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)

Life Expectancy Around the World

• Where is the highest life expectancy?• Where is the lowest life expectancy?

What is Literacy Rate?

• The percentage of people who can read and write in a certain place.

• 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

Why is it important to know a country’s literacy rate?

High Literacy Rate Low 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)

Literacy Rates Around the World

•Where is the highest literacy rates?•Where is the lowest literacy rates?

Life Expectancy

Literacy Rate

What do we have in common with these two graphs?

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 _________.

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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…

Top Ten Standard of Living Countries

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

Review

This is only a majority language

that is spoken.

Europeans usually learn how to speak

more than one language.

Assessment:• Creating a Double Bar Graph

comparing 3 countries’ Life Expectancy and Literacy rate!

This is a Double Bar GraphYou must have a title

You m

ust label

Must have increments

Must have a Key

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).

Double Bar Graph and RulesYou 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: