Economic World
Overview
We explore why some countries are rich and some are poor, how we measure this and how we rectify the problem of inequality with a look at Nigeria and the UK.
Example Key Words
LIC
Low income country
HIC
High income country
NEE
Newly emerging economy
GDP
Gross domestic product
Literacy Rate
Percentage of people who read and write in a country
Disparity
Difference between rich and poor
Fundamental British values
Democracy – seeing different countries and how they operate and how colonisation has removed opportunities for liberty and implemented a fractured rule of law leading to global inequality
Cultural Capital
This is a topic that covers a range of vital topics such as trade, wealth, inequality, poverty and the connection that countries have with each other. Students are asked to think on a global scale for this topic and make links from politics, economics, and history.
UN Rights of the Child
28 – right to education
6 – Life survival and development
7 – refugee children
38 – war and armed conflict