Your Name:
Your Partner’s Name:
Grade:
Date:
Looking Through the Lens Continued
THINK ABOUT
IT:
What does it
mean when photographs are developed?
What does it
mean when our bodies are developed?
What does it
mean when a product is developed?
Working Definitions:
Developed (country): completely mature
Developing (country): working towards maturity
In pairs, answer the following questions.
You may collaborate but must write your own answers.
1. What areas do you think a country should be mature in to be considered
developed? Name at least 5.
2. What does it mean for a country to be ‘developed’?
3. What does it mean for a country to be ‘developing’?
4. Do you think that there is one specific definition for ‘developed’ and ‘developing’?
TASK:
1. After finishing this task: Finish any corrections
you may have for the Looking Through the Lens package.
2. Begin the following mini-assignment
below. It is an individual task.
Your Name:
Grade:
Date:
Extension Activity
Log on to www.onlinenewspapers.com
This site will provide you with links
to hundreds of newspapers from around the world.
Pick on developing country,
Find an article on a current event in a
newspaper from each.
Read them.
Compare them.
Comparing
Developing and Developed Countries
Answer the questions using full sentences
and by including specific details. Refer to the articles you chose.
Complete the task in a Microsoft Word document. These instructions and
questions can be found on the Media Blog: Friday, April 5, 2013: Grade 8.
Developed country I chose:
Developed country newspaper article:
Developing country I chose:
Developing country newspaper article:
Issue:
What topic are the articles about?
How are they similar?
How are they different?
What was surprising or unexpected about
this issue? I.e. were you surprised that both countries had a similar issues or
events?
