When Countries Industrialized
OER PROJECT: WHORIGINS/ LESSON 7.6ACTIVITY WHEN COUNTRIES INDUSTRIALIZED1Unless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Credit: “When Countries Industrialized,” OER Project, https://www.oerproject.com/PurposeBy examining wealth and life expectancy data from different countries, you’ll be able to visually assess these changes and make connections across both time and space. In addition, you’ll compare the impact of industrialization on different nations and look at how industrialization shaped both global and local history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.Process1.Which regions of the world began to industrialize first? Why?2.Either on your own, with a partner, or as a whole class, explore the Gapminder tool. Experiment with the ways you can change the data visualization. What does this tool show you? What does it notshow that might be relevant?
OER PROJECT: WHORIGINS/ LESSON 7.6ACTIVITY WHEN COUNTRIES INDUSTRIALIZED23.Choose onecountry from each of thecategoriesbelow.Circle your choices.Industrialized first (late eighteenth to early nineteenth centuries)Industrialized later(industrialized from the mid-nineteenth to twentieth centuries)Least developed nations(defined by the United Nations as “low-income countries confronting severe structural impediments to sustainable development”)•United Kingdom•United States•Belgium•France•Chile•China•Egypt•India•Japan•Mexico•South Korea•Uruguay•Afghanistan•Bangladesh•Cambodia•Ethiopia•Sudan•Uganda•Vanuatu•Yemen4.Select your three nations on the Gapminder tool so only those three bubbles appear. Then, make sure that “Life Expectancy” is set on the y-axis (the vertical side of the graph) and “GDP Per Capita” is set on the x-axis (the horizontalside). Click the Play button to see how each country changed from 1800 to 2023. Using the results as your evidence, respond to the questions below.Data analysis questionsNation 1:Nation 2:Nation 3:For “GDP Per Capita,” record the decade(s) when each nation saw the most dramatic increase. Why do you think wealth began to increase during this period for each nation?
OER PROJECT: WHORIGINS/ LESSON 7.6ACTIVITY WHEN COUNTRIES INDUSTRIALIZED3Nation 1:Nation 2:Nation 3:Were there any significant drops in wealth from 1800 to 2018? What might explain these decreases?For the “Life Expectancy” category of analysis, record the decade(s) when there was a dramatic increase. Why do you think life expectancy began to increase during this period?
OER PROJECT: WHORIGINS/ LESSON 7.6ACTIVITY WHEN COUNTRIES INDUSTRIALIZED4Nation 1:Nation 2:Nation 3:Were there any dips or significant drops in life expectancy from 1800 to 2018? What might explain the decline? Do a quick internet search to find out when your nations began to industrialize. Does this information match the data? If it doesn’t, is there an explanation for why the data and your research seem to indicate two different things?
OER PROJECT: WHORIGINS/ LESSON 7.6ACTIVITY WHEN COUNTRIES INDUSTRIALIZED5Data analysis follow-up questionsAnswer the following questions after you’ve completed your analysis and, if possible, share your answers.1.What advantages do nations that industrialized early have over ones that industrialized later? Use the data from the activity to support your thinking.2.What advantages do industrialized nations have over ones that are the least developed? Use the data from the activity to support your thinking.
OER PROJECT: WHORIGINS/ LESSON 7.6ACTIVITY WHEN COUNTRIES INDUSTRIALIZED63.To what extent is examining the level of industrialization (through the use of GDP per capitaand life expectancydata) a good method for comparing nations?