• Projects DEADLINE Monday 10/15

(50 POINTS)

 -Email, print, scripts, lyrics, etc.

-Songs and PSA videos will be shown/presented Friday 10/19 • Double check rubric and information packet that all components for each option are included • Clear objective of your campaign identified and clearly focused • Late projects will be -5 each school day after deadline • Name identified on all projects

Jump Starter

(Write the phrase and your response)

Which of the following statements describes the United States? Describe why.

“A nation with a low level of material well being” “A country that allows its citizens to enjoy a free and healthy life in a safe environment.”

Public Health Unit Lesson 3: Local vs. Universal

Objective: 1.

TSWBAT identify characteristics & examples of developing vs. developed countries and why they are public health concerns.

2.

TSWBAT value the job of a community health department in your everyday life.

Brainstorm on your own…

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List some names/examples of developing and developed countries. What does a developing and developed country look like?

What characteristics/examples can you think of that make them different?

*****Write these on your worksheet.

Characteristics & Examples of Developing vs. Developed Countries

Sanitation; Clean H2O ; Life Spans; Disease; Income; Housing

Why are these Public Health issues??

Developing Countries

(Rwanda, Ghana, Ethiopia) • • Definition – “A nation with a low level of material well being” Characteristics: ▫ High Birth Rates ▫ Poverty is widespread ▫ Can’t satisfy basic needs ▫ Can’t produce enough jobs/food Examples: Rwanda is very poor. 92% of Rwanda is covered by a national health plan that costs

$2 dollars per year

Rwanda has very few toilets – people dig holes Almost 80% of illness in developing countries is linked to POOR WATER

Developed Countries

( USA, Canada, Germany) • • Definition – “A country that allows its citizens to enjoy a free and healthy life in a safe environment.

Characteristics ▫ Low birth rates Examples: - We can drive to any supermarket we want and get almost any kind of food we want We have access to clean safe drinking water 24/7

The Water Project

• • A project to get clean drinking water to developing countries.

Nearly 1 billion people don’t have access to clean drinking water • • http://thewaterproject.org/ Water Video (3:23)

If the world had 100 people…

• What would it look like?

100 People Video