Lesson Plan: Economies of Africa and G7
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to identify the current state of African and Egyptian economies compared to the G7 countries, as well as strategies for economic development.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- distinguish between characteristics of developed and developing countries,
- identify the statistics coming from the World Development Report by the World Bank,
- compare the size of a country’s economy using different measures and know which nations belong to the Group of Seven (G7),
- understand Egypt’s economic role in Africa in the present and in the future,
- understand that the African continent has the largest natural (land) resources in the world,
- identify the current state of technological advances in African countries,
- identify the indicators of the knowledge economy in Africa.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- international economic relations,
- balance of payment accounts,
- globalization,
- GDP, GNI, per capita GDP/GNI,
- economic growth.
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- economies of nations outside of Africa or G7.
