1. Beginning activity - start with the beginning revision activity, a diagrammatic exercise which should take no more than 15 minutes.

2. Reflection - the opening powerpoint illustrates photographs of development in Dubai.  Consider the impact of this development on a range of stakeholders. (5 minutes)

2. Processes - technical vocabulary - students can learn the content watching the videos, reading the key terms and then completing activity 3 and 5, which should take around 20 minutes. 

3. Applying the theory - activity 4 focuses on NAURU, a once wealthy nation whose wealth was based on the mining of a rare earth.  Years later, the mineral has largely disappeared while the environmental degradation of the island has implications for future generations to come.  (10 minutes)

4. Developing the theory - activity 6 considers the relationship between a nation's wealth and income inequality.  Does wealth bring benefits for everyone or just a select few?  Allow 10 minutes to complete both.

5. Reflection activity -  contains an example of a paper one type question, which you can either print off or project onto the whiteboard.  Allocate 10 minutes for this activity.

Command term: Evaluate

In this example the command term evaluate requires candidates to make a judgement on the relative costs and benefits of economic growth, including an overall conclusion, based on the evidence submitted.  

Real life examples might include nations that have been successful at raising living standards through economic growth e.g. Singapore, South Korea and Rwanda.  Responses might also choose to include nations where economic growth has sometimes come at the expense of reduced living standards or where the rise in economic growth brought about a lower improvement in living standards than might have been expected e.g. China, Nigeria and Brazil, where economic growth has come at the expense of the environment.

Responses should include the following:

A definition of economic growth.  If this has already been defined in the first part of the question there is no need to repeat the definition, but students are required to refer to this definition at the beginning of this section in order to gain credit for it.

Arguments in support of the view that economic growth is always good.  For example, countries with high levels of GDP normally also have a high HDI.  This maybe because nations that experience economic growth, will normally have greater resources to invest in infrastructure and improvements in health and education.  In many cases economic growth also leads to rises in income levels and employment opportunities. 

Examples of nations that have made significant improvements to their quality of life as a result of significant rises in economic growth.  Examples might include China or other emerging economies that have experienced sharp falls in poverty and improvements to HDI, following a significant rise in economic growth.

A recognition of the alternative perspective, that why economic growth will often lead to improvements in the HDI, that this is not always the case.  For example it could be noted that the collection of GDP / GNI data contains weaknesses.  For instance changes to GDP / GNI do not necessarily take account of disparities in the distribution of income or the quality of other non economic indicators of development - e.g. working conditions, life expectancy and other quality of life indicators such as the availability of new products, environmental conditions, defence expenditure, the size of underground economy or the value of non-marketed output e.t.c.

A relevant diagram illustrating the costs and benefits of economic growth, such as the private and social costs of increased consumption of demerit goods, as well as the externalities associated with ths. 

Examples of this might be a sharp rise in pollution or traffic congestion within fast growing cities or the fact that some LEDCs, that have experienced high rates of economic growth but have also seen sharp rises in economic degradation or significant gaps in wealth and income inequality.  For example, the diagram below illustrates one of the adverse effects of economic growth, a rise in traffic congestion and pollution.  The result is an increase in welfare loss, resulting from the increase in consumption of some demerit goods, represented on the diagram above by Qo rather than the socially optimum level of Qse.

A short conclusion weighing up the relative merits of both arguments and the impact upon different stakeholders, as well as the short-term as well as long-term consequences upon sustainability.  For example, a conclusion might recognise that while the net welfare effect of economic growth is likely to be positive, some stakeholders, typically the young and skilled will benefit more than others.  The conclusion might also recognise that in some cases the positive effects of sustained economic growth, might not lead to higher living standards for a period of time.