This document discusses whether the Hazda people can be considered a developed society based on traditional measures of development. It presents information about the Hazda's lifestyle and culture, which differs greatly from Western societies. Learners are prompted to reconsider their definitions of development and analyze if common indicators like income, education, and health fully capture a society's level of progress. The activities explore both why the Hazda may seem underdeveloped according to typical standards, but also how their culture demonstrates development in other ways based on their values and needs.

1. Year 8 Development Project
Are The Hazda
Developed?
Learning Objectives:
1. To consider a culture (The Hazda) whose values
and lifestyle are very different to ours
2. To describe the advantages and disadvantages of
traditional ways of measuring development we’ve
looked at before (such as income, education or
health)
3. To explain why our idea of what “development”
means might not always be right.
Starter: Activity 1
Write down your definition of development, referring to specific things that
development is in your opinion:
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2. Activity 2: Can you link the correct definition to the key word for development?

3. Activity 3: Read through the information below carefully, and use a highlighter or colour
pen to underline any key ideas relating to development

5. Activity 4:
Looking back over the criteria for “Development” in the development mix and match
definitions on page 2, most people would say the Hazda are underdeveloped? Why?
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What are the top three reasons that would make you draw this conclusion?
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6. Activity 5: The Hazda might have no money, no doctors, no formal employment in the
‘Western’ sense of development, but is this the whole story?
In which ways could the Hazda society be seen as developed?
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Activity 6: Consider the questions below. In your opinion, are the Hazda a ‘developed’
society or not? Make reference to the text you’ve read and the ideas below.
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7. Activity 7: Go to the front of the booklet and can you tick all the Learning Objectives?
Was your initial definition of development a good one?
Having considered the Hazda people, re-create your definition of development below:
What is
Development?