1. Have students complete QuickStudy Lesson 3 of Module 6, Finding Facts, Reviews, and More.

2. Have students complete QuickStudy Module 6's Guided Exercise, Interpreting Statistics.

3. Choose a developing country and a developed country other than the United States.

4. For both countries, find the statistics in the following categories:
   • population
   • average income
   • gross national product (GNP) or gross domestic product (GDP)

   Check these titles below for possible sources:

   • Europa World Year Book, WILS Ref Quarto JN1 E85
   • Encyclopedia of the Third World, WILS Ref HC59.7 K87
   • Statistical Abstract of Latin America, WILS Ref HA935 S8
   • Statistical Abstract of the United States (contains information on foreign countries, too), WILS Ref HA202 U5x
   • Statistical Abstract of the World, WILS Ref Quarto HA154 S73x

Adapted from "Go for the Gold"

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