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When we speak about development to students, they often have an innate or binary understanding of ‘them’ and ‘us’ or even ‘rich’ vs ‘poor’. Their views are often very outdated, as they are influenced by culture, subjective statistics and false presentations common in popular books and the media. Many generalisations ignore the particular characteristics and challenges of different countries within continents and regions within countries. Secondary geography teachers need to tackle these prejudices and misrepresentations by using up-to-date information from reliable sources and combining them with different views and voices. This list is accessible, contemporary and designed to encourage informed and critical thinking about world development.