Imagine your house catches on fire. Your family is able to safely escape. What is one possession you would want to make sure and get before you joined your family outside? WHY did you choose this object?
Imagine your house catches on fire.
Your family is able to safely escape.
What is one possession you
would want to make sure and get before
you joined your family outside? WHY did you
choose this object?
• Learning Goal: Analyze slides from different countries to compare/contrast the families, their environments & possessions.
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Countries we will study:• Bhutan• Cuba• Mali• Kuwait• South Africa• Mongolia
JapanIcelandThailandSamoaHaitiUnited States
BhutanPopulation: 725,000
Life Expectancy: 68 years
Years of Schooling: F: 12 M: 12
Economy: Traditional
HDI Rank: 140
GDP per capita: $6,800
Population living below the poverty line: 23%
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Most Valued Possession: Religious book, school books, and jump rope.
Number of:TVs: 0Radios: 1Telephones: 0Automobiles: 0
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What do you think these objects sitting in front of the family are? What purpose might they serve? • part of their Buddhist religion.
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What purpose do you think this section of the house serves?
Attached to the house is a place where animals live.
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This photograph shows the family in 2001, along with the new possessions they’d acquired since the
original photograph was taken.
CubaPopulation: 11,000,000
Life Expectancy: 78years
Years of Schooling: F: 16 M: 15
Economy: Command
HDI Rank: 59
GDP per capita: $10,200
Population living below the poverty line: NA
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The U.S. has had a trade blockage with Cuba since 1962, therefore they do not have access to newer/more modern things.
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How many generations of people appear in this picture? As part of their culture, there are 3 generations living in the house together.
This photograph shows the family in 2001, along with the new possessions they’d acquired since the original photograph was taken.
MaliPopulation: 16,000,000
Life Expectancy: 54 years
Years of Schooling: F: 7 M: 8
Economy: Traditional
HDI Rank: 182
GDP per capita: $1,100
Population living below the poverty line: 36%
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What are these people doing? Why you think they’re on the roof?Because they live in the desert climate & have no electricity, families sleep on the roof at night to stay cool.
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This photograph shows the family in 2001, along with the new possessions they’d acquired since the original photograph was
taken.
JapanPopulation: 127,000,000
Life Expectancy: 84 years
Years of Schooling: F: 15 M: 16
Economy: Market
HDI Rank: 10
GDP per capita: $36,900
Population living below the poverty line: 16%
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The family uses this kitchen appliance every day. What type of food do you think it cooks?
rice cooker
60This photograph shows the family in 2001, along with the new
possessions they’d acquired since the original photograph was taken.
South AfricaPopulation: 48,000,000
Life Expectancy: 49 years
Years of Schooling: F: 13 M: 13
Economy: Market/Traditional
HDI Rank: 121
GDP per capita: $11,600
Population living below the poverty line: 31%
67The Quampie family lives in Soweto. This place is a township that was
formed under the laws of Apartheid.
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Why do you think the houses have fences and bars on the windows?Soweto is not a safe place, and most families stay inside after 8:00 p.m.
Closure• What country did you find to be
the most interesting today? WHY?
• Name something that you had in common with one of the families.
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Out of all the countries, which one would you feel the most UNCOMFORTABLE living in? WHY??
Cuba
Mali
Japan
SouthAfrica
MongoliaPopulation: 3,000,000
Life Expectancy: 68 years
Years of Schooling: F: 15 M: 14
Economy: Market
HDI Rank: 108
GDP per capita: $5,500
Population living below the poverty line: 30%
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Most Valued Possession: TV, statue of Buddha
Number of:TVs: 1Radios: 0Telephones: 0Automobiles: 0
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What type of meat might this family have eaten on this night?
For a special treat, the family butchered the sheep for Peter. They boiled the sheep’s bladder, which they had
filled with its blood and tied off.
89This photograph shows the family in 2001, along with the new
possessions they’d acquired since the original photograph was taken.
KuwaitPopulation: 2,700,000
Life Expectancy: 77 years
Years of Schooling: F: 15 M: 13
Economy: Market
HDI Rank: 54
GDP per capita: $40,500
Population living below the poverty line: NA
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Most Valued Possession: photo of son in the U.S.
Number of:TVs: 2Radios: 4Telephones: 5Automobiles: 4
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The striped towers have something in common with the tanks that can be seen on nearly every house.
Kuwait has no rivers or lakes, so it is very hard to find freshwater. The towers and tanks are used to
store desalinated seawater.
Abdulla Family Servants
• Agnes and Zavier Fernandes.
• Servants from Goa, India.
• They have a 1 year old son in India that they have not seen in months.
102Kuwaitis have a very strong Muslim faith. These firefighters took a break so they could participate in the required one o’clock prayer.
IcelandPopulation: 300,000
Life Expectancy: 81 years
Years of Schooling: F: 20 M: 17
Economy: Market
HDI Rank: 13
GDP per capita: $39,900
Population living below the poverty line: NA
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This picture was taken in the winter. What time do you think it is?
The picture was taken at 3:00 pm. On that day the sun came up at 11 am, and set before 4 pm.
115Blue Lagoon outside of a power plant. Here, 470`F water is pumped up from over a mile beneath the earth.
List 2 things that would change in your life if you moved to Mongolia or
Kuwait.
What would be 1 thing you would miss if you lived in Mongolia. Would you prefer life in Kuwait over your life now?
ThailandPopulation: 67,000,000
Life Expectancy: 74 years
Years of Schooling: F: 13 M: 12
Economy: Market
HDI Rank: 103
GDP per capita: $10,300
Population living below the poverty line: 8%
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Most Valued Possession: motor scooter
Number of:TVs: 1Radios: 1Telephones: 0Automobiles: 1 (motor scooter)
124The family sleeps under mosquito nets to protect them. This also
prevents the spread of diseases such as malaria.
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What animals do you see in this picture?
What purposes do you think these animals serve for the family?
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Samoa
• Formerly called Western Samoa• Traditional culture with some modernization• Christianity
SamoaPopulation: 200,000
Life Expectancy: 73 years
Years of Schooling: F: 13 M: 12
Economy: Traditional
HDI Rank: 96
GDP per capita: $6,300
Population living below the poverty line: NA
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Most Valued Possession: pigs & hand-woven mats
Number of:TVs: 0
Radios: 1Telephones: 0
Automobiles: 0
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This is a traditional Samoan house, called a fale .A fale is a house with no walls and a roof.
In what ways do you think this house is well suited to the climate of Western Samoa?
Would you be willing to try some of the foods eaten in
these countries?
Do you think it would be fun or more of a pain to have
your house on stilts?
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Haiti
• One of the world’s poorest countries• Suffered a 7.0 magnitude earthquake January 12, 2010
HaitiPopulation: 9,800,000
Life Expectancy: 63 years
Years of Schooling: NA
Economy: Market/Traditional
HDI Rank: 161
GDP per capita: $1,300
Population living below the poverty line: 80%
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Most Valued Possession: None – say they own nothing of value
Number of:TVs: 0
Radios: 0Telephones: 0
Automobiles: 0
155All meals are cooked in the separate kitchen, which is a dirt-floored
shelter with a hole in the roof to let out smoke.
United StatesPopulation: 300,000,000
Life Expectancy: 78 years
Years of Schooling: F: 18 M: 16
Economy: Market
HDI Rank: 3
GDP per capita: $50,700
Population living below the poverty line: 15%
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Most Valued Possession: Bible
Number of:TVs: 2
Radios: 3Telephones: 5
Automobiles: 3 (dune buggy)