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If the world were a village…
Class Work
We will be creating a world Fact Book based on the Global Village:
Earth is a crowded place..
Such a large figure is hard to understand…
Imagine that the population of the world is
a village of 100 people. In this imaginary village, each
person wouldrepresent 73 million people
from the real world.
7 billion people?
Nationalities..
Where do people come from in the global village?
61 are from Asia13 are from Africa12 from Europe
8 from South & Central America & the Caribbean
5 from Canada & USA1 from Oceania
Nationalities..Half of the people in the village come from
the 10 most populated countries…
21 are from China17 from India
5 from the USA4 from Indonesia
3 from Brazil3 from Pakistan2 from Russia
2 from Bangladesh2 from Japan2 from Nigeria
Languages…
22 speak a Chinese dialect (18 Mandarin)9 speak English8 speak Hindi
7 speak Spanish4 speak Arabic4 speak Bengali
3 speak Portuguese3 speak Russian
More than half of the people speak these 8 languages…
How many languages can
your class speak?
How old are people in the village?
1/5th are 9 years old or under…
10 are under 510 are 5 – 9 yrs19 are 10-19 yrs
16 are 20-2911 are 40-499 are 50-596 are 60-693 are 70-791 is over 79
On average, 1 persondies
and 3 babies are born each year.
A baby born in the village can
expect to live until the age of 63.
Religion
32 are Christian19 are Muslim13 are Hindus
12 practice Shamanism/animism/folk religions6 are Buddist
2 belong to other religions e.g. Sikhism1 is Jewish
15 are non religious
Food
31 sheep & goats23 cows, bulls & oxen
15 pigs3 camels2 horses
189 chickens (yes,more than the total
population)
50 people do not have a reliable
source of food & are hungry some/all of
the time
20 are severely undernourished.
The villagers have many animals. They help to produce or are a source of food. In the village there are:
Air & waterFresh air & drinkable water are necessities. How
many people in the village of 100 have clean air & water?
75 have access to a source of safe water either in their home or within a short
distance.
The other 25 do not and must spend a large part of each day
simply getting safe water.Most of the work
of collecting water is done by women & girls.
60 have access toAdequate sanitation – theyhave public or household
Sewage disposal – while 40 do not.
68 breathe clean air, while 32 breathe air thatIs unhealthy because
of pollution
Schooling & literacyHow many in the village go to school?
There are 38 school agedchildren in the village,
But only 31 of them attendSchool.
There is 1 teacher
Of the 88 people old enough toRead, 71 can read a little.
17 cannot read at all.
Money & possessionsHow much money do people in the global village
have?
If all the money in theVillage was divided equally,
Each person would haveAbout £3900 a year.
The average cost of food, shelter & other basics is £2500 - £3000pa
But money isn’t divided equally…
The poorest20 people have less than
65 p a day.The richest have more than
£5600 a year.
ElectricityHow many people in the village have electricity?
Of the 76 who have electricity,Most use it only at night for light.
76 have electricity…24 do not
In the village there are:42 radios24 TVs
30 telephones (15 are mobiles)10 computers
DEVELOPMENT: what is
“developed”?
In pairs, you have 60 seconds to consider what “developed” actually means – be specific rather than general in your discussions
Very simplistically, the world can be split into two sections:HICs (high income countries): these countries, once referred to as the First World, are characterised by high disposable incomes (money to buy luxury goods), diverse industrialised economies, large service sectors and high standards of living.
LICs (lower income countries): these countries, sometimes referred to as the Third World, are characterised by dependency on agriculture, a low sphere of influence and little or no disposable incomes.
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