If the World Were a Village

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As well as interpreting real data, this activity gives an opportunity to consider how data are presented and interpreted. The technique used is both traditional and up-to-date: lots of memorization, but not the old-fashioned methodology of rote-for-rote's-sake, but rather memorization informed and enriched by the real use of knowledge, study, practice, mnemonics, and games. I felt like I was really able to gain insightful knowledge on the Earth's population without feeling like I was reading a textbook.

The illustrations had a lot going on in them, filling all of one page usually, but it helped drive home what the text was trying to say. Parts of the book are a bit dark, but, that's how the world is and it doesn't make too much sense to hide the disparity in circumstances from children.This book presents statistics about the world from the perspective of 100 people living in a village. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. And day and night, there was the clomp-clomp of worn-out shoes going up and down the many flights of wooden stairs. Working in this way provides more cross-curricular opportunities because there may be a need to make invitations, issue tickets, serve refreshments, run a cloakroom, carry out security checks and much else besides! When statistics are given out of a hundred it is much easier to grasp the information, especially for our young learners.

This is an important number as many experts think that 250 is the maximum number of people the village can sustain . Maybe some kind of narrative spine would have been more effective at pulling readers in and exposing them to new worlds. This book scales down this abstract idea for children in a way that can help them understand the diversity of our population. Sometimes, I feel like it is easy for us (and students) to visualize the population of Earth to be very similar to us in reference to these elements if it is all that we are surrounded by.I could definitely integrate "If the World Were a Village: A Book about the World's People" with Math and Social Studies instruction.