And day and night, there was the clomp-clomp of worn-out shoes going up and down the many flights of wooden stairs. If the World Were a Village is part of CitizenKid: A collection of books that inform children about the world and inspire them to be better global citizens. People’s religions are explored, and their education, standard of living and much, much more are discovered. I think that "If the World Were a Village: A Book about the World's People" is also a book that refutes some peoples' beliefs that Nonfiction texts are always boring and word heavy. Neither gloom-and-doom nor artificially optimistic in its outlook, both positives and negatives are equally strongly presented, always striving for balance, making this lushly illustrated, informative picture book, making If the World Were a Village a perfect teaching/learning tool for either at-home or in-class use.

David was born in the United States, but is a permanent resident of Canada; he and his wife live in North Vancouver, BC. Now, If the World Were a Village has been newly revised with updated statistics, several new activities and completely new material on food security, energy and health. To support this aim, members of the NRICH team work in a wide range of capacities, including providing professional development for teachers wishing to embed rich mathematical tasks into everyday classroom practice. It would be great in a math class if ratio, or percentage is being taught to students who share my "unmathematicity".I think what made this a WOW the most was how eye-opening the statistics were but also how my heart melted with the turn of the page. villagers would be Asian (of that, 20 would be Chinese and 17 would be Indian), 14 would be African, 11 would be European, 9 would be Latin or South American, 5 would be North American, and none of the villagers would be from Australia, Oceania, or Antarctica.

Helps children (and adults) catch a glimpse of what life is like around the world by imagining there are 100 people and then telling how many of them have enough food to eat, where they live, what languages they speak, etc. Shelagh Armstrong is a freelance commercial artist who has designed adult book covers, stamps and commemorative coins . It makes ideas about people in the world comprehensible by positing that there are only 100 people in the world.

Thought-provoking and highly effective, this world-in-miniature will open eyes to a wider view of our planet and its human inhabitants. Objectives: Year 5 Recognise the per cent symbol and understand that per cent relates to number of parts per hundred.

It offers an eye-opening look at a cross-section of global society, along with the demographic information behind it.Smith has also and appreciatively included a detailed list of teaching suggestions, as well as relevant bibliographical sources for the data utilised, turning If the World Were a Village into an essential and informative resource for both teachers and parents (and while some of the teaching suggestions might indeed be rather standard, many of them, such as for example the concept of partnering schools, of fostering sister/brother communities around the world are in my opinion truly imaginative and innovative).

who are we, where we live, how fast we are growing, what languages we speak, what religions we practice, etc. Introduction I shared the book with the class and we talked about what surprised us about the information collected about the global village. By comparing the world to a village of 100 people, we all can understand our place in the world's many varied cultures, looking at religion, economics, education, energy use and more. A gallery based on the book 'If the World Were a Village' by David J Smith and Shelagh Armstrong has opened and needs some exhibits. Unique format shrinks the world's population down to 100 and presents who we are, where we live, how fast we are growing, what languages we speak and more.

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. The book If the world were a village is a good book and recommend it for teaching kids about the problems of the world and hope you enjoy this book as much as I do. I would love to see an updated version of this in my classroom, and it would definitely be a tool I use year after year for lesson planning. This brilliant 32-page full colour children’s book imagines what a ‘global village’ would look like if there were 100 people living in it.