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If the World Were 100 People: A Visual Guide to Our Global Village

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Category
Non-Fiction
Illustrator
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers July 2021
Curriculum
Social Studies Curriculum

Help your child become a global citizen with this accessible introduction to the people who live on our planet, with big ideas broken into bite-size chunks through clever graphic design. Perfect for home and classroom settings!

With almost 7.8 billion people sharing the earth, it can be a little hard to picture what the human race looks like all together. But if we could shrink the world down to just 100 people, what could we learn about the human race? What would we look like? Where and how would we all be living? This book answers all these questions and more!

Reliably sourced and deftly illustrated, If the World Were 100 People is the perfect starting point to understanding our world and becoming a global citizen. If we focus on just 100 people, it's easier to see what we have in common and what makes us unique. Then we can begin to appreciate each other and also ask what things we want to change in our world.---from the publisher

32 pages                          ‎ 978-0593310700                                  Ages 4-8

Keywords:  statistics, cultures, Social Studies Curriculum, multicultural, diversity, diverse books 4 year old, 5 year old, 6 year old, 7 year old, 8 year old

Read alike: If the World Were a Village

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Over time there have been a number of books that reduce the world's population to 100 people so that little ones can understand how things compare.

Imagining a number like 8 billion is tricky but reducing it to a village where 100 people live – each person representing around 80 million people in the real world and then exploring the similarities and differences through specific questions makes it easier to understand. Are they all grown-ups? Are there more males or females? How many have black hair or blue eyes? What languages do they speak? Who can read and write? How many have access to the internet or have enough food to eat? Does everyone have access to electricity or clean water?

Using double-page spreads, clever illustrations and graphic design elements, the global village is reduced to manageable proportions making it easier to see the things we have in common, and the things that make us different. There is also a challenge to consider the world in 2050 when they will be the decision-makers and how they can contribute to making the world more equitable.

But as well as the social and humanitarian aspects of the book, it is also an excellent way to talk about data collection, interpretation and presentation, offering the perfect pathway into learning about the various types of graphs, their purposes and formats. Students could also survey their class to see how it compares to the village by calculating the class number as a percentage of the 100 villagers, asking the questions and comparing the numbers. A purposeful and meaningful way to bring real life into their maths lessons.

A valuable addition to any teacher's toolbox and a fascinating examination for any child interested in their world and its statistics.

Recommended by: Barbara Braxton, Teacher Librarian, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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