Village of 100
Imagine our World was a village of 100 people! What would it look like? If you complete this unit, you will find it out!
Warm up
Learn
Watch the video and do the exercises: it exemplifies basic facts about the world population representing them as a village of 100 people.
Dive in 1
Now do the following activity together with your buddy!
22 of the villagers would be homeless, 18 wouldn’t have access to electricity and only 5 wouldn’t have access to cell phone network.
How is this possible?
Discuss it with you buddy! Write down your ideas!
Tip: Do some online research and check if your ideas were right!
Dive in 2
How many of the villagers would live a healthy life? Discuss it with your buddy!
Take into consideration the following aspects:
- access to healthcare and medicine
- access to clean water
- shelter/hygiene
- nutrition
Create 1
Choose one of the problems mentioned in the video, e.g. that ⅔ of illiterate people are women. Research it online and create a presentation about it with your buddy!
Tip: Beyond explaining the problem and its causes, make a list of ideas on how to address this challenge!
Create 2
Make your voice heard!
Imagine our World 50 years from now! What would you like it to be?
Discuss about it with your buddy and then create a presentation or a video!
Have it uploaded to the work.it area!
Reflect
Share with your buddy!
How did you feel during this unit?
What was the most surprising thing you have learnt?
Make your postcard!
Ask your educator to login and share your postcard with the KIDS4ALLL community.