What does your world look like to you. (Ex What does your world look like to you? (Ex. Austin Middle School, Paulding County, Georgia, USA; what do you see every day?) Give a brief explanation of what your world means to you. Wednesday 8/3/16 You should have gotten a handout from me when you walked in. When you are finished filling out your agenda and completing your warm-up, cut the edges off of your worksheet so it will fit inside your social studies notebook on the first page.

If the world were a village of 100… Student Chart glued into notebook (on next slide) Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrcOdLYBIw0 AS you watch, keep a list of the things that categorize the people. (There are 10 spoken out loud, and several more that you can see.) AFTER watching, respond to these questions: -What surprised you most? -Why did it surprise you?

If the world were a village of 100 people… North America South America Europe Asia Africa Australia/ Oceania Antarctica Number of people In all of the sections below, just take notes as to what the video says regarding these topics, and the amount of people. Languages Animals/ Food Age Ranges Luxuries (TV, Computer…etc) Transportation Education Clean Water Healthcare Religion

If what we saw in the video yesterday is reality (so much dirty air and water, people who are starving, etc.), then why do people in the USA act like this? (Look at the picture to the right)

More Media Content: http://www.100people.org/ http://www.100people.org/statistics_detailed_statistics.php https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFrqTFRy-LU (day 2)

TOP 10 Global Issues

#1 Water Water Usage Around the World http://ensia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/feature_groundwater_inline_map2_large.jpg Aquifers (underground water sources) Around the World http://cdn3.chartsbin.com/chartimages/l_1455_87e40e6f6a411f85bcc5b6ba84a271da

http://worldwater. org/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2013/07/drinkwat http://worldwater.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2013/07/drinkwat.gif http://eoedu.belspo.be/images/VGT/water-2.jpg

http://cache2. asset-cache http://cache2.asset-cache.net/gc/466885224-haitian-woman-bathes-in-a-bucket-outside-the-gettyimages.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=GkZZ8bf5zL1ZiijUmxa7QSP%2f5yRhph87QR0RIEYQKU6wdVSrJgfF4BO1B6KO8CQze2ClX9sluzw5mpRdzLOSOQ%3d%3d http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/haitian-girl-fills-plastic-barrels-with-safe-drinking-water-from-a-picture-id466885206

With 7-8 billion people on Earth and only 1% of Earth’s water is available to drink, do you think that there is enough drinking water for everyone? Why or why not?

#2 Food http://www.dailyyonder.com/files/u2/world-food-mapblue510.jpg http://www.thefishsite.com/articles/contents/12-8-8Fish4a.gif

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/63828000/jpg/_63828376_63824123.jpg https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?&id=OIP.M27ae0dbf0c659e8e38e8dabd738938dbo0&w=300&h=168&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0&r=0

North America and Europe are the largest consumers of food in the world, but they are some of the lower producers. Do you think that there should be more production in those regiosns? Why or why not?

#3 Transportation http://www.c2es.org/docUploads/trans-2-10-14.png http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_TvXXKd8buo/TljSQzArYbI/AAAAAAAAABM/fxJncFotYcI/s1600/mexico-city-pollution.jpg #3 Transportation http://www.historytoday.com/sites/default/files/greatsmog.jpg

The majority of transportation around the world uses fossil fuels The majority of transportation around the world uses fossil fuels. Fossil fuels lead to pollution. What would we do (as citizens of the world) do to reduce the amount of fossil fuels being leaked into the air and water?

http://www.salon.com/2014/11/01/the_planets_deadliest_infectious_diseases_by_country_partner/

Why don’t North America, most of Europe, and Australia have many deaths from infectious diseases?

http://balentine.com/bipolar-or-tri-polar-economy/

What do you think would happen if all of the countries in the world decided to use the same type of money (currency)? Do you think it would help our economic problems here in the USA?

Warm-Up 8/5/2016 Go over vocabulary words for quiz Thursday. They will be handed out when you walk in.

http://www.mapsofworld.com/thematic-maps/world-illiteracy-map.htm

The countries in light pink on the previous map all have 95% or better literacy rates. That means less than 5% CANNOT read or write. Why do you think those countries in different colors have lower literacy rates?

http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/The-Worlds-10-Biggest-Energy-Gluttons.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_energy_consumption_per_capita

Most of the energy being used around the world come from fossil fuels (like oil and natural gas). There are enough renewable resources (like wind and water power) to power our planet forever. Why do you think we don’t make better use of those resources?

http://www.iran-daily.com/News/124661.html http://latinamericacurrentevents.com/latin-america-map-indicating-percentages-of-population-without-adequate-housing/23830/

Why do you think that many people in Latin America (Central and South America) do not have adequate housing?

https://warisboring.com/africa-is-arming-faster-than-any-other-continent-82fcd8576966#.yptw5af7y https://tippingpointnorthsouth.org/5percent/report-5percent/why/

The total amount of money spent on war in 2012 was $1. 7 trillion The total amount of money spent on war in 2012 was $1.7 trillion. Is this the true cost of war, or does is cost more than money? Why?

Cups: blue = trash not recycled white = trash recycled

With so many people on our planet, do you think that we should have better ways to recycle or dispose of our waste?

Closing (in your journals) These are the top ten problems our world is facing today. Which do you think is truly the worst of the ten? Why?

Look at the following pictures, and let’s discuss the cultural characteristics (including SOL, LR, & GDP) that we can determine from each one…

Ticket Out: Based on what we learned yesterday and what you know already, answer ONE or more of the following questions in a paragraph with examples. What are the characteristics of culture? How do we know about someone’s standard of living? What does location in the world have to do with culture? Why is understanding culture important?

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Good video links to explain the previous vocab.: Geography https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAE7xDGLE_4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsP3c1HFyWg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIqC79WrpKg Economics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YULdjmg3o0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWPrMmv1Tis Government https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhxDeomuHh4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QGy2SbXTNE History https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB_yvYB5Jko

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