1. 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.

2. If the world were a village of 100…
Student Chart glued into notebook (on next slide)
Watch this video:
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?

3. 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

5. 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)

7. More Media Content: http://www.100people.org/
(day 2)

8. TOP 10 Global Issues

9. #1 Water Water Usage Around the World
Aquifers (underground water sources)
Around the World

10. http://worldwater. org/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2013/07/drinkwat

11. http://cache2. asset-cache

12. 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?

13. #2 Food http://www.dailyyonder.com/files/u2/world-food-mapblue510.jpg

15. 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?

16. #3 Transportation http://www.c2es.org/docUploads/trans-2-10-14.png
#3 Transportation

17. 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?

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

21. 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?

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

24. 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?

26. 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?

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

29. https://warisboring.com/africa-is-arming-faster-than-any-other-continent-82fcd8576966#.yptw5af7y

30. 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?

31. Cups: blue = trash not recycled
white = trash recycled

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

33. 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?

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

40. 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?

41. From here on has not YET been updated

42. Good video links to explain the previous vocab.:
Geography
Economics
Government
History

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