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Chapter 12 The Global Village


Fig 12.1 A model village created by children aged 5 and 6
Photo: Stephen Scoffham.


Featured websites 

Website 12.1 The Three Little Pigs
A read-aloud version of the fable of the three little pigs who built their homes from different materials.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGFjzp8wl1E

Website 12.2  Project Zero thinking routines
The thinking routines toolbox developed by Harvard University to scaffold and support student thinking.
https://pz.harvard.edu/thinking-routines

Website 12.3  Green flag criteria
Details of the criteria used to assess the Green Flag Award scheme.
https://www.greenflagaward.org/how-it-works/judging-criteria/

Website 12.4  How much is a million?
A read-aloud version of David Schwartz’s picture book which helps to explain what a million really amount to. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7M_DUiX1A8

Website 12.5 Population statistics
A dynamic video explaining world population statistics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ_KQBFN6yI

Website 12.6 World population history
A fascinating interactive website with population data for the last 2,000 years portrayed cartographically on a world map. 
https://worldpopulationhistory.org/map/2050/mercator/1/0/25/

Website 12.7 If the world were a village
An animated video version of David Smith’s best selling book.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtYjUv2x65g


Picture books

Come Over to My House by Dr Seuss (Harper Collins 1967).
Explores different houses from cultures all over the world.

Mirror by Jeannie Baker (Candlewick 2010).
A day in the life of two boys, highlighting similarities and differences in the places where they live. One lives in metropolitan Sydney and the other lives in a remote village in Morocco.

The Trouble with Dragons by Debi Gliori (Bloomsbury 2009).
As more and more dragons spread across the world, they come to realise that a world without wildlife is no kind of home.

Uno’s Garden by Graeme Base (Penguin 2006).
A story book with interesting animals and a changing landscape, with an important message about how we affect the environment we live in.


Other resources

Homeland
The evocative video of the song in which Seckou Keita celebrates his native Senegal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-YTkMaM62w

Harnessing the wind
A TED talk about how William Kamkwamba designing a simple wind turbine for his village in Tanzania.
https://www.ted.com/talks/william_kamkwamba_how_i_harnessed_the_wind?language=pnb

Human population
National Geographic has created a range of teaching resources for grades 5-8 focusing on global populations
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/topics/resource-library-human-population/?q=&page=1&per_page=25

Factfulness quiz
A simple but thought-provoking quiz for older children about the differences between countries.
https://factfulnessquiz.com