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If the World Were a Village: A Book about the World's People
by David Smith
from Kids Can Press, Ltd.
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List Price: $18.95
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 
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A must have for every elementary classroom 
I use this book frequently with my 4th and 5th graders. It concretizes the abstract information critical to developing an understanding of the world we live in. Turning percentages about the world's population into a village of 100 people allows students to place themselves in the global framework. When they see what percentage of the world's people own a car, for example, they realize the very different perspective and experience they have compared to the majority of the "village" inhabitants. We use this... more info
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Absolutely Global
This book should be in every school in the world! As the earth gets smaller, our children need to be taught where they will fit into the world. For them it is not just about where they will fit into thier tiny communiy. Their future will include all the earth's people as their community.
Author, David Smith, provides an in school program designed around his book.
He brings this global book to life for the children. You cannot help but wonder the impact his program and book will have on the... more info
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Great Book for Kids
This book was great for my class. It really helped them to grasp the idea of people living differently then themselves. They are 4 - 6 years old so they did not understand all of it, but they enjoyed the idea of a global village.
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World Population to Double 5 times? 
It's great concept with equally beautiful illustrations. Unfortunately, Smith says that a village of 100 today will be a village of 200 in just fifty years. He continues this pattern until he asserts that a village of 100 today will be a village of 1600 people in just 250 years. He is suggesting that world population will double 5 times in the next 250 years? That means that our world population of 6 billion today will soon be an astounding 96 billion! That's strange because the United Nations, Green Peace,... more info
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