We, who are reading this blog, are so very privileged. I think we can all benefit form being reminded of that from time to time. We have so very much to appreciate!!! Please take 3 minutes to watch: If the world were 100 people – updated 2010.
The following book is a great picture book for kids or anyone on this topic. It is titled: If the World Were a Village second edition by David J Smith 2011. Among the many facts in the book is that only twenty-two people in the global village of 100 people own a computer. Each double-page, picture-book spread relates a few consciousness-raising facts about such topics as nationalities, food, language, and religion. It is a great read and can lead to wonderful discussions with the children in your life.
Your may wonder what possessions do the 100 villagers have in this representation of a global village. In this village there are:
50 radios
45 televisions
92 telephones (more than 60 60 are cell phones)
22 computers
2 trucks
10 automobiles and
16 bicycles (page 22 of If the World Were a Village, 2011)
Note: In the first edition of this book which was published in 2002 there were only 7 people who owned computers of the representative 100. Times are a changing. Technology is and and will continue to be a big part of the world.