This multi-award-winner and international bestseller is fascinating and thought-provoking. Using a 'world-in-miniature' approach it opens our eyes to a wider view of our planet and its human inhabitants, telling us who we are, where we live, how fast we are growing, which languages we speak, which religions we practice and more.
At this moment there are more than 6 billion people on this planet. Picturing so many people at one time is hard - but what if we imagine the whole world as a village of just 100 people?
In this village:
22 people speak a Chinese dialect
20 earn less than a dollar a day
17 cannot read or write
50 are often hungry
24 have a television in their homes
If the World Were a Village tells us who we are, where we live, how fast we are growing, which languages we speak, which religions we practice and more. So come and learn about our global village. What you discover may surprise you!
About David J. Smith
A teacher with 26 years' experience teaching geography (his passion), history, and English, David Smith has been on leave from his school in Cambridge, Massachusetts since 1992. Since then, he has made the world his classroom. In a typical week he may travel from Romania to CCES to Alaska to Kenya. In fact, he gives lectures and workshops for educators all over the world.
The renowned educator won the U.S. Department of Education's A+ for Breaking the Mold Award for his highly successful geography curriculum, Mapping the World by Heart. If the World Were a Village: A Book About the World's People, was published in 2002 to widespread acclaim.