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  The Earth is a single country, and all people are its citizens. We have to share this planet so don't be selfish.
  ~ Children's appeal to world leaders, Rio de Janeiro, 1992

 

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Teacher's Sheet = Teacher's
Student's Sheet = Student's
   
 
Teacher'sActivity 1:
Looking Out From the Inside  
   
 
Teacher'sActivity 2:
Two to Tango
   
 
Teacher'sActivity 3:
Student's
Whose News?
   
 
Teacher'sActivity 4:
Student's
Make News Happen
   
 
Teacher'sActivity 5:
Create your own Media
   
 
Teacher'sActivity 6:
Student's
  Local Heroes
       
 
Teacher'sActivity 7:
Student's
  Two West African Communities
       
 

Fast Facts
  • The people of the world speak about 4,000 different languages. That is 6,000 fewer languages than were spoken a couple of centuries ago. Many more people (700 million) speak Mandarin than any other language.
  • There are more physical differences within so-called "races" than between them.
  • About 1.3 billion people (1/3 of the world's population) live on less than $1 a day.*
  • Some 160 million children are moderately or severely malnourished. Some 110 billion are out of school. *
* Source: Human Development Report; United Nations Development Programme, 1997.
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