Content Objective: Students will calculate the number of people in each category using the data provided. Language Objective: Students will discuss the patterns in the number of zeros after multiplying by a power of 10. Website with updated data – Click HereClick Here US Consensus Bureau – Click HereClick Here
The World’s population was 7 billion people or 7,000,000,000 people
Of the world’s population, 3,500,000,000 are male That means… 3,500,000,000 are female 5,810,000,000 would be able to read and write That means… 1,190,000,000 would not be able to read and write
Let’s imagine the whole world as a village of just 100 people. So, each one of the people in the village would represent about : 70 million (70,000,000) people. To get a better idea: Glen Ellyn’s population is 27,650 Chicago’s population is 2,707,120
12 would speak Chinese 5 would speak Spanish 5 would speak English 3 would speak Arabic 3 would speak Hindi 3 would speak Bengali 3 would speak Portuguese 2 would speak Russian 2 would speak Japanese 62 would speak other languages
60 would be from Asia 15 would be from Africa 11 would be from Europe 9 would be from Latin America and the Caribbean 5 would be from North America Click here to learn more statistics. (Hover over the ‘Global Issues’ tab to view videos on the various categories.) Click here to learn more statistics.
Discuss the steps you took to find the answers. Sentence starters: I noticed __________. I saw the pattern of __________. I agree with ______ because ________. I disagree with ______ because ________. I know my answer makes sense because ________.