1. 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

2.  The World’s population was 7 billion people or 7,000,000,000 people

3. 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

4.  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

5.  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

6.  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.

7.  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 ________.