1. Warm Up Question – answer the following questions on your half sheet of paper
Read the following quote:
“Then I began to think, that it is very true which is commonly said, that the one half of the world knoweth not how the other half liveth.” --Rabelais 16th Century
Answer the following Questions:
Rewrite the quote so that a 5th grader could understand it.
Do you believe the statement is true today? Why or why not?

2. A summary of the World
If we could, at this time, shrink the Earth’s population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look like this:

3. * There would be 57 Asians, 21 European, 14 from the Western Hemisphere and 8 Africans

4. 70 would be non-white; 30 white
* 70 would be non-white; 30 white * 70 would be non-Christian; 30 Christian

5. 50% of the entire world wealth would be in the hands of only 6 people
* 50% of the entire world wealth would be in the hands of only 6 people. All 6 would be citizens of the United States.

6. * 70 would be unable to read * 50 would suffer from malnutrition

7. * 80 would live in sub-standard housing

8. * Only 1 would have a college education
When one considers our world from such an incredibly compressed perspective, the need for both tolerance and understanding becomes glaringly apparent.

9. OTHER CULTURES: trading, conquering, languages
POLITICAL –
government
laws, authority,
judges/courts
SOCIAL-
friends,
entertainment
family, language,
social structure
BELIEFS-
religion,
values,
morals
AESTHETICS-
“the arts”,
architecture,
paintings, plays,
drama, poetry
literature, dance
PHYSICAL
GEOGRAPHY:
land forms-
mountains,
rivers,
lakes,
natural resources
climate
ECONOMICS-
money!
businesses, food
trade/barter, taxes
distribution of resources
HISTORY/TIMELINE: chronological events

10. What would the World Cultures Model look like for Ponderosa?