1. DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, SO… DIFFERENT PEOPLE?

2. Where do people come from? http://www.usborne-quicklinks.com/uk/uk_entity_pages/uk_doad_image.asp?lib=922&linkid=306221 NORTH AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA AFRICA ASIA AUSTRALIA SOUTHEAST ASIA EUROPE

3. ANIMALSCHIMPS DIFFERENCE ? BRAINIER Want to learn more? HUMAN EVOLUTION – YOU TRY IT! - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/evolution/

4. What made you a person? Have you ever wondered why you are what you are?

5. 2. ENVIRONMENT: SURROUNDINGS 1. GENES

6. 1. Genes Some things about you depend on your genes WHAT ARE GENES ? INSTRUCTORS

7. WHY DO PEOPLE LOOK DIFFERENT ? DIFFERENT GENES

8. WHERE DO PEOPLE GET THE GENES FROM ? PARENTS Want to learn more? AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY http://www.amnh.org/ology/?channel=genetics

9. But… Bodies and Brainssame way All of us?

10. GENETIC DISORDERS http://www.fotosearch.com/photos-images/down-syndrome.html

11. The way you live can’t change your genes WHAT THINGS ABOUT YOU DEPEND ON YOUR GENES ? YOUR HAIR YOUR VOICE YOUR EYE COLOURS YOUR SKIN COLOUR

12. But the way you live can affect how your body copes with these genes! TOOTH DECAY

13. Let’s learn more about these influences! 2. Environment Other things about you depend on the environment - Weather - Your way of living - People around you - Beliefs

14. Weather Sunny placesDark skin Why ? Natural Sun Protection

15. CloudierFairer skin Why ? Sunshine to keep healthy

16. People’s Way of Living Clothes Houses Food

17. People Around Us - the kind of person they are - the kind of environment they live in Learning to fit in How happily people fit depend on:

18. School Family So, how do you learn to fit in?

19. People´ s Beliefs Depend on what their families believe in Religion: many different religions

20. RELIGIONS ? Religions try to explain how the world and people were made So, what makes religion different from what scientists think? God or Gods

21. Did you know that festivals are often related to Religion ? Want to learn more? BBC – GUIDE TO RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS - http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_1650000/newsid_1654 900/1654973.stm SCHOLASTIC RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS AND HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/holidays/ http://www.usborne-quicklinks.com/uk/uk_entity_pages/uk_download_image.asp?lib=922&linkid=306228

22. And what about talking to each other ? Thousands of different languages today How many ? The languages most people speak are English and Mandarin Chinese

23. But… How did a language begin? Nobody is sure when or how people started to talk Perhaps they began with noises (grunts) and signs (pointing)

24. Language is a way to communicate Let’s listen to different languages around the world ! TIME FOR KIDS –AROUND THE WORLD – http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/hh/goplaces/0,2837 4,,00.html Want to know more ? PERSON EDUCATION AS FACT MONSTER WORD WISE: SPEAKING OF LANGUAGE http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0769282.html

25. As people move around the world, their language goes with them Look! Some words in English have come from other languages!

26. Potato Native American Tea Chinese Orange Arabic Coach Hungarian

27. Body Language. What is it? Use of face and body to communicate Crying and laughing: same meaning everywhere Other actions don’t have the same meaning.

28. EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE: SAME BIG FAMILY HUMAN BEINGS Want to learn more? AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY – A NURTURE WALK IN MENDEL PARK - http://www.amnh.org/ology/?channel=genetics