“ A GLOBAL FAMILY

PORTRAIT”Created by:

Nancy S. HeadleeEdSMRT 521

Fall, 1999

Have you ever wondered . . .

• How am I like other kids my age?

• How am I different?• What’s it like to live in another

town, state or country?

Suppose we could shrink the earth’s

population . . .

To a village of 100 people . . .

Here’s how our world

would look . . .

•57 Asians•21 Europeans•14 Western Hemisphere (North & South Americas)

•8 Africans

Out of 100 people there would be:

•52 Females•48 Males•70 Non-whites •70 Non-Christian

6 peopleWould possess

59% of the entire world’s wealth.

All 6 people would live

in the United States.

•

•80 would live in substandard housing

•70 would be unable to read

•50 would suffer from malnutrition

Out of 100 people,

only 1 would have a college

education.

Only 1 would own a

computer.

When one considers our

world from such a compressed

perspective . . .

. . . the need for acceptance,

understanding and education

becomes glaringly apparent.

Graphics courtesy of:

Paul Gorskihttp://curry.eduschool.virginia.edu/go/mullticulltural/galleries.html