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Imagine your house catches on fire.
Your family is able to safely escape.
What is one possession you
would want to make sure and get before
you joined your family outside? WHY did you
choose this object?
• Learning Goal: Analyze slides from different countries to compare/contrast the families, their environments & possessions.
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3Mate rial Wo rld photographer Peter Menzel with Buddhist monks in Bhutan
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Countries we will study:• Bhutan• Cuba• Mali• Kuwait• South Africa• Mongolia
JapanIcelandThailandSamoaHaitiUnited States
BhutanThe Namgay Family
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Bhutan
BhutanPopulation: 725,000
Life Expectancy: 68 years
Years of Schooling: F: 12 M: 12
Economy: Traditional
HDI Rank: 140
GDP per capita: $6,800
Population living below the poverty line: 23%
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Most Valued Possession: Religious book, school books, and jump rope.
Number of:TVs: 0Radios: 1Telephones: 0Automobiles: 0
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Describe the appearance of the houseMost houses in Bhutan are built of compacted earth and wood.
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Most houses havewindows withoutglass.
12Family bedroom
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What do you think these objects sitting in front of the family are? What purpose might they serve? • part of their Buddhist religion.
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What purpose do you think this section of the house serves?
Attached to the house is a place where animals live.
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This photograph shows the family in 2001, along with the new possessions they’d acquired since the
original photograph was taken.
CubaThe Costa Family
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Cuba
• Island country in the Caribbean• Fidel Castro
CubaPopulation: 11,000,000
Life Expectancy: 78years
Years of Schooling: F: 16 M: 15
Economy: Command
HDI Rank: 59
GDP per capita: $10,200
Population living below the poverty line: NA
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Most Valued Possession: FAMILY
Number of:TVs: 3
Radios: 3Telephones: 0Automobiles: 0
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The U.S. has had a trade blockage with Cuba since 1962, therefore they do not have access to newer/more modern things.
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How many generations of people appear in this picture? As part of their culture, there are 3 generations living in the house together.
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What kind of trees do you see? What does this imply about Cuba’s climate?
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This photograph shows the family in 2001, along with the new possessions they’d acquired since the original photograph was taken.
MaliThe Natomo Family
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Mali
MaliPopulation: 16,000,000
Life Expectancy: 54 years
Years of Schooling: F: 7 M: 8
Economy: Traditional
HDI Rank: 182
GDP per capita: $1,100
Population living below the poverty line: 36%
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Most Valued Possession: bicycle
Number of:TVs: 0
Radios: 1Telephones: 0Automobiles: 0
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What is this house made of?The house is made of mud, including the roof.
39Does this home have electricity or running water?
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Carrying laundry to the Niger River
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44Toilet on a boat dumping into the Niger River.
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What are these people doing? Why you think they’re on the roof?Because they live in the desert climate & have no electricity, families sleep on the roof at night to stay cool.
46Muslim Mosque, also made of mud
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This photograph shows the family in 2001, along with the new possessions they’d acquired since the original photograph was
taken.
JapanThe Ukita Family
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Japan
JapanPopulation: 127,000,000
Life Expectancy: 84 years
Years of Schooling: F: 15 M: 16
Economy: Market
HDI Rank: 10
GDP per capita: $36,900
Population living below the poverty line: 16%
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Most Valued Possession: FAMILY
Number of:TVs: 1
Radios: 3 Telephones: 1 Automobiles: 1
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The family uses this kitchen appliance every day. What type of food do you think it cooks?
rice cooker
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Maya hangs out with the family dog before heading to school.
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59Gardener cutting grass with a pair of shears.
60This photograph shows the family in 2001, along with the new
possessions they’d acquired since the original photograph was taken.
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South AfricaThe Quampie Family
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South Africa
South AfricaPopulation: 48,000,000
Life Expectancy: 49 years
Years of Schooling: F: 13 M: 13
Economy: Market/Traditional
HDI Rank: 121
GDP per capita: $11,600
Population living below the poverty line: 31%
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Most Valued Possession:
Number of: TVs: 1 Radios: 1Telephones: 1
Automobiles: 0
67The Quampie family lives in Soweto. This place is a township that was
formed under the laws of Apartheid.
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Why do you think the houses have fences and bars on the windows?Soweto is not a safe place, and most families stay inside after 8:00 p.m.
70The Quampie family’s house does not have indoor plumbing.
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73If it is after 8 pm, family members go in a bed pan & wait until morning
to dump the waste.
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Closure• What country did you find to be
the most interesting today? WHY?
• Name something that you had in common with one of the families.
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Out of all the countries, which one would you feel the most UNCOMFORTABLE living in? WHY??
Cuba
Mali
Japan
SouthAfrica
MongoliaThe Regzin Family
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Mongolia
• Sparsely populated• Formerly communist, now democratic
MongoliaPopulation: 3,000,000
Life Expectancy: 68 years
Years of Schooling: F: 15 M: 14
Economy: Market
HDI Rank: 108
GDP per capita: $5,500
Population living below the poverty line: 30%
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Most Valued Possession: TV, statue of Buddha
Number of:TVs: 1Radios: 0Telephones: 0Automobiles: 0
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Many families in Mongolia live in gers because they are nomadic.
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The family doesn’t have indoor plumbing, but has access to electricity.
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What type of meat might this family have eaten on this night?
For a special treat, the family butchered the sheep for Peter. They boiled the sheep’s bladder, which they had
filled with its blood and tied off.
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89This photograph shows the family in 2001, along with the new
possessions they’d acquired since the original photograph was taken.
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KuwaitThe Abdulla Family
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Kuwait
• Vast petroleum resources• Severely damaged by 1990 Iraq invasion
KuwaitPopulation: 2,700,000
Life Expectancy: 77 years
Years of Schooling: F: 15 M: 13
Economy: Market
HDI Rank: 54
GDP per capita: $40,500
Population living below the poverty line: NA
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Most Valued Possession: photo of son in the U.S.
Number of:TVs: 2Radios: 4Telephones: 5Automobiles: 4
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Do they look relatively old or new? Why do you think they have four cars?
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The striped towers have something in common with the tanks that can be seen on nearly every house.
Kuwait has no rivers or lakes, so it is very hard to find freshwater. The towers and tanks are used to
store desalinated seawater.
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Why do you think they have such a big sofa?
Abdulla Family Servants
• Agnes and Zavier Fernandes.
• Servants from Goa, India.
• They have a 1 year old son in India that they have not seen in months.
102Kuwaitis have a very strong Muslim faith. These firefighters took a break so they could participate in the required one o’clock prayer.
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104The Abdulla’s new home
Bathroom
IcelandThe Thoroddsen Family
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Iceland
• A highly developed country• Natural energy resources
IcelandPopulation: 300,000
Life Expectancy: 81 years
Years of Schooling: F: 20 M: 17
Economy: Market
HDI Rank: 13
GDP per capita: $39,900
Population living below the poverty line: NA
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Most Valued Possession: cello, horses
Number of:TVs: 2Radios: 2Telephones: 1Automobiles: 2
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This picture was taken in the winter. What time do you think it is?
The picture was taken at 3:00 pm. On that day the sun came up at 11 am, and set before 4 pm.
112Overlooking the town in December at noon.
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114This photograph shows the family in 2004.
115Blue Lagoon outside of a power plant. Here, 470`F water is pumped up from over a mile beneath the earth.
116Because of the extreme northern location of Iceland, the Northern Lights
fill the night sky.
List 2 things that would change in your life if you moved to Mongolia or
Kuwait.
What would be 1 thing you would miss if you lived in Mongolia. Would you prefer life in Kuwait over your life now?
ThailandThe Kuankaew Family
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Thailand
ThailandPopulation: 67,000,000
Life Expectancy: 74 years
Years of Schooling: F: 13 M: 12
Economy: Market
HDI Rank: 103
GDP per capita: $10,300
Population living below the poverty line: 8%
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Most Valued Possession: motor scooter
Number of:TVs: 1Radios: 1Telephones: 0Automobiles: 1 (motor scooter)
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What do you think the net is used for?
124The family sleeps under mosquito nets to protect them. This also
prevents the spread of diseases such as malaria.
125Does this home have electricity?
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128Does this home have indoor plumbing?
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Doing laundry
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What animals do you see in this picture?
What purposes do you think these animals serve for the family?
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133Water taxi
SamoaThe Lagavale Family
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Samoa
• Formerly called Western Samoa• Traditional culture with some modernization• Christianity
SamoaPopulation: 200,000
Life Expectancy: 73 years
Years of Schooling: F: 13 M: 12
Economy: Traditional
HDI Rank: 96
GDP per capita: $6,300
Population living below the poverty line: NA
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Most Valued Possession: pigs & hand-woven mats
Number of:TVs: 0
Radios: 1Telephones: 0
Automobiles: 0
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This is a traditional Samoan house, called a fale .A fale is a house with no walls and a roof.
In what ways do you think this house is well suited to the climate of Western Samoa?
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141This is the cookhouse: a detached kitchen, used to keep the living
quarters clean & smoke free.
142What animals do you see? What do you think this family eats?
143Gathering fruits/veggies/roots from the surrounding forest to eat.
144Roasting a pig with peeled taro root over hot volcanic rocks.
145Spearing an eel for dinner.
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Would you be willing to try some of the foods eaten in
these countries?
Do you think it would be fun or more of a pain to have
your house on stilts?
HaitiThe Delfoart Family
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Haiti
• One of the world’s poorest countries• Suffered a 7.0 magnitude earthquake January 12, 2010
HaitiPopulation: 9,800,000
Life Expectancy: 63 years
Years of Schooling: NA
Economy: Market/Traditional
HDI Rank: 161
GDP per capita: $1,300
Population living below the poverty line: 80%
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Most Valued Possession: None – say they own nothing of value
Number of:TVs: 0
Radios: 0Telephones: 0
Automobiles: 0
155All meals are cooked in the separate kitchen, which is a dirt-floored
shelter with a hole in the roof to let out smoke.
156To clean the cooking pots, they scrub them with sand.
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158Less than half the population can read and write.
United StatesThe Skeen Family
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United States
United StatesPopulation: 300,000,000
Life Expectancy: 78 years
Years of Schooling: F: 18 M: 16
Economy: Market
HDI Rank: 3
GDP per capita: $50,700
Population living below the poverty line: 15%
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Most Valued Possession: Bible
Number of:TVs: 2
Radios: 3Telephones: 5
Automobiles: 3 (dune buggy)
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Imagine that your family has been selected to take part in the “Big Picture,” just as the Skeen family and the other families you’ve seen agreed to do.
• What items would you want to highlight in the foreground of the photograph?