This lessonlooks at the world around us and will

open our eyes to the huge diversity found on this tiny

planet we call home hopefully giving

us a better understanding of

our place in the world and a deeper

appreciation for the life we live here.

So to begin with, let’s go on a journey…

3.7billion miles away

On Valentine’s Day, 1990, NASA commanded Voyager 1 to turn around and take one last photograph of our Solar System.From 3.7 billion miles away, this is what it saw…

This famous photo is known as ‘The Pale Blue Dot’. It is actually a picture of earth.

CAN YOU SEE IT?

This famous photo is known as ‘The Pale Blue Dot’. It is actually a picture of earth.

WHAT ABOUT NOW?

One famous astronomer called it

‘a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam’

We live in the United Kingdom, which is a ‘dot’ on the dot. With

a population of 64million

we are the 27th biggest country in the world, between Thailand and Italy!

In terms of the actual size of Northern Ireland we find ourselves

80th in the world somewhere

between Guinea and Uganda!

So let’s open our eyes to our world…

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50

How many would be men and how many women?

13

33

43

20

12

14

12

1.24

21

21

Use the facts you have discovered to help you

create a poster showing the diversity in our world.

61 Asians12 Europeans08 North Americans05 South America and the Caribbean13 Africans01 Oceania50 women50 men47 lives in urban area12 are disabled33 are Christian (Catholics, Protestants, Orthodox, Anglicans and other Christians)21 are Muslims13 are Hindus06 are Buddhists01 Sikhs01 Jews11 are non-religious11 practice other religions03 Atheists43 live without basic sanitation18 live without an improved water source20 people own 75% of the entire world income14 are hungry or malnourished12 can't readOnly 12 have a computerOnly 8 have an internet connection01 adult, aged 15-49, has HIV/AIDSThe village spend £780 trillion on military expenditures UNand only US$ 100 billion on development aidIf you keep your food in a refrigeratorAnd your clothes in a closetIf you have a roof over your headAnd have a bed to sleep inYou are richer than 75% of the entire world population21 people live on 78p per day or less