ACTIVITIES TO INTRODUCE

ACTIVITIES TO INTRODUCE THE CURRICULUM Quick activities to get students started on exploring global issues GLOBAL ISSUES TRIVIA GAME SCAVENGER HUNT FOR THE READING GUIDE Population, Poverty, Consumption, and the Environment CROSSWORD PUZZLES Words on the World Grades 5-8 It s Our Future Grades 9-12

GLOBAL ISSUES TRIVIA OVERVIEW Use this trivia game as an introduction to the study of critical global issues. Students collaborate in teams to answer questions about world population, economics, and environmental issues. KEY ISSUES/CONCEPTS Global Issues Interconnection SUBJECT AREAS Social studies Geography Environmental studies Mathematics Economics GRADE LEVEL: 5 12 INQUIRY/CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS How are the issues of population growth, resource consumption, poverty, conflict, and the environment connected? OBJECTIVES Students will: Collaborate and answer questions about critical global issues. NATIONAL STANDARDS CONSISTENCY NCSS: 2, 3, 7, 9 NSES: C, F NGS: 4, 9, 12 ACTIVITY 1. Divide the class into two teams and have them arrange their seats so team-members can discuss the questions. 2. Give the following directions: Each team chooses a spokesperson. Team one will be asked a question and will have 10 seconds to discuss the question among their team members and then give their answer. For each correct answer, they get one point. If the team that is asked the question gets it wrong, the other team gets to answer the question. Rotate questions between the two teams. 3. Choose some or all of the trivia questions from the teacher master Global Issues Trivia Questions and begin the game. (Some questions are multiple-choice.) 4. (Optional) You may want to have a prize for the winning team! REFLECTION Have the class discuss what they think are the most surprising and/or shocking facts. Discuss how the issues raised in the game are connected to each other. Ask what issue(s) interests them the most and what would they like to learn more about. TIME REQUIRED: 10 20 minutes MATERIALS Teacher master Global Issues Trivia Questions 12 2002 www.facingthefuture.org The Curriculum Guide

GLOBAL ISSUES TRIVIA QUESTIONS 1. What is the current human population of the world? (About 6.2 billion) 2. What was the world s human population in 1960? (3 billion) 3. At current rates of growth, what will world population be in 2050? (13 billion) 4. What are the first, second, third, and fourth most most-populous countries in the world? (From first to fourth most populous: China, India, United States, Indonesia) 5. By about how many people per year is world population growing? a. 25 million; b. 55 million; c. 80 million; d. 95 million (80 million) 6. What percentage today of the world s people live in cities? a. 10%; b. 25%; c. 50%; d. 80% (50%) 7. What city in the world has the largest population? (Tokyo with 28 million) 8. Because of urban sprawl in the United States, an area the size of which state is paved over each year? a. Texas; b. Delaware; c. Rhode Island; d. Kansas (Delaware) 9. In 1950, average life expectancy worldwide was: a. 36; b. 46; c. 56; d. 66 (46) 10.In 2000, average life expectancy worldwide was: a. 46; b. 56; c. 66; d. 76 (66) 11.What is the scientific term for the area of the Earth s surface necessary to support a given human lifestyle? (Ecological footprint or environmental footprint) 12.What type of land has decreased the most as the total human footprint on Earth increases? (Natural habitat) 13.What environmental concern is associated with habitat loss? (Biodiversity extinction of species) 14.Generally speaking, what two factors are most closely linked to family size? (Education and income) 15.What is one humane method proven to reduce population growth? What is another humane method proven to reduce population growth? (Provide access to reproductive health care; educate and empower women; reduce poverty) 16.Roughly what percentage of the world s people live on $2 a day or less? a. 15%; b. 30%; c. 50%; d. 65% (50%) 17.Roughly what percentage of the world s people live on $1 a day or less? 20% 18.What is the most widely spoken language on Earth? (Mandarin Chinese almost 900 million speakers) 19.Roughly how many people in the world today are chronically hungry? (800 million) 20.Roughly what percentage of the world s people lack access to a safe water supply? a. 10%; b. 15%; c. 20%; d. 50% (20%) 21.How many countries are known to have nuclear weapons? a. 4; b. 8; c. 16; d. 20 (8: United States, Russia, United Kingdom, France, China, Israel, Pakistan, India) 22.What is the approximate size of the global economy? (45 trillion dollars) 23.How much does the United Nations estimate the global AIDS epidemic has cost the world through 2001? a. 100 billion; b. 250 billion; c. 500 billion; d. 800 billion (500 billion dollars) 24.Approximately what percentage of global energy do hydrocarbon fuels generate? a. 20%; b. 40%; c. 60%; d. 80% (80%) 25.What element do many scientists believe can provide an unlimited source of clean energy? (Hydrogen) The Curriculum Guide 2002 www.facingthefuture.org 13

SCAVENGER HUNT POPULATION, POVERTY, CONSUMPTION, AND THE ENVIRONMENT ISSUES GUIDE Directions: Fill in the blanks with your answers and the page numbers where you found them. 1. What was the population of the world in 1960? Page # 2. What was world population in 2000? Page# 3. Find the sidebar called Big Foot. How many acres does it take to support the lifestyle of a typical citizen of the United States? 4. What does BCE stand for? 5. Find the picture of a woman sorting mangos. How many people in the world don t get enough to eat? 6. Locate the photograph of a young worker in Peru and explain why it often makes sense for poor families to have lots of children. Page # 7. Find the graph World Fresh Water Per Capita. Is there more or less fresh water per person today than there was in 1950? 8. What is the Facing the Future website address? Page # 9. What are two personal solutions discussed in the Sustainable Solutions chapter? Page # SCAVENGER HUNT PAGE 1 OF 2 2002 www.facingthefuture.org

SCAVENGER HUNT POPULATION, POVERTY, CONSUMPTION, AND THE ENVIRONMENT ISSUES GUIDE 10. Find the windmills photograph and list two sources of renewable energy. 11. List three websites recommended by Facing the Future. 12. Find the None for You, Girl sidebar and list two ways discussed here to reduce poverty and help protect the environment. 13. What is the size of the average human environmental (ecological) footprint? Page # 14. Why doesn t Joyti, the girl living in India, go to school? 15. What percentage of the world s oil do U.S. citizens use? Percentage of the world s paper used by U.S. citizens? Percentage of the world s toxic waste created by U.S. citizens? Page # 16. What are three global solutions as discussed in the Sustainable Solutions chapter? SCAVENGER HUNT PAGE 2 OF 2 2002 www.facingthefuture.org

SCAVENGER HUNT ANSWER KEY POPULATION, POVERTY, CONSUMPTION, AND THE ENVIRONMENT ISSUES GUIDE 1. What was the population of the world in 1960? (3 billion) Page 7 2. What was world population in 2000? (6.1 billion) Page 8 3. Find the sidebar called Big Foot. How many acres does it take to support the lifestyle of a typical citizen of the United States? (30) Page 11 4. What does BCE stand for? (Before Common Era) Page 6 5. Find the picture of a woman sorting mangos. How many people in the world don t get enough to eat? (800 million) Page 15 6. Locate the photograph of a young worker in Peru and explain why it often makes sense for poor families to have lots of children. (Kids help support their families by producing food, hauling water, collecting firewood, and begging. They are often hired out to sweatshops, or sold into slavery or prostitution. Because children often die from hunger and disease, parents have more children than they would if they knew all their children would likely survive.) Page 23 7. Find the graph World Fresh Water Per Capita. Is there more or less fresh water per person today than there was in 1950? (Less) Page 16 8. What is the Facing the Future website address? (www.facingthefuture.org) Page 32 9. Write two personal solutions discussed in the Sustainable Solutions chapter. (Personal: Think about how many kids you ll have; reduce your footprint; flex your money muscles; get political; think big) Page 29 10.Find the windmills photograph and list two sources of renewable energy. (Wind; solar) Page 20 11.List three websites recommended by Facing the Future. (www.prb.org, www.zpg.org; www.redefiningprogress.org; www.populationaction.org; www.census.gov; www.worldwatch.org) Page 32 12.Find the None for You, Girl sidebar and list two ways discussed here to reduce poverty and help protect the environment. (Supporting equal rights; investing in women s education) Page 24 13.What is the size of the average human environmental (ecological) footprint? (Just over 7 acres) Page 10 14.Why doesn t Joyti, the girl living in India, go to school? (It s a question of money in India, spending their few resources to educate sons makes more sense than educating their daughters.) Page 12 13 15.What percentage of the world s oil do U.S. citizens use? (25%) Percentage of the world s paper used by U.S. citizens? (33%) Percentage of the world s toxic waste created by U.S. citizens? (66%) Page 26 27 16.What are three global solutions discussed in the Sustainable Solutions chapter? (Reproductive and community health care; eliminating poverty; educating and empowering women; changing our minds) Page 30 16 2002 www.facingthefuture.org The Curriculum Guide

WORDS ON THE WORLD CROSSWORD PUZZLE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Across 1. The whole wide 3. Liberty and for all 5. BIG fighting 7. Safe and sound 9. Opposite of #5 across 10. Pleased 11. Use resources 13. Energy from the sun 14. Not enough food Down 1. Trash 2. Autos 4. The electrical kind turns lights on 5. A cool kind of energy 6. Atlantic and Pacific 8. Wish for 9. Human beings 10. Being well 12. Swim in it, drink it WORDS ON THE WORLD CROSSWORD PUZZLE 2002 www.facingthefuture.org

IT S OUR FUTURE CROSSWORD PUZZLE 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 15 6 24. Contentious disagreement 27. Air current 28. Wind and solar are two forms 31. Edges 33. Body of salt water 35. Make different 37. Lend a hand 38. Safe and sound 39. Folks 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Across 2. Something to drink when you re thirsty 3. Knowledge acquisition 4. Largest, most populous region of the world 6. Grower of food 9. Starvation 10. What geese and other birds do 12. Having an option 14. Over 6 billion worldwide 16. Raw materials 19. Cast a ballot 20. Your use of resources is your environmental 22. Wanderer 23. Country Down 1. Power from the sun 2. Cultural perspective 3. Our surroundings 5. Continent where Zambia is 7. Everyone living together happily 8. Give choices to 11. Linked 13. Gas guzzlers 14. Lack of wealth 15. Deadly combat 17. Study of balance in nature 18. A resource that regenerates is 21. Liberty and for all 24. Not dirty 25. Nourishment for the body 26. See in your mind s eye 29. Having the same rights 30. Getting bigger 32. Biological classification 34. Two wheeled environmentally clean transport 36. Optimism IT S OUR FUTURE CROSSWORD PUZZLE 2002 www.facingthefuture.org

CROSSWORD PUZZLE ANSWER KEYS 2 C 5 6 W O R L D A J U S T I C E W A R O T N 7 I S E C U R E E N E H R 9 D P E A C E O G E N H A P P Y 1 C O N S U M E E W A 3 4 11 12 P A A 13 10 L S O L A R T E T E 14 8 H U N G E R WORDS ON THE WORLD IT S OUR FUTURE 1 2 S W A T E R 3 4 5 E D U C A T I O N A S I A O N L F A R M E R V P E A H U N G E R L I E M I G R A T E I D C R A P C V O O C H O I C E P O P U L A T I O N N E W A W O E N M E R A V W E E R E S O U R C E S C N C R R V O T E T F O O T P R I N T J E E 23 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 L Y U N O M A D N A T I O N S E 28 29 30 16 17 20 21 G C O N F L I C T W I N D E N E R G Y L O M I A 15 Q R E O A C B O R D E R S 33 U O C E A N D G E L P A W N I E B E L T C H A N G E I C 37 24 25 26 27 I H E L P O E K I T P S E C U R E 39 35 36 Y P E O P L E S 6 18 19 22 31 32 38 34 The Curriculum Guide 2002 www.facingthefuture.org 19