Life in Khalipathar vs Life in Sant Joan Despí

05.00 - 08.00


Girls

We get up and brush our teeth.
We collect water from the well. We carry two, sometimes three, pots on our heads at a time.
Boys
We get up and brush our teeth. Then we exercise. We go jogging for good health. 

I' get up at 7:45, brush our teeth, have a milk, dress, pack mi school back, and go to school.

RICH AND POOR COUNTRIES

1. Country	Life expectancy	Infant mortality per 1000	Daily food intake in calories	GNP ($)
   USA	76	9.7	3642	25,880
   NIGERIA	49	121	2114	280
   SWEDEN	78	5.8	3049	23,530
   UK	76	9.5	3218	18,340
   JAPAN	79	4.8	2858	34,630
   BRAZIL	65	63	2643	2,970
   GERMANY	77	7.5	3476	25,580
   INDIA	58	95	2204	320
   MALAYSIA	68	30	2723	3,480
   UGANDA	49	107	2221	190

   Which countries on the table are the RICHER countries?

HINT!  There are FIVE of them.

The five RICHER countries are  JAPAN  USA  GERMANY  SWEDEN  UK

2. Which countries on the table are the POORER countries?

 HINT!  There are FIVE of them.

The five POORER countries are  NIGERIA  BRAZIL  INDIA  UGANDA  MALAYSIA

3. Complete each sentence with the word HIGH or LOW:

Rich countries have .................................HIGH.....................................Life Expectancy Poor Countries have .....................................HIGH................................Infant Mortality Rich Countries have...................................HIGH.................................... Daily Calorie Intake Poor Countries have a.....................................LOW............................... GNP

4. Read the statement below:

The USA is the RICHEST country in the world’.

5. Do you agree with this statement? Give a reason for your answer!

I agree because High Life Expentancy, Low infant mortality, High daily calorie intake and High GNP. .................................................................................................................................
OR
I disagree because............................................................................................................................

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN RICH AND POOR COUNTRIES

Excercise 1:

Country - País.


Life expectancy - Esperança de vida.

Infant mortality per 1000 - Mortalitat ifantil per cada 1000.

Daily food intake in calories - Mitjana de consum d'aliments caloríes

GNP ($) -   Gross National Product

RICH PEOPLE, POOR PEOPLE

Excercise 1:

Translate:

Només quan l'ultim arbre hagi mort.
i l'últim riu hagi estat enverinat.
i lúltim peix hagi estat atrapat.
ens adonarem que no podem menjar diners.













There are many divisions between the people of the world. One of the biggest is the difference between those who live in the RICH NORTH and the POOR SOUTH. The map below shows that the world can be divided into 2 parts: the Rich North and the Poor South.

Countries in the Rich North are also called DEVELOPED COUNTRIES. Examples of developed countries are: Spain, Great Britain, Germany, the USA, Japan and Australia.
A DEVELOPING COUNTRY is another name used to describe countries in the Poor South. Ethiopia, Mozambique, Brazil and India are all examples of developing countries.

The countries in the Poor South are also called LEDCs (Less economically developed countries) or Third World Countries. The North refers to richer countries, which are sometimes called the First World, MEDCs (More economically developed countries) or The West.

EXERCISE 2

Using the map in the previous page and an atlas, copy and complete the table below:



As we saw before, we use many words to describe the difference that exist between the rich and poor parts of the world. Complete the table below:

RICH NORTH WORDS	POOR SOUTH WORDS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES	DEVELOPING COUNTRY
MEDCs	LEDCs
First Word	Third Word
The Nord	The South

COUNTRY	DEVELOPING COUNTRY	DEVELOPED COUNTRY
Catalonia(Barcelona)		X
Cuba(La Havana)	X
Scotland( Edinburgh)		X
Sudan(Khartoum)	X
USA(Washington)		X
Germany(Berlin)		X
Brazil(Brasília)	X
Ethiopia(Addis Ababa)	X
India(New Behli)	X
New Zealand(Wellington)		X
Colombia(Canberra)	X
Australia(Bogota)		X

THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD

CHILD SOLDIERS: Recent estimates suggest that there are almost 300,000 child soldiers throughout the world fighting in over 40 conflicts. In countries such as Burma, Sudan and Afghanistan, children are fighting alongside adults in wars. Many child soldiers are forcibly removed from their homes, taken from their families and made to fight.

Exercise 1:

A. Child soldiers require less food than adult soldiers, so they are cheaper to feed
  - True
B. Child soldiers really want to fight and they go freely to the camps and follow orders without having to be given drugs
   - False
C. Children are more difficult to control than adults
  - False
D. Children are brainwashed and often given drugs
  - True
E. Modern weapons are very light and can be easily handled by children
  - True

Dictation:

STREET CHILDREN:  Many children whose parents have died or no longer want to look after them are left to live on the streets. These children face serious healt problems because of solvent abuse and attending school is not possible for them.

CHILD WORKERS:  Throughout the world, children as young as 5 years old are forced to work. There are 250 million child workers between the ages of 5 and 14. Their work is often dangerous and is a form of slavery.

Rights and Responsibilities

The Right to an Education - To attend school and do your homework every day.

The Right to own a Pet - To look  after & care for your pet.

The Right to be Treated Fairly - To act responsibly & treat others fairly.
 
The Right to Shelter - To treat your house and the objects in it with respect.
 
The Right to Free Speach - To remember that other people have different opinion.

The Right to Privacy - Not to invade other people's privacy.

The Right to Play & be cared for - To care for people & to treat others the way you would expect to be treated.

Where are human rights not respected?

Article 1:

In some countries in the world women are just allowed to go out in the company of their husbands

Article 2:

In the USA some decades ago black people could not get on the some bus where white people where sitting, for example.

Article 4:

Nowadays there are children slaves that make our sport shoes. In the past many black people from Africa become slaves.

Article 13:

In some countries you must ask for permission to the governament to go out from your country and go back again.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Human rights are rights to which every human being should be entitled. According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, nobody should be made to live without these basic rights. It was written after the Second World War, when countries were determined not to have a repeat of the human atrocities carried out during the war. For example, the Holocaust, in which millions of Jews.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Examples:

Article 1.

• All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Tots els humans neixen lliures i iguals en dignitat i drets. 

Article 2.

• Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.

Tots els humans son iguals sense tenir en compte la raça, el color, el sexe, la llengua, la religió, la opinió política, l'origen de nacionalitat etc. 

Article 4.

• No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.

Ningú hauria de ser esclau o servent, s'hauria de prohibir els servents y comerciar amb esclaus.

Article 13.

• (1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.
• (2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.

Tothom hauria de ser lliure per cambiar de residéncia o de cambiar de país y tornar quan es vol.

Article 18.

• Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.

Hi ha de ser lliure en les creences o cambiar de religió quan es volgués.

Article 24.

• Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.

Tothom hauria de divertirse i descansar, treballar amb limitacions y amb vacances pagades.

Article 25.

• (1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.
• (2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.

Tothom té dret a viure adequadament, adequat a la seva salut, a la seva familia, tenir lloc per viure, roba per vestir, menjar suficient, atenió medica y la discapacitat.

Article 26.

• (1) Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.
• (2) Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.
• (3) Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.

Tothom te dret a l'educació, hauria de ser gratuitament, alemnys en les etapes obligatories, l'educació tindria que ser obligatoria.

UNIT 2: Human Rights

People in the world have many different legal rights. These rights are guaranteed under the law. However, in many parts of the world there are countries where basic rights simply do no exist.
To solve this problem the United Nations (UN) has agreed on a list of human rights with which we are going to deal with in the following activities.

UNITED NATIONS WEBSITE 

Exercise 1:
       a.olive branches (for peace)
       b.continents (for where people live)
       c.globe (for world)

Exercis 2:

1. When did the United Nations come into existence?

on 24 October 1945.

1. What is the purpose of the United Nations?

it is to bring all nations of the world together to work for peace and development.

1. How many members are there in this organisation?

 There are currently 192 Members of the United Nations

1. Where is the Headquarters of the United Nations?

Headquarters is in New York City

1. What six official languages are used?

  Six official languages are used at the United Nations - Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish

1. List the 4 aims of the United Nations

1.- together to work for peace and development,
2.- based on the principles of justice,
3.- human dignity and the well-being of all people.