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Families Will Enjoy The If The World Were A Village DVD
The
DVD based upon the popular book If the World Were A Village just
received a Parents’ Choice Silver Award from the prestigious Parents’
Choice Foundation, it was announced today by Selina S. Yoon, president
of Master Communications, distributor of the DVD. Since 1978, Parents’
Choice is the nation’s oldest nonprofit consumer guide to quality
children’s media.
In awarding the DVD its honor, Parents Choice’
said “Not only would any social studies, geography, civics or history
class benefit from taking a break to watch this (DVD), but your child at
home will suddenly see the world in a new perspective. It shows the
world without judgment – strictly from the numbers – and with that comes
the feeling that whatever circumstances in life, we are just one group
among many in the world.”
What if you could take the world’s
population – over 6 billion – and see it within the confines of one
united community of 100? That’s what you will find out in the delightful
and insightful If the World Were a Village DVD. Based on David J.
Smith’s best-selling, award-winning book, If the World Were a Village is
an animated story that delivers an enlightening message and explores how
general global statistics about age, language, economic and educational
status, food and culture would break down if looking at only 100 people.
For example, out of 100 people:· 61 would be from Asia, 13 from
Africa, 5 from North America, 8 from Central and South America, 12 from
Europe and 1 from Oceania (Australia, South Pacific, etc).· More than
half would speak one of eight languages: Chinese, Hindi, English,
Spanish, Portuguese, Bengali, Arabic and Russian.· Represented faiths
would include Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism, Muslim and non-organized
religions.· 39 people would be under 19 years of age, 42 would be
between ages 20-49, 18 would be older than 50 and 1 would be older than
80.
If the World Were a Village is a unique and objective
resource, inspiring children to discover that life in other nations is
often very different from their own. The compartmentalized stats, along
with Smith’s tips on building “world-mindedness,” will encourage viewers
to embrace the bigger picture and help establish their own place in the
international landscape.
Chapters include: Welcome to the Global
Village; Nationalities; Languages; Ages; Religions; Food; Air and Water;
Schooling and Literacy; Money and Possessions; Electricity; Village in
the Past; Village in the Future; Teaching Children About the Global
Village; a Note on Sources; and How the Calculations Were Made.
If the World Were a Village has been honored as a 2006 Prix Jeunesse
International Finalist, a 2006 Gemini Award Nominee for Best Direction
and won the 2007 Alliance for Children & Television Award of Excellence
and the 2007 Canadian Screenwriting Award.
By Eric Worley
Learn More - To order If the World Were a Village call 1-800-765-5885 or visit www.master-comm.com.
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