DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, SO

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DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, SO DIFFERENT
PEOPLE?
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Where do people come from?
NORTH AMERICA
EUROPE
ASIA
SOUTHEAST ASIA
AFRICA
SOUTH AMERICA
AUSTRALIA
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ANIMALS
CHIMPS
DIFFERENCE ?
BRAINIER
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IT! - http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/evolution/

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What made you a person?
Have you ever wondered why you are what you are?
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1. GENES
2. ENVIRONMENT SURROUNDINGS
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Genes Some things about you depend on your genes
WHAT ARE GENES ?
INSTRUCTORS
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WHY DO PEOPLE LOOK DIFFERENT ?
DIFFERENT GENES
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WHERE DO PEOPLE GET THE GENES FROM ?
PARENTS
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But
Bodies and Brains
same way
All of us?
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GENETIC DISORDERS
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The way you live cant change your genes
WHAT THINGS ABOUT YOU DEPEND ON YOUR GENES ?
YOUR HAIR YOUR VOICE YOUR EYE COLOURS YOUR SKIN
COLOUR
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But the way you live can affect how your body
copes with these genes!
TOOTH DECAY
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2. Environment
Other things about you depend on the environment
- Weather- Your way of living- People around
you- Beliefs

• Lets learn more about these influences!

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Weather
Sunny places
Dark skin
Why ?
Natural Sun Protection
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Cloudier
Fairer skin
Why ?
Sunshine to keep healthy
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Peoples Way of Living

• Clothes
• Houses
• Food

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People Around Us
Learning to fit in
How happily people fit depend on

• - the kind of person they are
• - the kind of environment they live in

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So, how do you learn to fit in?

• School
• Family

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People s Beliefs

• Depend on what their families believe in

• Religion many different religions

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RELIGIONS ?
Religions try to explain how the world and people
were made
So, what makes religion different from what
scientists think?
God or Gods
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Did you know that festivals are often related to
Religion ?
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FESTIVALS - http//news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/news
id_1650000/newsid_1654900/1654973.stm SCHOLASTIC
RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS AND HOLIDAYS AROUND THE
WORLD http//teacher.scholastic.com/activities/hol
idays/
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And what about talking to each other ?

• Thousands of different languages today

How many ?

• The languages most people speak are English and
  Mandarin Chinese

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But
How did a language begin?

• Nobody is sure when or how people started to talk

• Perhaps they began with noises (grunts) and signs
  (pointing)

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Language is a way to communicate
Lets listen to different languages around the
world ! TIME FOR KIDS AROUND THE WORLD
http//www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/hh/goplaces/
0,28374,,00.html
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MONSTER WORD WISE SPEAKING OF LANGUAGE http//www
.factmonster.com/ipka/A0769282.html
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As people move around the world, their language
goes with them
Some words in English have come from other
languages!
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Tea Chinese
Coach Hungarian
Orange Arabic
Potato Native American
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Body Language. What is it?

• Use of face and body to communicate

• Crying and laughing same meaning everywhere

• Other actions dont have the same meaning.

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EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE SAME BIG FAMILY
HUMAN BEINGS
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