This presentation was created for a contemporary issues/economics 12th grade Social Studies class. This PowerPoint covers global issues that are affecting the world. However, due to the amount of information, this presentation only covers health, education, and the economy in a global perspective. This was made by me and three other people in my group.

1. Global Issues
Think Globally
“The 'Third World' is a term I don't like very much, because we're all one world. I want
people to know that the largest part of humanity is suffering." - Audrey Hepburn
Presented by: Miss Valeski, Miss Wolfe, and Miss Graham

3. If we scaled down the world to 100
people, what would it actually look
like?

5. Can you list any global issues?

8. Global Issues
Health, Economy, and Education
These issues are prevalent around the world
In developed and developing countries
o Developed Countries: Industrialized Countries, more
economically advanced
o Developing Countries: Countries with low standards of
living, lack of established industry, economy, and modern
technology (also called Third World Countries)
Continents that have the majority of developing countries: Africa,
Asia, South America
Developed: North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, South
America

9. Developing Countries vs. Developed Countries

10. Health as a Global Issue
• What are some things that keep us
healthy?
– Healthy
Diet, Hydration, Exercise, Population

11. Health as a Global Issue
•Healthy Diet
•Availability of fruits,
vegetables, meats, dairy
•Where they live
•Sanitary conditions

12. •Hydration
•Safe drinking water
•Virus and diseases
•Human body is made up of 78% of
water

13. Health as a Global Issue
• What are some health issues that you are
concerned with?
• Top 10 deadliest diseases in the world
– Where do they happen
– Patterns

14. Health and How it Relates to
Education
 Knowledge of Health is essential to a country’s
development
 Health affects children’s education in developing
countries

15. Education as a Global Issue
Why is Education so Important?
Education is central to
development.
• It empowers people,
strengthens nations, society and
the world as a whole
• Social Mobility
• Significantly improves people's
lives.

16. Education as a Global Issue
What Countries are the most
Educated?
Is United States in the top 10?
United States falls at number 11

17. Education as a Global Issue
1 billion People - approximately 26 percent of the world's
population are illiterate (Having little or no education; especially:
unable to read or write)
98 percent of all non-literates live in developing countries.
Why are so many people in developing countries illiterate?

18. Education as a Global Issue
Why are so many people in developing countries
illiterate?
 Lack of Money:
• Low education spending
• Families not able to afford education (children have
to work to support their families)
 Inequality/Violence:
• -Discrimination with gender and race
• Women make up two-thirds of all non-literates
-Violence:
• Child Soldiers ( Most in Africa; example: Darfur, Sudan)
• Girls at risk for kidnappings

19. Education as a Global Issue
What do you think this map represents?

20. Education to Economy
• Literacy rates as a crucial measure to enhance a region's
human capital (part of economic growth)
• Literate people most likely have a higher socio-economic
status and enjoy better health and employment
prospects.

21. The World Economy
Why should we be concerned?
• Poverty
• Inequality of Wealth

22. The World Economy as a Global Issue
– “Almost half the
world — over 3
billion people —
live on less than
$2.50 a day.”

23. The World Economy as a Global Issue
How little is $2.50? Well…
What can you buy for $2.50?

24. Can you buy...?
NO
Cost: $3.20

25. Can you buy...?
NO
Cost: $3.75

26. Can you buy...?
NO
Cost: $2.99

27. Let’s try one more…
NO
Cost: $3.79

28. Not very much, is it?
• Poverty is present in all
nations: rich and poor
• It is not the same in one
country as it is in
another

29. U.S. Income and Poverty Rates
• U.S. median income fell 7%
from 1999 levels in 2010
• 15.1% live below poverty line
• What are some causes?
• Big difference from $2.50 a day
• Why is this still considered poor?

30. Inequality of Wealth
• The gap between the rich and poor
• Widening
• Why?
• Bad government policy
– Corruption
• Exploitation
– By people and businesses
with power and influence
• Combination of both

31. Global Wealth Distribution

32. “Were just waiting… waiting.. for the
World to change…” –John Mayer
If the World Were in Your Hands…
Divide into three groups, each group will be in charge of
coming up with ideas and solutions to how to fix these
global issues. Each group will have one of the topics: health,
education, and economy.

33. Think Globally, Act Locally
“Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the
overcoming of it” – Helen Keller