Dollar street: Learn about people's lives around the world!

Assignment instructions

Read about the lives of families in different parts of the world (SEE THE LINKS BELOW!) and answers the questions in your notebooks! You can also click some of the photos attached to get a better idea of their everyday lives - some photos have more texts to go with them.

When reading the main texts, remember to click "READ MORE" to see the whole text.

TIP: USE "SPLIT SCREEN VIEW" to see the questions on one side of the screen and the texts on the other.

a) One way to get split screen: Keep your finger on the link: a window will open with a selection: "open in a new tab" - then move one tab (= page to the left and the other to the right by dragging the top bar.)

b) Another way to get split screen: watch the Youtube tutorial on the right!

The Idle family / Somalia

https://www.gapminder.org/dollar-street/families/idle

1. What does M do for living?
2. How many rooms are there in their house?
3. What do they need to collect for cooking?
4. How much time do they spend on collecting water every week?
5. What has this family never done?

Home of Kenzkai Baykai family /Papua New Guinea

https://www.gapminder.org/dollar-street/family?place=54b7fb43c302faad4f3af015

1. How many hours a week does the couple work?
2. Why do they need to buy only 10 % of their food supplies?
3. Who built their house?
4. Why do they use wood for cooking?
5. Where is their toilet?
6. What do they have to do to get safe drinking water?
7. Why can't they save any money?
8. What would they wish to buy if they had more money?

Home of Costa family /Brazil

https://www.gapminder.org/dollar-street/family?place=5aeb106b64d0531ec6f38d30

1. What does the mother of the family do for a living?
2. How many bedrooms do they have?
3. What do they mention as being the worst thing in their home?
4. What is said about electricity, toilet and water?
5. Do they have a mobile phone?

Home of Kao family /Cambodia

https://www.gapminder.org/dollar-street/family?place=54b3a4edb1c479446e1df07d

1. What does Tuo's wife Touch do for a living?
2. Why is the family so poor?
3. From how far away do they need to fetch their water?
4. What does it look like in their backyard?
5. Where have the family been on vacation?
6. What are they dreaming of?

Home of Rutiyomba family /Rwanda

https://www.gapminder.org/dollar-street/family?place=54b81c42c53d4fa64fb89756

1. What does J do for a living?
2. What is the monthly income of this family?
3. How many hours a week does the whole family work?
4. What does their house not have (that we usually have in Finnish houses)?
5. What do they use for cooking meals?
6. How much time do M and her daughters spend collecting water?
7. What is the family planning to do in the future?