Watch the following videos and give the answers:

1.

Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo

1. How would you describe the relationship between life expectancy and income?
2. How does the world shown in Rosling’s chart in 1948 compare to the world he showed us in 1810?
3. How and why does the pattern of countries on Rosling’s chart change after 1948?
4. What might account for the disparities in wealth and health within and between nations today?
5. What does Rosling mean when he describes the world today as an “entirely new converging world”?

2.

A Clip from “The Ecological Footprint”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9iu8TW05TY

1. In what ways is this film clip about social ecology?
2. What is the ecological footprint and what is its purpose?
3. What is the ecological deficit and how is it calculated?
4. Why is it easy for modern societies to exceed ecological limits and what are the consequences of doing so?
5. How are the ecological footprint and sustainable development related?

3.

A Clip from "The Other Side"

http://wwnorton.com/common/mplay/5.10/?p=/college/socio7dvd/&f=the_other_side.mp4&i=the_other_side.jpg&st=the_other_side.xml

1. What forces create the need for Mexicans to cross the border into the United States?
2. In what ways do Mexican workers contribute to the economy of Southern California?
3. Much political debate focuses on immigrants like those in the clip. What do you think causes so much anger toward immigrants in the United States?
4. How do you think the construction of a fence along the border might change the economic picture in Southern California?

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1 Life Expectancy and Income Hans Rosling posits that the relationship between life expectancy and wealth is proportional At the bottom of his chart is the poor and sick countries and at the top rich ... View the full answer