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What do all these people have in common?

David Carpenter

1st November 2011

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Read on for an interesting starter question which will hopefully stimulate some interesting class discussions around this topical issue…

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The answer is that all these babies were nominated as the world’s seventh billion human being, on the day the United Nations estimates that the total world population will have reached this new height. There’s an interesting BBC News video here which explains more about this momentous occasion.

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David Carpenter

Teacher of Economics and Business at Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School in Kent. Always interested in new ideas and methods for teaching these subjects, as well as keeping up to date with the latest news.

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