The book is different in tone in that it doesnât explicitly point out things that are lacking (like running water) in a given household, and I donât remember picking up on the class differences as a kidâpartly because we looked most at the children with prettiest clothes! So definitely more in the âglobal solidarityâ vein more than the âlook how different things areâ vein.
An interesting way of using Dollar Street is filtering by income, rather than country. You start to notice that people all over the world with a similar income level have very similar homes. People at my income level have homes similar to mine; people making, say, $15k a year have homes very similar to when I was in uni. Itâs interesting to be able to distinguish between whatâs a cultural difference and whatâs an income difference.
Yeah I noticed with âcleaning equipmentâthereâs a very clear distinction between 1. homemade brushes, 2. storebought brooms, and 3. vacuum cleaners.
Youâve reminded me about Dollar Street: https://ââwww.gapminder.org/ââdollar-street/ââmatrix which does the same thing as Children Just Like Me but online and interactive.
Wow, thatâs a great resource.
The book is different in tone in that it doesnât explicitly point out things that are lacking (like running water) in a given household, and I donât remember picking up on the class differences as a kidâpartly because we looked most at the children with prettiest clothes! So definitely more in the âglobal solidarityâ vein more than the âlook how different things areâ vein.
An interesting way of using Dollar Street is filtering by income, rather than country. You start to notice that people all over the world with a similar income level have very similar homes. People at my income level have homes similar to mine; people making, say, $15k a year have homes very similar to when I was in uni. Itâs interesting to be able to distinguish between whatâs a cultural difference and whatâs an income difference.
Yeah I noticed with âcleaning equipmentâthereâs a very clear distinction between 1. homemade brushes, 2. storebought brooms, and 3. vacuum cleaners.