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Volume 8
About Us
Contents
Who Are We? 5
We are the world's people, all alike and all different
Where Did We Come From? 17
Nine stories about the creation of the world and the first people
Brothers and Sisters, Moms and Dads 47
We
all five in groups called families
Fingers and Forks 71
What we eat and the ways we eat
Let's Go to My House 93
We live in caves, houses, tents, and boats
The Ways We Work Ill
Some of the man\- ways we work to get the things we need and want
Time for Fun 127
We find different ways to amuse and entertain ourselves and others
Living Together 151
We all make rules and laws that help us to get along together
We
Believe 165
Children of nine religious faiths tell about some of their beliefs
Show and Tell 185
We communicate our thoughts and feelings with gestures, signs, and
words
How Do You Know? 203
We learn our group's way of life through our family, friends, and
teachers
Our Stories, Songs, and Sayings 215
.
We
learn our group's beliefs, values, and ideals through folklore
The Way We See It 231
We all enjoy and want to create beautiful things
People Watchers 253
We — —
study people past and present to learn about ourselves
Living in Two Worlds 265
We are always adapting to changing ways of life
New Words 276
Illustration Acknowledgments 280
Index 282
Who Are We?
We're all the people in the world.
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We live everywhere in crowded cities and tiny
towns. We live on white, frozen plains and in hot,
We
green forests. live in deserts, on mountainsides,
and on islands in the seas.
We come in many colors. Some of us have warm, tan
skins hke sunlight on sand. Some of us have deep
brown skins, Hke rich chocolate. Some ofus have rosy
pink skins, the color of the sky at dawn. And some of
us have skins that are touched with the red glint of
copper or the tawny gleam of gold. We come in many
colors, and all the colors are beautiful.
We
Our eyes and hair are different colors, too. have
blue eyes or brown eyes or gray eyes or green eyes.
Our hair may be blonde or brown or red or black. It
may be straight or it may be curly.
We come in many different sizes and shapes. Some
ofus are tall and some of us are short. Some of us are
thin and some of us are stout.
We have many different ways of life. We have many
We
different beliefs and customs. like different kinds of
foods. We build our houses in different ways. But
we're very much alike in many important ways. We
must all have food. We all want to be comfortable and
We We
happy. all need love and friendship. all like
beautiful things.
We belong to many different families, groups, tribes,
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and nations. But we all belong to one big family the
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human family ofmore than five billion people for we
all have the same ancestors.
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We're us the people ofthe planet Earth.
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a house in the United States
We need shelter to protect
us from the weather.
We need to eat in order to stay alive.
eating a meal in Tunisia
