Health Factors around the World
Consider the question “How can we be healthy?” from a global perspective. How
do we as Americans compare with others in our level of health? Are we a
healthier or less healthy country than others in Europe, Africa, Asia, around the
world? What recommendations can you make for our country and others to help
us all become more healthy?
PROCESS:
1. Use CultureGrams to create a comparison table between another country (chosen in class) and the United
States.
 Go to http://mhs.wcpss.net  click on Media Center  scroll down to the map on the left side of the screen
 Click on the area of the world you are researching.
 To access the charts, click on “Graphs and Tables” at the top of the page  Select “Comparison Table”
and/or “Comparison Graph” and follow the directions on the screen to create a comparison of the United
States and your chosen country. You must include a health data point of your choice plus caloric
consumption, life expectancy, and survival probability.
NOTE: You will need to include a graph or table in your presentation. You can use the “Print Screen” button to take
screen shots of the graphs and then save them to a Word document  Hold the Ctrl key down and click “Print Screen.”
Then open a Word document and click Paste to insert the graph in to the Word document. If you use a table instead of a
graph, you can select “Download table as CSV file” and then open the file in Excel. From Excel you can make different
charts and graphs.
2. Use CultureGrams to continue researching health factors in the United States and your chosen country.
Complete the notes organizer as you research. Be sure to credit all sources! If you only use Culture Grams
you can click on “Generate Citation” when reading about your country and you will have an MLA citation to
use. If you use other sources, create an MLA citation (NoodleTools will work great here!) for each source
used and note the source on your organizer.
3. You will present this health information to your class using Prezi, Glogster or by creating a
movie/documentary about the health factors in each country (U.S. and your country of choice) and with
your recommendations for better health in each country. You must show your sources of information in the
presentation.
Research Notes Organizer
United States
Country: _________________________________
What does your comparison chart of basic health factors
teach you about the United States?
What does your comparison chart of basic health factors
teach you about the country you chose?
Source: Culture Grams or ___________________________
Source: Culture Grams or ___________________________
United States
Country: _________________________________
What is the diet of the United States? How does the diet
affect health in the United States?
What is the diet of this country? How does the diet affect
health in this country?
Source: Culture Grams or ___________________________
Source: Culture Grams or ___________________________
What are typical exercise/activity habits in the United
States? How do these habits affect health in the United
States?
What are typical exercise/activity habits in the United
States? How do these habits affect health in the United
States?
Source: Culture Grams or ___________________________
Source: Culture Grams or ___________________________
What issues with pollution exist in the United States? How
do these habits affect health in the United States?
What issues with pollution exist in this country? How do
these habits affect health in this country?
Source: Culture Grams or ___________________________
Source: Culture Grams or ___________________________
What kind of access to clean water is available? How does
clean water affect health in the United States?
What kind of access to clean water is available? How does
clean water affect health in this country?
Source: Culture Grams or ___________________________
Source: Culture Grams or ___________________________
What is the overall health picture in the United States?
What recommendations do you have for the United States
to become more healthy?
What is the overall health picture in your country of
choice? What recommendations do you have for this
country to become more healthy?
** This should be your own conclusion based on the research – do not
take recommendations and conclusions from a source.
** This should be your own conclusion based on the research – do not
take recommendations and conclusions from a source.