sports in different places Robin Johnson Crabtree Publishing Company www crabtreebooks com
Our Global Community People all around the world play a role in their communities A community is a group of people who live work and play in the same area Each person belongs to a local community This includes their home and school Together we all belong to one big community the global community There are billions of people who live on planet Earth 4 cross-country skiing Norway page 16 lacrosse Canada page 11
Different and alike People around the world speak dress and live in different ways People also play different sports in different places Learning about our global community helps us see how we are different and alike in some ways It helps us learn how we are connected In this book you will learn about sports played in different places around the world Many of these places are shown on the map below sepak takraw Laos page 18 sumo wrestling Japan page 10 surfing Australia page 19 5
