{"id":1061,"date":"2022-10-04T12:13:01","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T19:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/?p=1061"},"modified":"2022-10-04T12:13:01","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T19:13:01","slug":"life-expectancy-human-lifetimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/life-expectancy-human-lifetimes\/","title":{"rendered":"Life Expectancy: Human Lifetimes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, our class continued our exploration of time and lifespans. We discussed why humans have such different average lifespans depending on factors like: age, socioeconomic status, country of origin, etc.<\/p>\n<p>We watched the video below to see what countries have had the &#8216;longest&#8217; average lifespans from 1800s onwards. PLEASE NOTE: this video is a quick summary that does not fully explain all of the variables that impact how long humans can live. This video was also made before COVID-19, so the predictions may be inaccurate according to our current world lifespans.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Countries With Highest Life Expectancy 1800-2100\" width=\"863\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gTX6i2eGS3g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Some questions to consider at home:<\/p>\n<p>-Why do you think human lifespans have OVERALL increased? Why do you think most people are living longer today than they did in the 1800s?<\/p>\n<p>-Why do you think certain countries are consistently in the top 10 for &#8216;longest lifespan&#8217;? What factors might make it so their citizens live longer on average?<\/p>\n<p>-Why do some countries have much shorter average lifespans than others? How do we think things like healthcare, colonialism, war, and accessibility play into this?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, our class continued our exploration of time and lifespans. We discussed why humans have such different average lifespans depending on factors like: age, socioeconomic status, country of origin, etc. We watched the video below to see what countries have had the &#8216;longest&#8217; average lifespans from 1800s onwards. PLEASE NOTE: this video is a quick &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/life-expectancy-human-lifetimes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Life Expectancy: Human Lifetimes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8574,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8574"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1061"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1062,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061\/revisions\/1062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}