A people is a group of individuals who belong to and function within a particular society. In common usage, the term people may be synonymous with human, or otherwise may carry an exclusive meaning. In general, the word people is a collective noun used to define a specific group of humans. However, when used to refer to a group of humans possessing a common ethnic, cultural or national unitary characteristic or identity, "people" is a singular noun, and as such takes an "s" in the plural; (example: "the English-speaking peoples of the world").
The concept of personhood (who is a person within a society) is the fundamental component of any selective concept of people. A distinction is maintained in philosophy and law between the notions "human being", or "man", and "person". The former refers to the species, while the latter refers to a rational agent (see, for example, John Locke's Essay concerning Human Understanding II 27 and Immanuel Kant's Introduction to the Metaphysic of Morals).
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People and Society :: Kids and Teens

Color Creation: The People Page - Pictures of different people to print out and color. Includes a teacher, fisher, baby, ballerina and princess.
Kizclub: What I Want to Be - Online story showing some of the different jobs that children want to do when they grow up.
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Ladybird: I'm a Nurse - Play this game to dress the nurse and then print out your picture.
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People Who Help Us - Use the mouse to make a picture of a builder.
Sunshine: What Do I Do? - Play this game to find out what different people do and the things that they use.
The Crayon House: When I Grow Up - Pages to print out and color about different types of careers. Includes a teacher, accountant, doctor, construction worker and nurse.
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