1. Where in the world do the poorest people live?
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Where in the world do the poorest people live?

2. Learning objective:
I will be able to define the term poverty, describe where it exists, an the causes and effects of this global issue

3. Graphic organizer Divide your sheet of paper into 6 quadrants
Title the paper POVERTY
Number the quadrants 1-6 1 2 3 4 5 6

4. Poverty—What is it?
Watch the video and be able to come up with your own definition of poverty

5. What is poverty?
Quadrant #1: Write a definition of poverty in your own words
1. Definition

6. Poverty—What is it?
When a person lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money.
Absolute poverty refers to the one who lacks basic human needs, which commonly includes clean and fresh water, nutrition, health care, education, clothing, and shelter.
About 1.7 billion people are estimated to live in absolute poverty today.
Relative poverty refers to lacking a usual or socially acceptable level of resources or income as compared with others within a society or country

7. Poverty—What is it? Quadrant #2: Quadrant #3:
Label and illustrate absolute poverty
Quadrant #3:
Label and illustrate relative poverty
Definition
2. Absolute Poverty
3. Relative Poverty

8. Poverty—Where is it?
Percentage of people living on less than $1 a day

9. Poverty
Quadrant #4: Draw a map of where poverty exists in the world today
1. Definition
2. Absolute poverty
3. Relative poverty
4. Where it is

10. Percentage of people who are hungry
Hunger
Percentage of people who are hungry

11. How long people are expected to live
Life Expectancy
How long people are expected to live

12. The Impact of Poverty
Quadrant #5: Describe the relationship between poverty, hunger and life expectancy
Definition
2. Absolute poverty
3. Relative poverty
4. Where it is
5. Impact

13. Poverty—The Causes
Overpopulation : Overpopulation, the situation of having large numbers of people with too few resources and too little space
Global Distribution of Resources: Colonialism accounts for much of the unequal distribution of resources in the world economy.
Inadequate Education and Employment: Illiteracy and lack of education are common in poor countries. Governments of developing countries often cannot afford to provide for good public schools, especially in rural areas
Environmental Degradation: In many parts of the world, environmental degradation—the deterioration of the natural environment, including the atmosphere, bodies of water, soil, and forests—is an important cause of poverty
Corrupt Governments: In many countries the economy is controlled by the government and corrupt government officials do not spread the wealth evenly to citizens

14. Causes of Poverty Quadrant #6: Illustrate one of the causes of poverty
Definition
2. Absolute poverty
3. Relative poverty
4. Where it is
5. Impact
6. Cause

15. Closure
How did we do?
I will be able to define the term poverty, describe where it exists, an the causes and effects of this global issue