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Foreign Aid Monday, February 23, 2015 Students will understand the history of modern American foreign aid and be able to identify the three types of aid given. Student will also be able to apply knowledge to real life examples of foreign aid.
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History of American foreign aid The Marshall Plan $13 billion ($109) Democracy vs. Communism Post World War II
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Types of Foreign Aid Bilateral aid: Aid given directly to other nations Aid to Iraq Iraq Israel Egypt Sudan Columbia Mexico
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Types of Foreign Aid Multilateral aid: Aid given to international organizations
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Foreign Aid Wednesday, March 8, 2013 Today: 1. Review 3 types of assistance 2. The need for foreign aid 3. 5 magic numbers
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Types of Assistance Humanitarian Assistance Immediate, short-term Disaster relief
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Types of Assistance Development Assistance Long-term, sustainable Infrastructure Democracy?
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Types of Assistance Security Assistance Military assistance, training Weapon sales Loyalty?
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The need for aid 1. Poverty Almost half the world 3.32 billion people live on <$2.50 / day 80% of the world lives on <$10/day 2. Hunger 850 million people 860,000 childern die of malnutrition every year Drought / war 3. AIDS 39 million people world wide 24 million in Africa 5 million new cases / year 2.3 million sub-Saharan Africans died in 2004 Experts estimate 66% of the sub-Saharan population could die by 2050.
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The Children: This is equivalent to: One child dying every 3.5 seconds 17 children dying every minute A 2004 Asian Tsunami occuring ever 1.5 weeks An Iraq –scale death toll every 16 days Over 9 million children dying every year 70 million children died between 2000-2007 Before you go to bed tonight, over 25,000 children died today around the world. The silent killers of children are: Poverty Hunger Easily preventable diseases
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5 little articles assignment 1. Groups of 5 2. Article handout 3. 10 minute study 4. Within your group, assign numbers 1-5 based on age. 1 = youngest, 5 = oldest 5. Share your article with your group. 1 goes first, 5 goes last. 6. As the articles are being shared, all members should think of and record 2 level 2 questions. 7. After each article briefly discuss 1 or 2 or your level 2 questions.
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Newspaper assignment With a partner… Find a newspaper article which is illustrates One of the three types of assistance. One of the three needs for aid Read, discuss and be prepared to discuss your articles and how they relate to which type of assistance and need. Questions to answer (written) 1. What type of aid or assistance is it? 2. What qualifies it as this type of assistance? 3. What type of need is it? 4. What is being done to help? Be able to summarize your article Assistance 1.Humanitarian 2.Development 3.Security Need 1.Poverty 2.Hunger 3.AIDS Find two articles 1 = assistance, 1 = Aid Assistance article Need article
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