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The Feminization of Poverty: Past and Future

For Students 9th - 10th
Very extensive report on the poverty trends among females in the U.S. and the reasons for these trends. Also contains information on recent and past poverty rates and ratios.
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US Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau: Poverty in the Us [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The US census report on poverty published in 2001.
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BBC

Bbc News: Africa's Economy: Poverty

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the issue of poverty in Africa. Four maps show the levels of poverty, debt, aid, and trade for each country in Africa.
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Sos Children's Villages: Our Africa Poverty

For Students 6th - 8th
Our Africa is a project that allows the children of Africa to film their lives and their country the way they see them. This section offers a sobering reminder of the absolute poverty that plagues Africa and the causes of this way of...
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Us Health & Human Services: Poverty Guidelines, Research, and Measurement

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services provides resources on both poverty threshold and poverty guidelines, and describes how they are used by federal programs for setting eligibility criteria.
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U.s. Dept. Of Health and Human Services: Absolute Poverty Line

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, using evidence from U.S., Britain, Canada, and Australia, this paper argues that absolute poverty lines rise as the real income rises. (Published Sept. 1995)
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Health & Human Services: Development and History of u.s. Poverty Thresholds

For Students 9th - 10th
A review of the development and history of the current, official poverty thresholds.
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The World Bank

World Bank Group: Poverty

For Students 9th - 10th
Constantly evolving collection of information on world poverty, and of strategies to reduce poverty worldwide.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Poverty

For Students 9th - 10th
Poverty shows children in unclean conditions and asks your student to write a description of what they think life is like for these children.
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National Center for Children in Poverty

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research and policy organization at Columbia University. On their site you can find numerous resources, news stories/publications, and state profiles, plus...
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University of Wisconsin

Institute for Research on Poverty: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
Get FAQs about poverty in Wisconsin and find out about what research is going on at this site for the Institute for Research on Poverty.
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BBC

Bbc: The Un and World Poverty

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from 2000 covers debt throughout the world and where poverty is focused. Speculates on possible problems and reasons why the poor nations are focused on certain continents.
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Full Online Text of "Progress and Poverty"

For Students 9th - 10th
Open this page for links to the full text of Henry George's "Progress and Poverty", which became popular during the American Progressive Era.
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Museum of the City of San Francisco

Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco: Progress and Poverty a Paradox

For Students 9th - 10th
A link to Progress and Poverty. A biography of Henry George. Has pictures of Henry George.
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British Library

British Library: Dickens's a Christmas Carol: Poverty, Money and Miserliness

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students will consider the economic and political context that informs Charles Dickens's famous novella, A Christmas Carol.
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BBC

Bbc History: British History: Tudors: Poverty in Elizabethan England

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about economic disparity and poverty in Elizabeth's England. Archived.
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Ifad: Enabling Poor Rural People to Overcome Poverty

For Students 9th - 10th
IFAD is a specialized agency of the United Nations. Its mission is to alleviate poverty in the world's rural areas by helping them gain access to financial services, markets, technology, and resources.
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: English 4; Wealth and Poverty

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A learning module asking students to analyze different types of texts, learn literary terms, write a satirical essay and a mock newspaper article, and work with vocabulary skills all within themes related to wealth and poverty.
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eSchool Today

E School Today: World Poverty

For Students 4th - 8th
Understand the meaning of poverty, and how widespread poverty affects communities across the world.
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PBS

Pbs: The Lowdown: Poverty Trends: What Does It Mean to Be Poor in America?

For Students 6th - 8th
Use math to learn about changes in US wealth distribution and poverty rate over time in this interactive from KQED. In the accompanying classroom activity, students interpret the graphs and consider how the poverty rate spike following...
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Teaching American History

Teaching American History: Nationwide War on the Sources of Poverty

For Students 9th - 10th
A special message to congress by Lyndon Baines Johnson, from March 16, 1964, proposing a nationwide war on the sources of poverty.
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Sargent Shriver: War on Poverty

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of Sargent Shriver's direction of the War on Poverty of 1964.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Social Studies: Grade 3: Poverty Point

For Teachers 3rd
This instructional task contains a set of primary and authentic source documents about Poverty Point settlements in and around North Louisiana.
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Read Works

Read Works: A Rally Against Poverty

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage describes a world-wide social movement called "Make Poverty History," an idea that Nelson Mandela helped promote at an international meeting. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece...

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