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eSchool Today

E School Today: Hunger and Malnutrition

For Students 4th - 8th
Learn how hunger and malnutrition affect humans around the globe.
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World Food Programme

United Nations World Food Programme: Bolivia

For Students 9th - 10th
World Food Programme is the United Nations frontline agency in the fight against global hunger. This site describes the work of the United Nations in Bolivia.
Primary
Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Lyndon Johnson's Great Society

For Students 9th - 10th
This primary source set uses photographs, videos, reports, speeches, and memorandums to explore the motivations and effectiveness of the Great Society. Includes Teacher's guide.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Demographic Disparities in Food Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a passage about demographic disparities in food resources and answer the follow-up questions.
Lesson Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: World Geography: Oil in the Middle East and Africa

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students develop and express claims through discussion and writing which examine the importance of oil and water to the success and survival of the Middle East and North Africa.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: October 16th Is World Food Day

For Students 9th - 10th
Around the world, 870 million people do not have enough to eat, according to the U.N. World Food Program. Use this PBS NewsHour Extra lesson plan to help students understand the global food crisis. Support materials are provided.
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Curated OER

Quiz: The Distribution of Income and Poverty

For Students 9th - 10th
This South-Western College Publishing site is a quiz that covers most aspects of income distribution. Good quiz questions for teachers.
eBook
Country Studies US

Country Studies: United States History: The Second New Deal

For Students 9th - 10th
This site describes how as a result of mounting criticisms and a need for more economic relief and recovery, FDR introduced another series of programs, known as the Second New Deal, aimed at fighting unemployment and poverty and...
Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Economy of Nepal

For Students 9th - 10th
Covers the economic basics of Nepal, including the GDP, poverty rates, budget information, and exports. Detailed statistics are provided as well.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "An Upheaval" by Anton Chekhov

For Students 7th - 9th
A young governess has to choose between a life being mistreated by her superior or returning to a life of poverty. Read "An Upheaval" by Anton Chekhov on this site.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The People of the Abyss by Jack London

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of "The People of the Abyss" about Jack London's first-hand experience living in poverty in the East End of London.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Cabbage Patch by Alice Hegan Rice

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of the novel "The Cabbage Patch" by Alice Hegan Rice about a Kentucky family humorously coping with poverty.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde

For Students 5th - 8th
Read the full text of the short story "The Happy Prince" by Oscar Wilde about the friendship between a swallow and a statue of the Happy Prince set in a town struggling with poverty.
Website
BBC

Bbc: The Industrial Revolution

For Students 4th - 6th
The Industrial Revolution brought the United Kingdom into an era of technology and productivity. It created wealth for many but social problems and poverty for others. It includes a slideshow of some of the most famous inventions and...
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The White House

The White House: First Ladies: Lady Bird Johnson

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the personal life and public career of Claudia Taylor Johnson, more widely known as Lady Bird Johnson, the First Lady of the United States during Lyndon B. Johnson's term as President. Learn about how she met Lyndon Johnson,...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Religious Revival: The "Social Gospel"

For Students 5th - 8th
Social reform and teaching in the church which reflected social reform joined forces in latter part of the 19th century. Read about how an urban revivalist movement addressed such problems as poverty, child labor, and working conditions.
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My Hero Project

My Hero: Andrew Carnegie

For Students 9th - 10th
A student essay explaining how Andrew Carnegie, born into poverty, became extremely wealthy, donating over 300 million dollars to various charities and organizations.
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Other

World Relief

For Students 9th - 10th
World Relief is a faith-based, non-profit, relief organization that originated within the National Association of Evangelicals. They work to "relieve human suffering, poverty and hunger worldwide".
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Geographyiq

Geography Iq: Uruguay Economy

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents an overview of the economy in Uruguay with additional statistical information concerning GDP, poverty rate, labor force, household income, debt, currency, and more.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Clay by James Joyce

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the short story "Clay" by James Joyce which encompasses the themes of poverty, conflict, disconnection, escape, and paralysis.
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EL Education

El Education: Frozen Cup Man

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
This children's book for young readers was created by a third-grade student at New Song Academy in Baltimore, MD. It was part of a project of celebrating local heroes: people who contribute to help the community. The neighborhood in...
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Biographies for Kids: Saint Francis of Assisi

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the biography of Saint Francis of Assisi from the Middle Ages on this site. Find more information about Catholic friar who took an oath of poverty.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Black History: William Julius Wilson

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features William Julius Wilson, an American sociologist whose views on race and urban poverty helped shape U.S. public policy and academic discourse. This site, rich in...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Rosa Guy

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Rosa Guy, an American writer who drew on her own experiences to create fiction for young adults that usually concerned individual choice, family conflicts, poverty, and the realities of...

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