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Circle of Blue: National Security Assessment: Water Scarcity Disrupts Continents
Read this U.S. State Department report which finds a global confrontation between growing water demand and shrinking supplies, in addition to predictions for the next thirty years of water security.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Fresh Water Scarcity: An Introduction to the Problem
Fresh water is essential for life- and there's not nearly enough of it for the world right now. Why is that, and what could we do? Christiana Z. Peppard lays out the big questions of our global water problem. [3:39]
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Economic Spotter: Resources During Wwii
This is a lesson plan that deals with scarcity during WWII. Natural, human, and capital resources are discussed.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Ap Macroeconomics: What Is Economics, and Why Is It Important?
By the end of this section, you will be able to discuss the importance of studying economics, explain the relationship between production and division of labor, and evaluate the significance of scarcity.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Off to Interactive Island
This site is a lesson that teaches students about scarcity and choice. Students participate in a simulation where they are asked to make choices about what they want to take with them in order to survive.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Production Possibilities Frontier
The Production Possibilities Frontier (PPF) is a graph that shows all the different combinations of output of two goods that can be produced using available resources and technology. The PPF captures the concepts of scarcity, choice, and...
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Jcpa: A Commodity in Scarcity: Politics of Water in the Middle East
This essay from 1994 discusses the issue of water scarcity in the Middle East. It describes the problem and proposes solutions.
Geographypods
Geographypods:freshwater: Issues and Conflicts: Competing Demands for Freshwater
This learning module examines conflicting demands for fresh water around the world. It looks at the water resources that are available, water scarcity, and local and international conflicts over water. Specific cases are explored,...
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US Department of Agriculture
China's Agricultural Water Policy Reforms [Pdf]
"This report documents the problem of water scarcity in parts of northern China and describes China's agricultural water management policies as well as reforms underway to encourage water conservation." (USDA) (PDF Format)
C3 Teachers
C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Needs and Wants
A comprehensive learning module on needs and wants that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students learn about what needs and wants are, how...
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Global Water Outlook to 2025 [Pdf]
This PDF resource describes the scarcity of water, the locations and amount of water of groundwater around the world, methods for reducing this scarcity, and the causes of the depletion. Provides a prediction for areas of groundwater...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Ncee: Tapped Dry: How Do You Solve a Water Shortage?
Water is a limited and sometimes scarce resource. What do you do when the supply is limited?
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Us Army War College: Where Oil and Water Do Mix
Read about the environmental scarcity linked to domestic political unrest and the crisis of domestic political legitimacy that could result in conflict. Also find out how these crises of domestic political legitimacy may result in both...
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Earth Day Network: Conserving Water Through Art [Pdf]
A lesson challenging students to develop ways to conserve water in their homes after understanding the impact of water scarcity. A promise will be made by each student and a reminder craft created to help them keep the promises.
Yale University
Yale Global Online: The Hidden Global Trade in Water
Read how the lack of awareness about the massive, invisible water trade has contributed to the global scarcity problem of this important resource.
eSchool Today
E School Today: What Is Your Role in Water Preservation?
Find out what you can do about global water scarcity and conservation.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: The Production Possibilities Frontier
Production Possibilities Curve (PPC) also called a Production Possibilities Frontier)is a graphical model that represents all of the different combinations of two goods that can be produced; the PPC captures scarcity of resources and...
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Action Bioscience: Relative Scarcity: Apes on the Edge
Over the past fifty years the population of the great apes around the world has diminished rapidly. Statistics and reasons of their decline is the focus of this article and its resources.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: No Room for a Sneeze
This lesson teaches students about scarcity and standard of living. In the book "No Room for a Sneeze", a folktale retold by Robyn Supraner, a farmer and his wife must deal with scarcity in their home so they turn to the Wiseman for...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: The Mitten
This is a folktale retold by Jan Brett about a little boy whose grandmother knits him a pair of snow-white mittens. While the boy is outside playing, he loses one of the mittens and some animals find it and move thinking that it looks...
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The Energy Game: Finding Energy Resources [Pdf]
This energy classroom game focuses on energy sources. Students learn that energy, the environment, and economics are closely tied. During the course of the game students discover the concepts of scarcity, opportunity cost, net energy...
Ohio Test Prep
Ohio Test Prep: Module 8: Economics Concepts
Ohio Test Prep on fundamental concepts teaches about supply and demand, scarcity, and trade. Includes video tutorials, interactive practice and review, and assessment.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Paraffin Alia
All resources are limited. It is this simple fact--scarcity--that forces us to make decisions. When we do make a choice, we pass up some other opportunity. Opportunity cost is defined as the next best alternative not chosen, or the...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: No Extra Room on the Mayflower
The students will explore the ideas of scarcity and choices by exploring a virtual model of the Mayflower. They will then pack a virtual suitcase making good choices about what they pack.
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