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World Food Programme

Free Rice: Learn French Vocabulary and Give Free Rice

For Students 9th - 10th
Play this web game and learn new French vocabulary words while providing free rice to hungry people around the world through the United Nations World Food Program. There are ten levels of difficulty.
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Hartford Web Publishing

World History Archives: The Great Hunger

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses the aftermath of the potato famine; 4 million dead, 2.5 million refugees. Mentions the Irish peasantry, landlords, British Government, relief, and the cause of the famine.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Margaret Mead

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopedia Britannica provides a biography of Margaret Mead, noted anthropologist and prolific author.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Popular Culture: Book Excerpts

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on making connections with the text including text to self, text to text, and text to world. It provides links to book excerpts from The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Twilight by Stephenie Meyer and information...
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Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

For Students 9th - 10th
The FAO leads international efforts to defeat hunger. They help developing countries to improve agriculture, forestry and fisheries practices and ensure good nutrition for all.
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Other

Story md.com: Wellness and Habits

For Students 9th - 10th
How can you stop yourself from making unhealthy decisions or acquiring bad habits? In a world of increased portions sizes and highly processed convenience foods, it isn't as simple as knowing what is and isn't good for you.
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Columbia University

Nasa: Sedac: Health and the Environment

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A collection of twenty-three data sets from SEDAC (Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center) that examine health issues and how the environment impacts health in areas around the globe. They look at a...
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Columbia University

Nasa: Sedac: Poverty and Economic Indicators

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A collection of twelve data sets from SEDAC (Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center) that examine global poverty and economic factors that contribute to poverty. They look at infant mortality,...
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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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Other

Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (Cafod)

For Students 9th - 10th
CAFOD helps the impoverished by promoting long-term development, emergency response, and educating the public about poverty. CAFOD also speaks out on behalf of the poor and promots social justice.
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Other

Heifer International

For Students 9th - 10th
Charitable organization that provides agricultural training and heifer animals to help the impoverished and hungry gain nourishment. Find photos, videos, information and other resources pertaining to this interesting project.
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Other

Salvation Army International

For Students 9th - 10th
International Christian organization that helps meet the human needs of people who are impoverished.
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Other

Feed the Children

For Students 9th - 10th
International humanitarian organization whose mission is "to provide desperately needed food and necessities to meet immediate needs".
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BBC

Bbc: Report Reveals Global Slum Crisis

For Students 9th - 10th
Outlines the problems of the urban populations in Subsaharan African countries. Examines why the people move into these communities and why they get stuck there. (16 June 2006)
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why Some Countries Are Poor and Others Rich

For Students 9th - 10th
The School of Life helps to explain why some countries prosper and others stagnate.
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Other

Cmmb: Catholic Medical Mission Board

For Students 9th - 10th
Non-profit organization focused on the healthcare of people around the globe. Find resources about CMMB, its history, current programs, etc.
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Other

Ird: International Relief and Development

For Students 9th - 10th
IRD's mission is to provide tools and resources to impoverished countries to reduce their suffering and to increase their self-sufficiency.
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Other

United Way International

For Students 9th - 10th
A global network of non-profit organization that assists people in need in 45 countries.
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Other

Share Our Strength: No Kid Hungry

For Students 9th - 10th
Non-profit organization that helps to raise money to send to organizations that will feed the hungry in the United States.
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BBC

Bbc: History: The Irish Famine

For Students 9th - 10th
BBC historian Jim Donnelly describes how a million people died of hunger in Ireland in the late 1840s, on the doorstep of the world's richest nation. Archived.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Hey, Mom! What's for Breakfast?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this instructional activity students working in cooperative groups will: 1.Discuss food items they consume for breakfast. 2.Investigate elements of foreign culture, particularly food. 3.Use map skills to locate selected foreign...

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