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Global Hunger and Poverty
Part 1: Complete the simulation at this site: www.playspent.org
List three things you learned from this simulation.
Part 2: Individual Research
Use the information at the following websites to complete the background information
on hunger and poverty.
 Each person must do his/her own research.
 You may copy and paste some of the information but you need to edit it to
remove unnecessary information, hyperlinks etc.
Part 3: Group Poster
 You will use this information to create an informative poster about hunger and
poverty in the world. The poster is a group project (groups of four or fewer.
 This will count as a major grade. Your individual research will be worth 30 points
and the group portion will be worth 70 points.
http://www.worldhunger.org/articles/Learn/world%20hunger%20facts%202002.htm
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What are the three definitions of hunger?
Describe the two basic types of malnutrition and the consequences of each.
How many people are hungry in developed countries in our world?
How many people are hungry in developing countries in our world?
Have we made progress in reducing the number of hungry people in the world? Explain
using statistics quoted on the website.
Describe the consequences of hunger in children?
Is there enough food in the world to feed everyone?
Describe the main causes of hunger?
What does it mean to say there is inequality in consumption and distribution of food and
resources?
http://www.kidscanmakeadifference.org/hunger-facts
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How many people around the world are chronically hungry?
How many children die from hunger and hunger related diseases daily? Every six seconds?
List the countries where 65% or the world’s hungry people live.
How many Americans, including children, are food insecure and at risk of hunger?
How are race and hunger related in the US?
How many seniors in the US have an inadequate diet?
Who are the most vulnerable to hunger around the world?
What are some events that affect people’s access to food?
http://www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/impact-of-hunger/hunger-andpoverty/hunger-and-poverty-fact-sheet.html
1. Food insecurity and poverty are not the same but they are related. What other factors are
associated with food insecurity?
2. What is food insecurity?
3. In 2014, how many people in in the following groups in the United States were in poverty?
 Total people __________
 Children under the age of 18 __________
 Seniors 65 and older __________
4. In 2014, what percentage of the following households were experiencing food insecurity?
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Total Americans _______, which includes ______ adults, and _______ children
Total households _________ were food insecure and _________ experienced very
low food security
Households with children _________ compared to households without children
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households with children headed by single women _________
households with children headed by single men __________
Black non-Hispanic households _________
Hispanic households ________
Total seniors __________
5. Fourteen states exhibited statistically significantly higher household food insecurity rates
than the U.S. national average 2012-2014. Fill in the percentage for each state.
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United States _________
Mississippi _________
Arkansas _________
Louisiana __________
Kentucky __________
Texas _________
Ohio _________
Alabama __________
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Missouri _________
North Carolina _________
Oklahoma __________
Tennessee _________
Maine __________
Oregon __________
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http://www.wfp.org/hunger/stats
1. Some _________ million people in the world do not have enough food to lead a healthy
active life. That's about one in __________ people on earth.
2. The vast majority of the world's hungry people live in ___________ countries, where
_____ percent of the population is undernourished.
3. Asia is the continent with the most hungry people - __________ of the total. The
percentage in southern Asia __________ but in western Asia it has __________.
4. _______________________ is the region with the highest prevalence (percentage of
population) of hunger. _______ person in _______ there is undernourished.
5. __________________ causes nearly half (45%) of deaths in children under five __________ children each year.
6. _____ out of _____ children -- roughly 100 million -- in developing countries is
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7. _____ in _____of the world's children are __________. In developing countries the
proportion can rise to _____ in _____.
8. If women farmers had the same access to resources as men, the number of hungry in the
world could be reduced by up to __________.
9. __________ primary school-age children attend classes hungry across the
__________world, with __________ in Africa alone.
10.WFP calculates that __________ is needed per year to reach all __________ hungry
school-age children.
http://borgenproject.org/10-ways-stop-world-hunger/
List and describe the ways to stop hunger.
http://www.wfp.org/stories/11-myths-about-global-hunger
List and describe the common myths about global hunger.
Search the internet to find a minimum of five agencies or organizations that work to solve the
problem of world hunger.