Name: _________________________ Poverty WebQuest Directions: Use the following links to research and answer questions related to poverty and world poverty. http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/poverty/overview 1. Identify 3 important poverty statistics from the Poverty Overview section. http://feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/hunger-facts/hunger-and-poverty-statistics.aspx 2. How many people were in poverty in 2022? ___________________ 3. How many US Americans experience food insecurity each year? ___________________ http://feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/hunger-facts/child-hunger-facts.aspx 4. Identify 3 child hunger facts from this website. https://datacenter.aecf.org/data/tables/43-children-inpoverty#detailed/1/any/false/1095,2048,1729,37,871,870,573,869,36,868/any/321,322 5. How many millions of children are in poverty in the U.S.? ______________ 6. What is the poverty level income for a family of 4? ___________________ https://www.childstats.gov/americaschildren/eco1.asp#:~:text=The%202021%20poverty%20rate%20was,and%2022.4% 25%20of%20Hispanic%20children. 7. What percent of white children live in poor families? ___________________ 8. Black children? ___________________ 9. Hispanic children? ___________________ http://www.globalissues.org/article/26/poverty-facts-and-stats 10. List 5 striking poverty statistics from this website: 11. How can poverty be solved? _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________
