Research Question 2007
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Topic
Poverty
Questions
*What causes poverty?
Resources
http://www.edu.pe.ca/global_ed/521/lesson_2_-_521.htm
http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/worldmap/cida/poverty.asp?language=EN&Resolution=80
0x600
http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Poverty.asp
http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Facts.asp
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Poverty
*How are poverty and hunger linked?
http://www.wfp.org/english/
http://www.wfp.org/policies/Introduction/other/index.asp?section=6&sub_section=1
http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Poverty/Hunger.asp
http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Facts.asp
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Poverty
*How does national debt relate to
individual citizens poverty?
http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/SAP.asp
http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Facts.asp
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Poverty
*How does government corruption
lead to poverty?
http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Poverty/Corruption.asp
http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Facts.asp
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Poverty
*What are key factors to reduce
poverty?
http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/PovertyAroundTheWorld.asp
http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Facts.asp
http://www.globalchallenges.info/NAIS/index.html
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Poverty
*How does poverty affect the world’s
children?
http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Poverty/death/
http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Facts.asp
http://www.food-force.com/index.php/reality/
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World Hunger
http://www.wfp.org/english/
http://www.aah-usa.org/
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World Hunger
*How do natural disasters and
climate change relate to increasing
world hunger?
*Where are the hunger hotspots and
http://www.wfp.org/english/
why?
http://www.globalissues.org/EnvIssues/Population/Hunger.asp
http://www.food-force.com/index.php/reality/
http://www.foodfirst.org/node/1480
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World Hunger
*How does hunger affect children?
http://www.wfp.org/english/
http://www.food-force.com/index.php/reality/
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World Hunger
*How do the diets of different
families around the world differ?
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5005952
http://www.fao.org/FOCUS/E/Women/WoHm-e.htm
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Ethnic Cleansing
*What are instances of ethnic
cleansing in the last 20 years?
http://www.globalissues.org/HumanRights/Abuses/Chronology.asp
http://www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/Africa.asp
http://africa.oneworld.net/article/frontpage/151/509
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Population
http://www.globalissues.org/EnvIssues/Population/Numbers.asp
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Population
*What effects population growths and
declines?
*How does population growth effect
the economy of developing nations?
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Population
http://www.unfpa.org/swp/
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Population
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Refugees
*How does population growth effect
urban and rural life differently?
*How does increased population put
stress on the environment, society
and resources?
*Where are refuges located?
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Refugees
*How are refugees treated?
http://www.imcworldwide.org/content/article/detail/1205/?gclid=CKTStqPnoo0CFQipEAodiegzg
http://hrw.org/doc/?t=refugees&document_limit=0,2
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Fair Trade
*How can consumers be assured that
http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/cocoa/JuniorHighActionGuide.pdf
http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/worldmap/cida/population.asp?language=EN&Resolution
=800x600
http://www.globalissues.org/EnvIssues/Population/Stress.asp
http://www.globalissues.org/EnvIssues/Population/Result.asp
http://www.refugeesinternational.org/section/where/
http://www.imcworldwide.org/content/article/detail/1205/?gclid=CKTStqPnoo0CFQipEAodiegzg
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Developing
Countries
the products they buy were created
under fair labor and wage conditions?
*What issues do the UN’s least
developed nations face?
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Developing
Countries
*What issues do the UN’s landlocked
developing countries face?
http://www.un.org/ohrlls/
http://www.unctad.org/Templates/webflyer.asp?docid=7273&intItemID=3632&lang=1&mode=
highlights
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Developing
Countries
*What issues do the UN’s small island
nations face?
http://www.un.org/ohrlls/
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/sids/sids.htm
http://www.ehponline.org/members/2005/113-9/spheres.html
http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=6932
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Indigenous
people
*Who are indigenous people and how
are they treated around the world?
http://www.globalissues.org/HumanRights/indigenous/
http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/indigenous/index.asp
http://www.cwis.org/index.php
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Gender
Equity/Children
How are women and men treated
differently in the world?
http://www.unicef.org/voy/explore/sowc07/explore_sowc07.php
http://www.ke.undp.org/WomenEntrepreneurs.htm
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Nuclear Weapons
Who has nuclear weapons and
are they needed?
http://www.cdi.org/nuclear
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Nuclear Weapons
Oil Dependency
How can the number of nuclear
weapons be reduced?
What are current Non Polluting
Renewable Energy Alternatives?
http://www.tenthousandvillages.com
http://www.un.org/ohrlls/
http://www.sandia.gov/media/whitepaper/2001-04-Robinson.htm
http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?idcategory=34&idSub=180&idA
rticle=9959
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_security/nuclear_weapons/
http://issues.org/14.1/burns.htm
http://www.thebulletin.org/minutes-to-midnight/board-statements.html
http://www.nti.org/e_research/e_index.html
http://www.willyoujoinus.com/issues/
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Arms Trade
How does the arms trade help
or hurt countries?
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3rd World Debt
What are the causes and effects
of the 3rd World Debt situation?
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De-Mining
Child Soldiers
What is the scale of the
landmine problem and what is
being done about it?
Where, how and why are children
being used as soldiers?
http://egj.lib.uidaho.edu/egj09/youngqu1.html
http://nationalatlas.gov/articles/people/a_energy.html
http://www.nrel.gov/
http://www.global-issues.net/In_Depth/energy1.htm
http://www.amnestyusa.org/Our_Issues/Arms_Trade/page.do?id=1011003&
n1=3&n2=24
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2605823,00.html
http://www.newint.org/easier-english/money/debt.html#crisis
http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Debt.asp
http://www.erc.org.au/issues/text/wd00.htm
http://www.derby.ac.uk/geography/jollyfranc/third_world_debt.htm
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/globdebt.htm (dated 1990 but good
history)
http://www.humanitariandemining.org/
http://www.mineaction.org/
http://www.state.gov/t/pm/rls/fs/22182.htm
http://www.icbl.org/lm/
http://hrw.org/campaigns/crp/index.htm
http://web.amnesty.org/pages/cod-111006-background-eng
http://www.humanrightswatch.org/campaigns/crp/facts.htm
http://www.un.org/children/conflict/english/childsoldiers21.html
http://hrw.org/campaigns/crp/index.htm
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Right to
Education
How does a woman’s level of
education reflect her social, economic,
or political status in her community?
http://www.unicef.org/girlseducation/index.php
http://www.un.org/issues/m-women.html
http://www.ggef.org/
http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/cms/content/blogcategory/14/55/
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How does a lack of access to
education affect not only women but
their families as well?
http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/womensday/pages/school_content_1.asp
http://ddpext.worldbank.org/ext/GMIS/gdmis.do?siteId=2&goalId=7&menuId=LNAV01GOAL3
If a woman does not receive an
education, how does this impact her
country or community?
What factors work to limit a woman’s
access to education?
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Health Care
Access
What actions are being taken to place
girls in the classroom?
What are some of the problems
preventing citizens of developing
countries from having access to health
care?
What common medicines found in
developed countries are hard to come
by in developing countries, and what
impact does their absence cause?
Children in particular are hit hard by
a lack of access to health care. What
kinds of health problems do they face
that children who receive regular
health care do not?
What are some of the major diseases
that affect a population without
access to health care, and what
damages do they inflict (health
problems, mortality rates, economic
http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/women/en/index.html
http://www.who.int/gender/other_health/en/
impact, social impact)?
When women have a difficult time
accessing proper health care, what are
some of the possible consequences?
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AIDS
What are the dangers and
complications pregnant women
without health care face?
How does the issue of gender
complicate the spread and treatment
of HIV/AIDS?
How does access to education /
schooling help the spread of
HIV/AIDS?
What is being done to tackle the issue
of gender inequality in terms of the
spread and treatment of HIV/AIDS?
(What are specific programs aimed at
women, and how do they work?)
How does the poverty level impact
the spread and treatment of
HIV/AIDS?
What are the links between poverty,
food availability, and HIV/AIDS?
Why is HIV/AIDS hitting rural Africa
particularly hard, and how is the
disease impacting the country?
http://www.unifem.org/index.php?f_page_pid=215
http://www.who.int/topics/hiv_infections/en/
http://www.fao.org/FOCUS/E/aids/aids6-e.htm
http://www.amnestyusa.org/Health/HIV/AIDS/page.do?id=1021098&n1=3&n2=83&n3=1282
http://www.who.int/child-adolescent-health/hiv.htm
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Child Labor
How are children being impacted by
HIV/AIDS?
About 70% of child labor is in
agriculture. Where and why is this
occurring, and what problems result?
http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/humanrights/resources/plainchild.asp
http://www.ilo.org/ipec/Links/lang--en/index.htm
http://www.ilo.org/ipec/programme/lang--en/index.htm
For the children involved, what are
the immediate consequences of child
labor? What are the long term
concerns?
How does the use of child labor affect
the community?
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Disaster Relief
What factors contribute to the use of
children as workers?
How is the spread of information key
in providing disaster relief?
http://www.stopdisastersgame.org/
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc100?OpenForm
http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/0,1082,0_319_,00.html
What are some of the complicating
factors in providing disaster relief?
Where has disaster relief been
provided successfully and where has
it not? What are some of the reasons
for the different circumstances?
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Disaster
What are some of the common
immediate needs of a community
after a disaster strikes? What are
some of the long term needs?
What are early warning systems and
http://ioc.unesco.org/iocweb/disasterMitigation.php
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Prevention /
Management
Systems
Literacy Rates
how are they being used?
http://www.unisdr.org/ppew/
http://www.unisdr.org/eng/risk-reduction/early-warning/rd-early-warning-eng.htm
Why is early prevention and
management of disasters so
important?
Discuss a specific attempt at
mitigating a natural disaster.
What is the link between literacy and
income?
http://www.sil.org/literacy/issues.htm
How does literacy benefit women?
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Gender and
Economic
Equality
How does literacy benefit a
community as a whole?
What factors prevent men and
women from reaching economic
equality?
How is a woman’s family and
community affected by her lack of
economic equality?
How does a female’s economic status
affect her community?
Women play a very important role in
the agricultural work force: Rural
women in particular are responsible
for half of the world's food
production and produce between 60
and 80 percent of the food in most
developing countries. Yet, despite
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/asp/user/list.asp?ParentID=3001
http://www.fao.org/gender/en/agri-e.htm
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Gender and
Social Equality
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Global Warming
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Global Warming
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Global Warming
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Biotechnology
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Biotechnology
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Biotechnology
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Loss of Habitat
their contribution to global food
security, women farmers are
frequently underestimated and
overlooked in development
strategies. They receive little of the
benefits their labor produces. Why is
this and what is being done to help
women earn fair compensation for
their work?
In what ways does social
discrimination harm women?
When women achieve gender
equality, how do they and others
benefit?
What solutions may curb a trend in
global warming?
Can hydrocarbon fuel alternatives be
economically and environmentally
viable?
Is nuclear energy a reasonable
alternative to reduce global warming?
What medical benefits could result
from stem cell research?
Can genetically modified foods be
safe and more widely distributed?
What are the issues and possible
benefits of transplanting genes?
What solutions may reverse the loss
of species trend?
http://www.unicef.org/gender/
http://www.globalwarming.org/
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/
http://globalwarming.net/
http://www.globalwarming.org/
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/
http://globalwarming.net/
http://www.globalwarming.org/
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/
http://globalwarming.net/
http://stemcells.nih.gov/
http://www.stemcellresearch.org/
http://genomics.energy.gov/
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/gmfood.shtml
http://www4.od.nih.gov/oba/rac/GeMCRIS/GeMCRIS.htm
http://genomics.energy.gov/
http://www4.od.nih.gov/oba/rac/GeMCRIS/GeMCRIS.htm
http://rainforests.mongabay.com/0904.htm
http://www.webofcreation.org/Earth%20Problems/species.htm
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=108149
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Loss of Habitat
What practices could benefit nations
with large forest habitats?
http://rainforests.mongabay.com/0904.htm
http://www.webofcreation.org/Earth%20Problems/species.htm
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/Deforestation/
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=108149
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Loss of Habitat
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Infectious
Disease
What agricultural practices would
help communities in the future?
Can widespread disease threaten
worldwide communities?
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Infectious
Disease
Can global immunization policies
improve the state of disease?
http://www.who.int/csr/don/en/
http://www.immunizationinfo.org/immunization_policy.cfm
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Infectious
Disease
Can worldwide efforts improve the
health of poorer nations?
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Infectious
Disease
Marine Resources
Can equitable health care be
achieved?
What is the current state coastal water
and resources?
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Marine Resources
Can international alliances curb the
deletion of marine resources?
http://www.immunizationinfo.org/immunization_policy.cfm
http://www.everybodyinnobodyout.org/
http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2002/english/ch5/page4.htm
http://www.everybodyinnobodyout.org/
http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2002/english/ch5/page4.htm
http://www.iadb.org/sds/ENV/site_46_e.htm
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-o/g-opl/LMR/LMR.htm
http://www.usgs.gov/science/science.php?term=708
http://www.iadb.org/sds/ENV/site_46_e.htm
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-o/g-opl/LMR/LMR.htm
http://www.who.int/csr/don/en/
http://www.immunizationinfo.org/immunization_policy.cfm
Poverty/Haves and Have-nots: http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/worldmap/cida/lessons/word/CG-CIDA_AB_6-8_Extremes.doc
Various globalization lessons: http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/worldmap/cida/matrix.asp?Resolution=800x600
Children’s Issues: UNICEF www.unicef.org
Search engine for various issues: http://web.amnesty.org/links
Ecological footprint quiz: http://www.earthday.org/footprint/index.asp#
Poverty and World Health activity: http://www.rethinkingschools.org/publication/rg/RGPoverty.shtml
Interesting site about loans: http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=about
UN Survey Site: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/hhsurveys/