1. Lesson 1: Extreme Poverty Africa>Uganda

2. Warm-up  On your paper- Write this word POVERTY Respond: What is poverty?  Define  Give examples-  What does it look like? Smell like? Taste like? Feel Like? Sound like?

3. POVERTY is…  Hunger  Lack of shelter  Being sick and no $ for doctor or care  No access to education  No ability to read  No job  fear  Living one day at a time  Losing a child to illness from unclean water  Powerlessness  No voice  No freedom

4. EXTREME POVERTY What’s the difference between POVERTY and EXTREME POVERTY?

5. DISCUSS  Who lives in extreme poverty?  How does being poor affect quality of life?  Why are people poor? What are some causes?

6. EXTREME POVERTY…  Surviving on about $1 p/day (The World Bank) (The World Bank)  1.4 billion people/ 1 out of 4 people  All efforts go to finding/buying food  Victims of disease, war  Little to no education  No transportation

7. Words to Know  Slum -  Slum - a densely populated usually urban area marked by crowding, dirty run-down housing, poverty, and social disorganization a densely populated usually urban area marked by crowding, dirty run-down housing, poverty, and social disorganization

8. Words to Know  Impoverished within poverty within poverty  Tenacious Insistence, perseverance Insistence, perseverance Never giving up Never giving up

9. Words to Know  Gross National Income ($$ your country has to use) Total value of goods and services produced within a country (Gross Domestic Product) PLUS income from other countries (interest, dividends from loans, etc) MINUS payments made to other countries Total value of goods and services produced within a country (Gross Domestic Product) PLUS income from other countries (interest, dividends from loans, etc) MINUS payments made to other countries (40.00 + 10.00) – 15.00 = 35.00 (40.00 + 10.00) – 15.00 = 35.00 GDP income payments GNI GDP income payments GNI

10. Words to Know  Purchasing Power Parity Ability to purchase goods based on value of local currency vs. international currencies. Ability to purchase goods based on value of local currency vs. international currencies. Ex. 1 U.S. Dollar (USD) = 10 Mexican Pesos (MXN) Wooden Baseball Bats United States = $40 vs. Mexico = 150 pesos. Since 1 USD = 10 MXN, bat costs $40 USD if we buy it in the U.S / only 15 USD if we buy it in Mexico. Some countries’ money doesn’t have as much “value” Some countries’ money doesn’t have as much “value”

12. POVERTY IN UGANDA The Burden of Three Sorrows 1. AIDS Epidemic- has killed million +, orphaned a million + 2. War- N. Uganda, 20 yrs 3. Extreme Poverty- more than half its population survive on ~$1.25 p/day

13. Statistics of World Poverty View Handout with Partner(s)  Compare the statistics  What facts stand out?  Where are there big differences? What are they?  What do you think is most important?

14. Let them eat cake…

15. “Let Them Eat Cake”  HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT YOUR SHARE?  HOW WILL YOU DIVIDE IT?

16. Words to Know  Structural Scarcity Unequal access to natural resources in a given society makes them scarce for large segments of the population Unequal access to natural resources in a given society makes them scarce for large segments of the population There may be enough, but it is not divided equally because of the “structure” There may be enough, but it is not divided equally because of the “structure”

17. As a Group – Divide whiteboard/answer… How did it feel? Did you do anything for more cake? How did your group divide it? How would this be different if you hadn’t eaten in days? How does this activity relate to real world?

18. Ticket to Go  In which parts of the world are people most likely to live in extreme poverty?  One aspect of extreme poverty is lack of access to basic needs (food, water, shelter). How would someone’s quality of life be affected by severe shortages of each necessity? What is the effect of extreme poverty?  Why are people around the world poor in terms of population and resource distribution?  What lesson will you take with you from this activity?