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Money Doesn't Grow on Trees

Hunger and Malnutrition


Money Doesn't Grow on Trees

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Factors that limit access to food include: growing poverty, debt, economic decline, poor terms of trade, fast population growth, unfavourable weather, war, and government collapse

  1. Do the class activity.

  2. Discuss reasons why people may have difficulty gaining access to essentials like food.

  3. Add to the Spider Map if further ideas emerge from the discussion.

  4. Refer to the Community Service section. Consider possible Social Action that students themselves could take to address factors that cause malnutrition.

  5. Continue working on the Mini Inquiry into factors that limit people's access to resources, goods and services.




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