Agenda for 4/29

1. Who is USAID?

2. USAID Project

Today you will be working to learn more about one of the major issues related to global poverty that is addressed by the US foreign assistance agency, USAID.

Use this link to the USAID website to begin gathering your data. All questions below can be answered using the USAID website. No other outside research is required.

Here are the steps for gathering your data:

1. Identify the problem: Choose your "sector" or category of problem addressed by USAID. Be sure to include relevant statistics. Explain why you think this is a particularly important issue.

2. Define/describe the problem: describe the nature of the problem and be sure to include as much specific detail (and statistics) as possible.

3. Outline the USAID solution: explain how USAID is attempting to address or fix the problem

4. The results: describe any significant accomplishments as a result of USAID programs designed to address your problem. Be sure to include relevant statistics.

5. Case Study: describe in detail a specific example of a USAID program designed to address your problem. Be sure to answer the where, when, what, why, how. Be sure to include relevant statistics.

6. Your analysis: describe your thoughts on the USAID program. Do you think it is working? Is there part of the program that you think is particularly effective or ineffective? Would you make any changes to the program? Why or why not? 

HW - Complete the data gathering process. Have the information for the questions above answered so that you are ready to begin creating your project next class. Turn in your information document to backpack Assignment #15.

Agenda for 4/27

1. Global Poverty Quiz

2. Using the foreignassistance.gov website, work with the members of your group to answer the questions on the US Foreign Assistance Note Sheet. Click here to visit the foreignassistance.gov website.

USAID – Note Sheet

1. What is US Government foreign assistance?

2. When was the first US foreign assistance program? What was it for?

3. How much money is proposed for spending foreign aid in 2017?

4. How many countries receive foreign assistance from the US?

5. How much money does the US expect to spend on each of the major categories of foreign assistance in 2017?

·      Peace and Security:

·      Democracy, Human Rights and Governance:

·      Education and Social Services:

·      Health:

·      Economic Development:

·      Humanitarian Assistance:

·      Environment:

6. For your chosen category above, define/describe the category, and identify the country that receives the most aid in that category.

7. Which ten countries receive the most foreign aid from the US? And how much will each receive in 2017?

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·      2.

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·      5.

·      6.

·      7.

·      8.

·      9.

·      10

8. For your two assigned countries, provide a breakdown of how their US aid money is spent. Provide both the percentage of aid and dollar amount for each category of aid.

HW

A. Visit the USAID "What we do" website here.

B. From the "Sectors" section choose he category of USAID that you would like to focus on for a project you will be beginning next class.

C. Explore your sector and read through the information provided by the USAID website about your category.

D. Be able to broadly describe/define the problem(s) that your sector of USAID is trying solve.

Agenda for 4/25

1. Bono: "The good news on poverty"

2. What is the state of global poverty for children?

• 2.5 billion people lack access to improved sanitation.
• 1 billion children are deprived of one or more services essential to survival and development.
• 148 million children under the age of 5 in developing regions are underweight for their age.
• 22 million infants are not protected from diseases by routine immunization.
• In 2008, 8.8 million children worldwide died before their 5th birthday.
• 4 million newborns worldwide are dying in the first month of life.
• 2 million children under the age of 15 currently live with HIV.
• 101 million children are not attending primary school.
• Death by Birth Place: 7 countries are home to 65% of the world’s hungry: India, China, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan and Ethiopia.  
• The number of people suffering from hunger is greater tha the population of the U.S., Canada and EU combined. 

3. What is foreign aid, and how much does the US spend on foreign aid?

4. What does the US Gov. spend per year on foreign aid, and how does this compare to the amount spent on the military per year?

• $30 billion goes to programs that assist the world’s needy.
• $663 billion goes toward military spending.

5. How does US spending on foreign aid compare to other wealthy countries?

6. What does Bill Nye the Science Guy have to say about all of this?

• What does the US spend on foreign aid? What is the myth?
• What is the most common cause of death for Children 5 years old and younger?
• Has foreign aid helped in Africa?

HW - Assignment #14

Answer the following questions: (quiz next class based on these questions - open notes)

1. Which 3 statistics about global poverty are the most significant to you? Explain why.
2. What percent of the federal budget, does the average American think the government spends on foreign aid each year?
3. Which types of projects receive the largest amounts of foreign aid spending?
4. What does the US Gov. spend per year on foreign aid? What percent of our country's annual spending is on foreign aid? 
5. How does the amount spent on foreign aid compare to the amount spent on the military per year? 
6. What is the most common cause of death for Children 5 years old and younger?
7. Cite a statistic that supports the fact that foreign aid has worked in Africa. 
8. Which challenge faced by people living on $1/day do you believe is most significant/pressing. With limited resources, which problem do you think should be addressed first? Water, employment, malnutrition, education, or natural disaster relief?


*Submit your answers to Assignment #14

Agenda for 4/12

1. Global Poverty "True-False" Quiz

2. Living On One - Change Series - view all episodes by clicking this link (to answer the questions below)

A. Answer the questions below as we watch each episode in the "Living On One - Change Series."

B. Click here for a brief summary of the important issues and essential questions covered in each episode.

C. Turn in your completed questions to eBackpack "Assignment #14 - Living on One Dollar Questions"

Ep. 1: The First Step

1. How many people live on less than $1 a day?

2. What would be the hardest thing to go without if you were forced to live on less than $1 a day?

3. Where do the filmmakers go to experience life on $1 per day.

4. Why do they want to study rural poverty?

5. What percent of Guatemalans live in poverty?

Ep. 2: Water from a Pipe?

6. How many people don't have access to fresh, clean water in their homes?

7. How many people per year die from water based illnesses?

8. How would water related diseases effect your life (even if it doesn't kill you)?

Episode 3: Hunger and Tortillas

9. What percentage of their daily calories were the apply to supply with their initial diet?

10. What is the difference between acute and chronic malnutrition?

11. What percent of Guatemalan children are malnourished?

12. What are the effects of malnutrition?

13. How can malnutrition lead to generational poverty?

14. How many people can be fed by the food produced in the world?

15. Then why do some still starve?

Ep. 4: Disaster Strikes

16. What is the difference between emergency aid and development aid?

17. What effects do natural disasters have on the poor.

18. What percent of the land do wealth land owners control?

19. What is the effect of the majority of the land being used for crash-crop agriculture?

20. What type of land is available to indigenous farmers? Why?

Ep. 5 – We need a Job

21. What do most people do for work in Pena Blanca?

22.  What is an informal job? What percent of Guatemalans have informal job? What about workers world-wide?

23. What are some of the problems faced by informal workers?

24. What are some of the problems faced by Victor as a farmer and day laborer?

25. What benefits come from a formal job?

Ep. 7: (Not) Going to School

26. What effect do language barriers have on native peoples in Guatemala? What percent know Spanish?

27.  Why are poor kids less likely to go to school even if school is free?

28. What percent of girls marry and start a family before 19?

Agenda for 4/7

1. How the TSA working to prevent an airport attack in the US?

2. Peer Review Drone Paragraphs and/or turn in to eBackpack Assignment #13 - Drones Paragraph

3. Drone Debate - article

4. The Drone Debate

A. Review the three options

B. Choose your option

C. 10 mins to prepare

D. Debate!

HW - Find the answer:

How many people in the world live on $2 per day, or less?

Agenda for 4/6

1. Review Drones paragraph Grading Rubric and Checklist

2. Essential Paragraph Elements

• Topic sentence - sentence at the beginning of the paragraph that states your opinion of drones
• Document Evidence - from document packet, evidence to support your opinion
• Specific facts - about drones, from the "History of Drones" article
• Analysis - explain how each document supports your opinion
• Summation - 1-2 sentences at the end of the paragraph to review the main point of the paragraph

3. Continue Work on Paragraphs and Peer Editing

HW - paragraphs are due next class (Friday 4/8)

Agenda for 4/4

1. Continue work on Drones DBQ Paragraph

• review requirements for paragraph
• review requirements for document and evidence use

2. See previous blog post for specific directions

3. Paragraphs are due Friday 4/8.