Poverty and Hunger Video Handout

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Video Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ94sfaq3Nc&eurl=http://www.friendsofwfp.org/site/pp.asp?c=7oIJLSOsGpF&b=4069737

1. Define what poverty is in your own words.
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2. What were the causes of poverty in the video?
   
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3. What evidence in the video proved that poverty exists?
    
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4. Define what hunger is in your own words.
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5. What were the causes of hunger in the video?
    
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6. What evidence in the video proved hunger exists?
   
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7. In what ways might hunger and poverty be connected? Is it possible to be hungry and not be considered poor? Is it possible to be poor but yet have plenty of good food to eat? Explain your answers.
   
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8. Do you see the crisis issues of hunger and poverty in our local community?
   
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9. What might be some reasons why hunger and poverty exist in our community?
    
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10. Why is it important that we be concerned about those who are experiencing poverty and/or hunger in our community?
    
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11. In what ways might we, as a class, be able to address poverty/hunger in our community?
    
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