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Welcome to the Home Page for the WORLD FOOD SUPPLY project.

NOTE: DO NOT WRITE ON THIS PAGE. WRITE ON THE PAGE FOR YOUR TOPIC.

YOUR GRADE FOR THIS UNIT: due Thursday 5/15 at the end of class

20 pts: Questions #1-4 answered individually & submitted on paper 30 pts: Group topic answer on this space 20 pts: Power point 30 pts: Quiz **__World Hunger__** __General Background Assignments (to be completed individually in Word, in your own words, printed and submitted)__ **Assignment #1** (everyone individually) Website: [|www.worldhunger.org]  1. What are the two basic types of malnutrition and which is referred to when using the term "world hunger"?  2. Approximately how many people are there in the world today?  3. How many people are hungry in the world today? 4. Malnutrition plays a role in how many child deaths each year?  5. Malnutrition, measured by stunting, affects what percent of children in developing countries? 6. Where are the malnourished? % Asia, % Africa, % Latin America and Caribbean      7. Is there enough food in the world? 8. What is the principal cause of hunger? Other causes? 9. What are the micronutrients that are lacking and why are they important?

websites:  [|www.wfp.org] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">[|www.worldhungeryear.org] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">[|www.poverty.com] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">[|www.freerice.com] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">“Why has the price of food skyrocketed throughout the world in the last few weeks.? Describe one place in crisis and what’s happening there. Earth Policy website: [|www.earth-policy.org] 1. Who are these people? (credibility check) 2. How is this new food shortage different from shortages in the past?
 * Assignment #2** (everyone individually)
 * Assignment #3** (everyone individually)

website: http://library.thinkquest.org/C002291/high/future/index.htm Summarize the five general approaches to solving the problem of world hunger (leave out government).
 * Assignment #4** (everyone individually)

<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> __In-depth Look (to be completed by teams of 2 on this wikispace)__ 1. Choose a topic from the menu on the left. 2. Two partners sign up as the authors. 3. Working together, answer the question(s) in essay form (in your own words and giving credit to your sources), which you can do directly on your topic's page.
 * Assignment #5** (Teams of 2):

Put together a short powerpoint presentation of your answer to share with the class in MS Office powerpoint. Save it and email it to yourself.
 * Assignment #6** (same teams):