Poverty

Start with basic ideas

Begin with the quiz on social issues. Its questions ask about a lack of necessities such as food, clean water and housing, as well as a lack of resources compared with other groups. These questions give school students a starting point for the language used across the page.

Next, look at the mind map titled Poverty that lists a definition alongside health and other effects. Another map with the same title organizes ideas under causes and effects, including education, unemployment and health. Compare their branches with the ideas raised by the quiz.

Explore examples and effects

Poverty in Colombia presents problems including inequality and access to basic needs. Child Poverty groups its material under physical, social and educational headings, with examples involving exercise and participation in sports. Poverty vs. Obesity links money and food choices with health conditions and food expenses.

Read these maps after the introductory material to see how their branches focus on different aspects of poverty. Teachers can also use the maps to select material for a class discussion, asking students to identify the focus of each resource.

Use maps and quizzes together

After reading a map, try Poverty Quiz. Its questions cover causes of poverty and the limits of guidelines and statistics in describing individual struggles. Return to the maps to find related ideas, then compare what the quiz asks with the details shown in each branch.

Poverty is one section of the Social Issues and Social Problems unit in Sociology. The resources on this page offer a way to explore that section through definitions, examples, causes and effects. Choose a map to explore, then return to a quiz for practice.