Ep 16 Indy Kids -Learning Personal Finance from Global News
One-Of-A-Kind Episode!
Join us for a one-of-a-kind episode: creating meaningful financial literacy lessons from the global news. Mark finds terrific resources for building creative and powerful lessons about global economics and world hunger through youth based materials, news articles and video reports on the web. Listen in for the compelling experience of a 21st century teacher developing meaning and learning experiences.This is a vibrant illustration of how educators can incorporate critical current events, financial literacy and digital media into active classroom activities. Join us for a journey into what drives food markets, food shortages and pricing. A truly interdisciplinary lesson = literacy, social studies, politics, economics, ethics, values, social responsibility.. oh yes financial literacy!
Resources and Articles
Food Prices
• Hunger & Riots as Food Prices Soar (cover story)
- From IndyKids ( http://www.indykids.net/pages/issues )
- PDF of issue: http://www.indykids.net/issues/pdf/indykids_iss15.pdf
• “Riots, instability spread as food prices skyrocket” (article)
- From CNN.com online news
- Article with embedded video
• Why Does Food Cost More? Article North Coast Journal
- Article– click here
• Rising food prices take a bigger paycheck bite:
- Here’s what you can do about the escalating price of groceries
- Article from Wall Street Journal Digital – MarketWatch
Speculation
• “Speculation and World Food Markets”
Free Trade
• Free Trade Leaves World Food in Grip of Global Giants
• Hoarding Nations Drive Food Costs Ever Higher
Bio Fuels
• AS GLOBAL FOOD COSTS RISE, ARE BIOFUELS TO BLAME?
• Hardy Plant May Ease Biofuels’ Burden on Food Costs
Jatropha -
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