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• Title:Poverty [6 pack] / Craig Harding, Glyn Hughes.
  
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• Variant Title:Poverty : are we doing enough?
  
• Author/Creator:Harding, Craig, author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Hughes, Glyn, author.
  
• Published/Created:Markham, Ontario : Scholastic Canada Ltd., [2014]
  ©2014
  

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  • Location:EDUCATION LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: HC79.P6 H368 2014
    
  • Number of Items:7
    
  • Status:Available
    
  • Location Has:text + teacher's guide
    
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Poverty.
  Poverty--Canada.
  Poverty--Social aspects.
  Poor.
  Poor--Canada.
  
• Description:40 pages, 1 unnumbered page : color illustrations ; 28 cm + 1 teacher's guide (23 pages ; 28 cm).
  
• Series:Issues 21.
  
• Summary:Poverty has persisted throughout history and continues to be one of the biggest problems facing humanity today. What causes poverty and how we can work together to make a difference?
  
• Target Audience:Grades 6-9.
  
• Local note:BC Curriculum: Supports Grades 7 through 12 Inquiry-based learning (Canadian Issues & Governance)
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (page 41) and index.
  
• ISBN:9781770580800
  1770580808
  9781443027533 (teacher's guide)
  1443027537 (teacher's guide)
  
• Contents:Introduction: the many faces of poverty
  A brief history of poverty in Canada
  Poverty by the numbers
  What is poverty?
  Poverty around the world
  Jobless in Canada
  Safe, running water should be a right
  The working poor
  Feeding our stomachs, feeding our minds
  Empowering the women of Africa
  Millenium development goals
  A letter to Grameen Bank members
  Rocking for a cause
  The City of Calgary tackles poverty
  Denmark: a case study
  Personal action
  Local action
  Global action.