Living on One Dollar a Day

As we learn about Latin America, many students that I've taught have a hard time understanding how what life can be like in developing countries. Watch this trailer to a movie below to see how one group of recent college grads went about understanding these complex issues.

According to The World Bank, poverty in Latin America is decreasing. So it would be inaccurate to say that the majority of people in Latin America live in extreme poverty. But it is accurate to say that people in Latin America, in general, have less than what many of us in the United States are accustomed too. It is also accurate to say that there are some pockets of the United States that have higher rates of poverty than in Latin America. (Source, OECD)

Hot Tamale Activities -

• Watch other videos from the Living on One Dollar YouTube channel and summarize the videos. What is your reaction? 
• Learn more about what these young men are doing from their website. What are they doing? What are some ways you can participate? Are there ideas that come to your mind of ways you can make a positive impact? 
• Here is a 18 min video of Zach and Chris presenting their project to a large audience. Watch and summarize the video in email.