“Water, Water Everywhere?”Analyzing Economics

Instructions: Reading and Writing

Carefully read the article ‘Water, Water Everywhere?’ pages 284 - 285, and answer questions #1 and #2 below.

Stop at question #3. Discuss your answers with a partner or with the class.

Questions:

1) Do you agree or disagree with allowing the global market (i.e. Capitalism)—supply and demand—to determine who on the planet gets fresh water? Support your answer. ________________________________________________________________________________

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2) Brainstorm and propose at least two alternative solutions to the problems concerning the lack of fresh water.

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Answer the following question AFTER the class has been shown the article’s proposed solutions.

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“Water, Water Everywhere?”Analyzing Economics

3) Were any of the proposed solutions/arguments in the article similar to your own?

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Identify the arguments/solutions that you agree and/or disagree with. Support your answer.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Instructions: World Map Students can work individually or in pairs when working on the map portion of this

assignment. Identify and label at least 10 of the places mentioned in the article. (Shade with color) Write down, in bullet-point form, what is taking place at each of these areas of the world. Creatively illustrate some of the problems described in the article using symbols/drawings.

Write a title at the top of the map that you think best fits the purpose of this map. Choose a section of this map and write down at least 4 important points that the articles raises concerning the state of fresh water on our planet. Title this section: Did You Know…?

Choose a section of this map and write down your solution(s) to this problem, and identify whether the solution(s) is based on a: Capitalist, Socialist, or Communist economic structure. Title this section: Possible Solutions