Assignment Task: Based off "Could You Live on $1 a Day? (Poverty Documentary) | Real Stories"
1. How do social scientists simulate poverty during their experiment?
2. Describe Anthony's 'Savings Club'. Do you think this is a good idea? What might the drawbacks be?
3. Is microfinancing beneficial to the people of Pena Blanca? (Think of the loan the filmmakers take out, and Rosa's experience with Grameen). Are traditional financial institutions failing the poor?
4. Do you think Chino will break free of the poverty cycle? Explain.
5. List and explain course terminology and theories that can apply to this film and/or the people in it.
6. Do you agree with the idea that "if each individual can affect and help another individual we can change the world"?