It’s all about the Potato

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Its all about the Potato

• By Katrina Balla

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Topic Potatoes

• Where are potatoes from and what happened in the
  Irish Potato Famine? Why did it happen?
• In this presentation you will learn all about the
  potato. Where it came from, what the Irish
  Potato Famine was, and why this famine occurred?

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Question 1?

• What is a famine?

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Question 2?

• Why did this Irish Potato Famine occur?

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Question 3?

• Where do potatoes come from?

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Question Standard FourThe Physical Setting

• The standards and key ideas that relate to my
  question would be standard 4 The Physical
  Setting. Under this standard I believe key idea
  number 2, which is many of the phenomena that we
  observe on Earth involve interactions among
  components of air, water, and land. This
  standard and key idea relate to my question
  because the potato famine was an earth phenomena
  that occurred that involved interactions with the
  land.

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Question Standard FourThe Living Environment

• Another standard that relates to my question is
  Standard four the living environment. The key
  idea under this standard is key idea 6 and 4.
  Key idea 6 is plants and animals depend on each
  other and their physical environment. This
  relates to my question because it depends on
  humans to replant potatoes so that they can
  reproduce. Animals depend on potatoes as we can
  see from the famine to survive. Key idea four is
  the continuity of life is sustained through
  reproduction and development. This relates to my
  question because if potatoes did not reproduce
  like how they did not reproduce during the famine
  it will stop some production of lives.

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Answer to Question 1

• What is a famine?
• A famine is a social, economic crisis that is
  commonly accompanied by widespread malnutrition,
  starvation, epidemic, and increased mortality.

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Answer to Question 2

• Why did this Famine occur?
• This famine occurred because of a potato blight,
  which is a rapid and extensive, discoloration,
  wilting, and death of plant tissue, or the fungus
  Phytophthora infestans
• This famine caused about a million people in
  Ireland to died from starvation and the epidemic
  disease.
• The potato was about 60 of the nations main food
  source

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Answer to Question 3

• Where do potatoes come from?
• The potato can be traced back to the Andes
  Mountains in South America, or maybe the west
  coast of Chile more than 400 years ago. Potatoes
  showed up in Europe in the 1500s. Even though the
  potato was introduced to North America in the
  1600s it did not become a main crop until the
  Irish brought it over. The Spanish were the first
  Europeans to eat the potato.

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Annotated Bibliography

• Donnely, Jim 2001. BBC.
  http//www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/fa
  mine_02.shtml.
• This source is useful for both students and
  teachers because it gave a lot of history on the
  potato. It engages the reader by talking about
  the Irish Potato Famine. This is a good website
  to start out reading to get an idea about the
  Irish Potato Famine.
• Goswami, Kanika. 2004. Buzzle.com.
  www.buzzle.com/editorials/8-4-2004057446.osp.
• This is a useful website for older adults.
  This would be good for a teacher to get their
  information from. I would not recommend this for
  a student in elementary school. The words are
  to hard and elaborate for a student.
• Johnson, Larry Annette Lamb. 2004. 42explore.
  www.42explore.com
• This is a great source to use for all ages.
  They break up the page into easy facts and
  harder facts. It gives a lot of information and
  facts about the potato, which is very useful.

Donnely, Jim 2001. BBC.
http//www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/fa
mine_02.shtml. This source is useful for both
students and teachers because it gave a lot of
history on the potato. It engages the reader by
talking about the Irish Potato Famine. This is
a good website to start out reading to get an
idea about the Irish Potato Famine. Goswami,
Kanika. 2004. Buzzle.com. www.buzzle.com/editor
ials/8-4-2004057446.osp. This is a useful
website for older adults. This would be good for
a teacher to get their information from. I
would not recommend this for a student in
elementary school. The words are to hard and
elaborate for a student. Johnson, Larry
Annette Lamb. 2004. 42explore. www.42explore.com
This is a great source to use for all ages.
They break up the page into easy facts and
harder facts. It gives a lot of information and
facts about the potato, which is very useful.
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Annotated Bibliography Cont

• Lifes Little Mysteries. www.livescience.com/myste
  ries/070927_llm-potato.html
• This is a great website for a simple version of
  what the potato is. It gives clear and precise
  information. The student could also take a quiz
  or do a brain challenge question.
• 2007. Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
  http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/famine
• This source is great for looking up definitions
  and facts. This source is useful for teachers
  and students because it is a dictionary of facts.
  It is easy to understand and if there is a word
  in the definition that they do not understand
  they can click on it to go to that definition.

• Lifes Little Mysteries. www.livescience.com/myste
  ries/070927_llm-potato.html
• This is a great website for a simple version of
  what the potato is. It gives clear and precise
  information. The student could also take a quiz
  or have a brain challenge question.
• 2007. Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
  http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/famine
• This source is great for looking up definitions
  and facts. This source is useful for teachers
  and students because it is a dictionary of
  facts. It is easy to understand and if there is
  a word in the definition that they do not
  understand they can click on it to go to that
  definition.