I teach a class consisting of 3rd-5th graders with special needs. Our class is discussing the roles of the community which opens up the topics of the importance of government and leadership. A way that we can talk about the scarcity of resources would be to first relate it to the time in the beginning of the quarantine when our students and their families were trying to purchase toilet paper, cleaning wipes, hand soap, hand sanitizer, and even the essential foods that were of limited quantities at the grocery store. Then I can even bring up the topic of water scarcity in Los Angeles - something the students are familiar with because we have been emphasizing water conservation as a school community. After relating these two experiences, I believe it would be a great time to show that this type of scarcity is prevalent across the world at varying levels. We can compare and contrasts the responses of the people affected and what the government has done to address the situation.
