Practicing Poverty is an experiential exercise to expose students to what it's like to live on $2/day, and to reflect on the differences between their experiences and those of people who actually live on $2/day. Please add any comments you have about this resource, and if appropriate, we'll incorporate then into a teacher's note.
A book that has some interesting images to accompany this exercise is The Hungry Planet: What the World Eats which has pictures of various families from around the world, shown with what they eat in a week. Some of the pictures can be seen at http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1626519_1373664,00.html