This resource is prepared with high school students in mind, but can be adapted for other age groups. We will feature one article for classroom use each month. Back issues, beginning in May 1997, contain a Teachers' Guide. Teachers with access to computer labs should encourage students to access the article directly online.
Students have our permission to print out a copy of the article for classroom use.
We encourage you and your students to subscribe to the print edition of St. Anthony Messenger, where you will see all of the graphics, and more articles that you might find useful on a variety of topics. Ask your students to imagine life without fast-food French fries or potato chips. For us Americans it's only one food, but still one that would be strongly missed. For the Irish of the 1840's, potatoes were almost their only food, and economically their only source of income. A potato disease and the ensuing failed crops cost a million people their lives.