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1. How does poverty affect student achievement?

2. What barriers do people living in poverty face when trying to get an education?

3. How does poverty affect students' reading comprehension and vocabulary?

4. Does poverty lead to increased bullying in the classroom?

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Rain School is a story about a boy named Thomas who lives in Chad, Africa and is eager to start his first day of school. When he gets to school, there is no school (building or desks) just the teacher who tells the children their first lesson is to build the school. The children and the teacher work together to gather straw and mud to build the school room and desks. The students begin to learn to read and write without school supplies or books, but the teacher has them learn to say the alphabet and write letters in the air until she finds them some notebooks. Once the year has ended, the children leave with knowledge filled brains just in time for the summer rains to come. The rains wash away their school and they will build it again next year so they can learn more. Thomas' story shows the challenges kids in poverty stricken countries must overcome to learn.

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Nasreen's Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan by Jeanette Winter

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Nasreen's Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan by Jeanette Winter

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This is the story of a girl who has been forbidden to attend school in Afghanistan after the Taliban takes control of the country. Her father is kidnapped and her mother leaves to find him, leaving her heartbroken and refusing to speak while living with her worried grandmother. Knowing how important schooling is for Nasreen, her grandmother finds a secret school for her to attend. While attending the school is secret and hiding from the soldiers, she begins to speak again, make friends and learn to read and write opening her and her mind to all the possibilities of the world.

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NASREEN'S SECRET SCHOOL: A TRUE STORY FROM AFGHANISTAN

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This story is about a boy named Cal who lives high in the rural Appalachian Mountains away from town and too far from the school to attend. His family is very poor so he has to help his father take care of the animals and working chores at home, so he has had no opportunity to learn to read until a woman on a horse changes everything. She is part of the Pack Horse Librarians who travel to remote areas bringing books for children to read. Cal reluctantly asks his sister to teach him to read and when the book woman returns with more books, he reads to her a book he sees for the first time. It's a story that shows how learning to read can change one's perspective and empower others to learn.

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Read 596 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Cal is not the readin' type. Living way high up in the Appalachian Mountains, he'd rather ...

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The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson 

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The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson 

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This book tells a similar story to That Book Woman, except that it is a chapter book and told through a different lens. This story is told from the perspective of Cussy Carter, a 19-year old girl who becomes a Pack Horse Librarian. Along the way Cussy deals with prejudice and discrimination as she travels through the remote hill areas of Appalachia trying to help the impoverished people get the things they need like books, food medicine and information.

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Read both!! There are multiple books written about other historical events (off the top of my head, I can think of at least 5 books about prisoners inRead both!! There are multiple books written about other historical events (off the top of my head, I can think of at least 5 books about prisoners in Auschwitz) each with their own unique perspective. Richardson is actually from Kentucky and Moyes is from the UK, so they will bring their own background to the story. We can never have too many books that enlighten us about the past! Leighellen Landskov...more (less)

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Read both!! There are multiple books written about other historical events (off the top of my head, I can think of at least 5 books about prisoners inRead both!! There are multiple books written about other historical events (off the top of my head, I can think of at least 5 books about prisoners in Auschwitz) each with their own unique perspective.

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This book depicts the hardships experienced by a young boy who's been living in a jail in India with his mother who was falsely accused of a crime. The one bright spot in Kabir's life is school, where his teacher is kind and tells him about the world. Upon being released into the world alone he must over the obstacles and hardships that await him on the streets alone.

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"A two-person plus one bird team." Beautiful characters-both lost in the world. Rani is a Roma and Kabir was born and raised in a jail. Meeting each other when Kabir is too old to be in jail with his mother, who did not commit the crime of which she's accused, sets off a journey of hope, friends, and family.
I LOVED Rani and her attitude. She is the perfect amount of sarcastic with a "Prince of" comment for whatever situation Kabir finds himself in next. Prince of panic. Prince of mindreaders. Pr...more

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"A two-person plus one bird team." Beautiful characters-both lost in the world. Rani is a Roma and Kabir was born and raised in a jail. Meeting each other when Kabir is too old to be in jail with his mother, who did not commit the crime of which she's accused, sets off a journey of hope, friends, and family.I LOVED Rani and her attitude.

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When I Was Eight by Christy Jordan-Fenton, and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton

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When I Was Eight by Christy Jordan-Fenton, and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton

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This book shows the great lengths that the underprivileged and poverty stricken will go to in order to learn to read. The character Olemaun is only eight when she leaves home to go to school away from her impoverished home in the Arctic. She endures many hardships as the nuns who run the school change her name, cut her hair, and force her to do many chores trying to break her will. However, her determination and desire to learn to read will not be wavered as she overcomes these hardships and perseveres in order to learn.

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This video explores the concept of poverty through a compassionate lens and allows students a window into what life is like for many less fortunate individuals around the world. It can be used to build background knowledge or stimulate conversations around children and poverty in the classroom.

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What is Poverty? | Exploring Extreme Poverty with Compassion

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This video shows the importance of education in order to fight or overcome poverty. By showing other countries and examples of how education has benefited some individuals of other countries this TEDx for kids provides talking points and background for the students.

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Education For All | Cameron Allen | TEDxKids@ElCajon

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Supportive Text                                                              Poor: Grit, Courage, and the life-changing value of self-belief by Katriona O'Sullivan

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This text would not be appropriate for 8 year old's to read, but offers some great insight for discussion starters and topics to bring into the classroom. Parts of Katriona's story can be read and discussed with the class to build background knowledge and supplement learning.

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Poor: Grit, courage, and the... book by Katriona Sullivan

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1. Is poverty a choice for families?

2. Does poverty have an effect on family relationships? Why?

3. How does family size affect poverty?

4. Which family structures are most affected by poverty?

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Still a Family by Brenda Reeves Sturgis 

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This book is told from the perspective of a little girl whose family is homeless and forced to live in two separate shelters. She talks about her daily experiences and how they are still a family even though they have no home and are sleeping in two different places. She also talks of some of the hardships like shoes that are too snug and waiting in line to get food while they scrimp and save their money trying to get to a better way of life.

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Still a Family  #homelessness  #Bedtimestory #shelter #homelessness #readaloud #kidsstory #kidsbook

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The Family Under the Bridge by Natalie Savage Carlson

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The Family Under the Bridge by Natalie Savage Carlson

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This book shows what life is like for one struggling family is has lost their home is forced to make some difficult choices for the good of their family. It is a good example of how family bonds and relationships can help to persevere through hard times and end up stronger. In this story a homeless man reluctantly builds a relationship with a family of homeless children who seek refuge in his home under a bridge.

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The Family Under the Bridge book by Natalie Savage Carlson

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A Hare in the Elephant's Trunk by Jan L. Coates

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A Hare in the Elephant's Trunk by Jan L. Coates

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This book is a little high for the students to read on their own, but would make a good read aloud for the class. It tells the story of a young refugee boy who finds strength through his mom's words and realizes that education is his path to a better life. The respect and relationship he had with his mother carries his through hardship and poverty to a better life.

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Independent Publisher Book Award Silver Medalist, 2011

2011 Skipping Stones Honor Award winner

On the 2011 USBBY Outstanding International Books honor list

Ann Conner Brimer Award for Children's Literature finalist, 2011

2011 Snow Willow Award nominee

A 2012 "Woozles' Battle of the Books" Elementary List Title

A 2012 "Woozles' Battle of the Books" Teen List Title

When civil war strikes Jacob Deng's Southern Sudanese village, seven-year-old Jacob embarks on a seemingly endless journey that tests his courage and determination. His wise mama tells him that he must one day go to school to seek answers and help carve a better future for his people. Wadeng is a Dinka word meaning "look to the future, it will be better; follow your dreams", and it, along with his precious "Mama stone", becomes Jacob's talisman of hope, helping him remain strong on his seven-year search for a place of refuge.

Jacob and his young friends are confronted with war, starvation, dehydration, raging rivers, crocodile and lion attacks, and the evil Majok - the constant thorn in Jacob's side - as they struggle to survive on their own. As the boys work and grow together as a family, surviving in harsh conditions, against the odds, Jacob's boyhood desire to become a soldier wanes. Gradually, he comes to the realization that fighting doesn't improve anything and begins to embrace his mother's belief in education as the road to peace and stability. Inspired by the real life experiences of a Lost Boy of Sudan, this novel is about an extraordinary journey of courage, perseverance, and hope.

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Dolly Parton’s book is based on her childhood in the poverty stricken Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. In the story the girl is made fun of when she wears a coat that her mother made for her from old rags and pieces of cloth to school. She is made fun of because she is poor, but her strong family bond provides strength and positivity that shines through her love of the coat that her mom made for her.

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Coat of Many Colors by Dolly Parton: 9780451532374 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

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Dolly Parton lends the lyrics of her classic song "Coat of Many Colors" to this heartfelt picture book for young readers. Country music legend Dolly Parton's rural upbringing in the Smoky Mountains...

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A Place to Stay: A Shelter Story by Erin Gunti

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A Place to Stay: A Shelter Story by Erin Gunti

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This book tells the story of one child's experiences of poverty that lead to her families homelessness. Her story provides students with a child's perspective of going to a shelter with her mother and how the bond of love and a mother's strength gets her to overcome her fears. It also gives some facts and information about homelessness and hardships that lead to it.

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This simple, touching picture book shows readers a women's shelter through the eyes of a young girl, who with her mother's help, uses her imagination to overcome her anxiety and adjust. Includes factual endnotes detailing various reasons people experience homelessness and the resources available ...

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This story shows how family relationships and the love between two sisters help them overcome and deal with situations caused by poverty. These two are thrust into the hardship of moving over and over with an uncertain future living in motels, shelters, and other uncomfortable places. Together they deal with critique and awkward questions showing the strength of family bonds and determination.

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This short video shows first-hand personal accounts of children's experiences and daily life in other poverty stricken communities around the world. It gives students a window into the challenges and hardships that these children deal with on a day to day basis.

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Poverty from a child's perspective #EndPoverty

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In this TED talk video Jessica Sharp talks about how poverty effects the brain and the connection of poverty and education on the family.

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The Brain on Poverty | Jessica Sharpe | TEDxGreenville

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Coping With Homelessness by Marcia Amidon Lusted

This nonfiction text will give students factual information about homelessness through history and today. Topics like homeless aid programs, vulnerabilities of the homeless, and what can be done to help the homeless are presented in this book.

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Hungry Planet: What the World Eats by Peter Menzel and Faith  D'Aluisio 

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Each chapter highlights a family from somewhere in the world and shows what they eat in a week. Students can learn about how they cook and shop, as well as why they eat the way they do. Also included are essays connecting diet and disease, or global food patterns and the environment.

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Read 222 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. On the banks of Mali's Niger River, Soumana Natomo and his family gather for a communal di...

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1. Have the students create a family tree and pick one member of their family to interview and create a presentation for the class. They will write about their family member's life and why they chose to write about them.

2. As a way of incorporating some math and tying that core subject into this topic, I would have the students bring in a recipe from their family and in class we would work on gathering prices for the items needed in the recipe. Then using local store flyers, would determine the cost of buying those items to help them see how poverty may pose challenges to feeding families.

3. The students will pick one of the characters from the stories we have read and create a character trait poster for the character. They will include physical outward traits as well as intrinsic traits for their thoughts, feelings and personality.

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1. How is immigration connected to family poverty?

2. What can we do to help immigrant families living in poverty?

3. How does poverty differ between our country and third world countries?

4. What are some negative impacts of growing up in poverty?

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This book is told from the perspective of young boy whose father is an immigrant from Vietnam. The story follows the boy and his father on an early morning fishing trip where he learns that his father has to work a second job because America is very expensive. He learns that both his parent s have made sacrifices so that their family can live in America.

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📖 Story Time 🏞️ A Different Pond 🌅 | TigerBear BedTime Stories (Read Aloud)

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Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lại

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Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lại

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This story shares a family's journey of immigration to America through the lens of a little girl named Ha. Her family leaves their home in Vietnam after the Fall of Saigan and move to Alabama. Her changing life is shown through her experiences in her new home and depicts the strength of family relationships as she misses the comforts of home like friends, the markets and traditions she used to know.

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Inside Out and Back Again is a #1 New York Times bestseller, a Newbery Honor Book, and a winner of the National Book Award!

Inspired by the author's childhood experience as a refugee-fleeing Vietnam after the Fall of Saigon and immigrating to Alabama-this coming-of-age debut novel told in verse has been celebrated for its touching child's-eye view of family and immigration.

Hà has only ever known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, and the warmth of her friends close by. But now the Vietnam War has reached her home. Hà and her family are forced to flee as Saigon falls, and they board a ship headed toward hope-toward America.

This moving story of one girl's year of change, dreams, grief, and healing received four starred reviews, including one from Kirkus which proclaimed it "enlightening, poignant, and unexpectedly funny."

An author's note explains how and why Thanhhà Lại translated her personal experiences into Hà's story. This paperback edition also includes an interview with the author, an activity you can do with your family, tips on writing poetry, and discussion questions.

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Inside Out and Back Again: A Newbery Honor Award Winner

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This auto biography accounts Javier's experiences as he makes his rough journey to America from El Salvador at the age of nine to reconnect with his parents. This portrays the many hardships he had to overcome like dangerous boat trips, dehydrating hauls through the desert, men with guns, deceit and the uncertain outcome of his journey. His two month trek shows his dedication to overcome adversity for the hope of living a better life in a new country.

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This is a story of people who were forced into a life of slavery and poverty as African Americans. It shows the experience of becoming freed but still facing many hardships such as homelessness, descrimination, and poverty. The book shows students how perseverance can help people overcome hardships.

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The Long Way to a New Land by Joan Sandin

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The Long Way to a New Land by Joan Sandin

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This realistic fiction provides students a story that conveys the many struggles of European immigrants in the 19th century leaving Sweden in the hopes of a better life in America. Their poverty stricken life in Sweden forces them to trek over sea and across land after selling all of their belongings and facing many difficult hardships in hopes of a new better life in America.

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"We will go to America!" This classic early reader tells an exciting story and is also a good launching pad for classroom and home discussions.

Here is a realistic account of the struggles of European immigrants in the 19th century. This book is a helpful supplement to a history class and a courageous, compelling story for any occasion.

The year is 1868 and Sweden is a barren land of poverty and famine. Carl Erik and his family receive a letter from an uncle in America. The uncle realizes that the Erik family is near the end of their rope, and encourages them to move abroad to make a new life. The family sells all their personal items and begins a long trek across land and sea to America...

As a fan of this book and its companion, The Long Way Westward , put it: "The books describe the difficulty and dangers of the journey in a way that is non-complaining and full of optimism for a new life in America. Teachers, these books are wonderful for integrating with other subjects and topics, such as immigration, westward expansion, steamships, trains, geography, and American life in the 1860s."

Author-artist Joan Sandin's grandfather was born in Sweden and immigrated to Wisconsin with his parents in 1882, when he was only two. Joan herself spent time in Sweden and did extensive research to create her well-loved classic books about the immigrant experience.

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The Long Way to a New Land (I Can Read Level 3)

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In this story the character Wanda Petronski is a poor Polish immigrant who is bullied by her classmates for being different and wearing the same dress every day. She deals with the discouraging hardships of being poor and different until one girl decides to make a difference.

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Read 3,374 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. This Newbery Honor classic, illustrated by a Caldecott Medalist, is a beautifully writte...

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This video can be used to show students that helping other is important and poverty is a universal hardship that affects people of all communities. It can be a great lesson starter or shown to get conversations started on the topic of poverty and needs versus wants.

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Ripple (Award Winning)- Kindness and good deeds will come back to you

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This video provides insight for students as to what life is like for the immigrants and their experiences. It can be used to start discussions on immigration and the hardships they may face as immigrants.

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It Wasn't Easy Growing Up As An Immigrant

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Meet Young Immigrants

These scholastic news articles provide some stories from children who immigrated from other countries. This can be used to give the students a window into the feelings and experiences of actual child immigrants and the hardships they may have faced.

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Hear the immigration stories of real immigrant kids who have recently immigrated to the United States from Asia, Africa, and Europe. See videos, maps, and photos.

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1. What community resources, such as food pantries or thrift stores, are available to help people meet basic needs?

2. How does the environment and location affect the availability of necessary resources such as water?

3. Do people living in other countries have the same access to resources as we do in America?

4. How does poverty and lack of food effect students ability to learn?

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This story is about Kato, a boy who lives in Uganda dealing with many hardships like drought, war, and poverty. One day on his long journey to gather water for his family he runs into an aid worker delivering supplies for his village. He receives a pair of shoes and is so touched by the kindness of a stranger that he in turn gives the worker a flower.

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Kids Book Read Aloud Along With Comprehension Quiz : A GOOD TRADE

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This books demonstrates the struggle that children face when other kids make fun of them for not having things that they can afford. Jeremy is made fun of because he doesn't have cool shoes like the other kids at school, but his grandma tells him they only have money for things that they need not want. He tries to find shoes like the other kids have, but it does not work out. Ultimately, he learns that he needs to be thankful for the warm boots that he has and that there is a difference between needs and wants.

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👟 Those Shoes [READ ALOUD] by Maribeth Boelts

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One Plastic Bag by Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia

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One Plastic Bag by Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia

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This is a delightfully inspiring story of how one woman chose to fight the overgrowing problem of pollution and its effects on her village's resources. The women of Gambia began collecting plastic bags that were polluting their area and found a use for them by using them to weave into purses and other forms of artwork in order to repurpose them.

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One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia

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This book tells the story of two friends growing up with two different versions of access to food. Sofia's family does not have the access to food that Maddi's family has and it effects her ability to do physical activities like Maddi. When Maddi discovers that Sofia has no food, she a is sworn to secrecy by Sofia who is embarrassed. Maddi tries to help her by learning what foods help kids grow strong. Everytime she brings sofia something in her backpack, she comes across an issue in delivery. In the end they find a common solution and Maddi is happy having helped Sofia.

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👧Maddi's Fridge - Kids Book Read Aloud About Food Insecurity and Poverty

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This book shows the benefits of food pantries and how one family takes a trip there. The little girl and her mother have no money for food, so they head off to the local food pantry for help. Along the way the little girl enjoys some of the free things they can do for fun. This combines learning about resources for the needy and the bond between mother and daughter as they work their way through this hardship.

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When the World Runs Dry: Earth's Water in Crisis by Nancy F. Castaldo

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When the World Runs Dry: Earth's Water in Crisis by Nancy F. Castaldo

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This nonfiction book describes the importance of having water and clean water to drink. It gives students a peek into other communities around the world that do not have access to clean water like we do. Places like Iran and South Africa are explored to show the various ways in which water around the world is in danger. This book calls on students to act and shows how they can make a difference in the world now. It's reading level is a little high for 3rd grade, but gives lots of information that would be beneficial to the class as a whole through a read aloud or in sections.

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When the World Runs Dry: Earth's Water... book by Nancy F. Castaldo

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Animated Summary & Review of Jaffrey Sachs book End of Poverty  

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Animated Summary & Review of Jaffrey Sachs book End of Poverty  

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The video breaks down some of the causes of poverty and how we can help combat the systemic hardships that lead to it. It is an animated version of the book that has been broken down and summarized making it a kid-friendly way to discuss issues of poverty.

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End of Poverty Summary - Jaffrey Sachs | Animated Book Summary

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This video shows photographs taken by photographer Alison Wright as she traveled across the U.S. to capture pictures of poverty stricken communities. This sheds light on the large number of impoverished children.

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In this Britannica Kids online edition there are informational facts and descriptions that provide additional background knowledge for the students. There are also links to images, articles, and videos that give additional information on various areas of homelessness and poverty resources available.

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Introduction
Few social problems are as visible as the plight of the homeless. Once an invisible people who could easily be ignored, the homeless are now a common sight in cities, suburbs, and even some rural areas. There are men who roam the streets carrying what is left of their possessions in shopping bags or grocery carts. There are women curled up on benches, in stairwells, or under bridges. There are families, typically mothers and children, scrounging for food and shelter. Homelessness takes many forms, but most homeless people have one thing in common: poverty.

Scope and Causes
Homelessness exists in every country of the world. Because of a lack of reliable statistics, it is impossible to measure homelessness with great accuracy. The United Nations (UN) has estimated that 100 million people worldwide do not have a permanent place to live. In the United States, the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issues a report on homelessness each year. In 2017 HUD found that 554,000 people were homeless on a single night that year. This figure does not give a complete picture, however, because the homeless population is constantly shifting. The number of people who experience homelessness at some point over the course of a year is much higher than the single-night figure. In 2015, for example, HUD found that nearly 1.5 million Americans were homeless for at least part of the year.

Homelessness has a number of causes, many of which are closely related. One major cause is a lack of affordable housing. Some people cannot afford rent or mortgage payments because they are unemployed. They may be unable to find work because of a struggling economy or because of physical or mental illness. The loss of a job can cause some families to join the ranks of the homeless for a period of days or weeks. Once another job is found, the family can usually afford shelter once more. Other homeless people have jobs but do not make enough to pay for housing, sometimes because the cost of living in their neighborhood has risen. People may also slip into homelessness after living through war, a natural disaster, or a personal hardship, such as domestic abuse.

Homelessness in the United States
The 2017 HUD report found that more than half of the homeless in the United States lived in one of five states: California, New York, Florida, Texas, or Washington. They were concentrated in urban areas, particularly in the largest cities. New York City and Los Angeles alone accounted for almost one-fourth of the country's homeless.

The HUD report described the homeless as either sheltered or unsheltered. Sheltered homeless spend the night in emergency shelters or in transitional, or temporary, housing. Unsheltered homeless sleep on the streets, in cars, in abandoned buildings, or in other places not meant for sleeping. The report found that about two-thirds of the homeless in the United States were sheltered and the rest were unsheltered.

About two-thirds of the homeless in 2017 were individuals living alone. The other third were people in families with children. Six out of 10 homeless people were male. About two out of 10 were children. Some groups experience homelessness at much higher rates than others. For example, 41 percent of the homeless in 2017 were African Americans, though they made up only 13 percent of the country's population overall. In addition, adults with disabilities are more than three times more likely to be homeless than adults without disabilities. Veterans have also suffered high rates of homelessness.

Helping the Homeless
The United Nations has defined access to housing as a human right. Therefore, it considers homelessness to be a human rights violation caused by unjust inequalities in income and wealth. The UN has called on governments throughout the world to do more to combat the problem.

Government responses to homelessness have varied. England passed a law in 1977 that required local authorities to house the homeless. However, the Homeless Persons Act promised assistance only to the homeless who were considered a "priority." This meant that homeless families with children often received help while homeless individuals were turned away. A new law passed in 2017 required local councils to house all of the homeless regardless of their priority status.

In the United States, the first major law to address homelessness was the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1987. It provided basic services for the homeless, with an emphasis on emergency services. By the early 2000s the government focused more on finding transitional or permanent housing for the homeless. It also funded programs aimed at preventing homelessness among youth. In addition to federal efforts, local governments and private groups have played a vital role in funding and running programs to help the homeless.

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Every Last Drop: Bringing Clean Water Home by Michelle Mulder

This nonfiction text gives facts and insight into how communities around the world can improve conditions for impoverished areas by getting resources to the people like access to clean water.

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Water: How Can We Protect Our Freshwater? by Catherine Barr

This book can be used to build students' background knowledge of causes that lead to of lack of clean water. Issues such as climate change and pollution are addressed as making it difficult for areas to find clean water necessary for their survival. It also provides facts and tips for facing these challenges. Perfect as a supplemental text to support their understanding of limited resources.

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1. Students can perform the experiment demonstrated in the video by Nanogirl's Lab. Then they can write a reflection in their journals explaining how the water cycle could be used to help people in areas with unclean water or no fresh water get the water they need to survive.

2. Students can use their knowledge of the water cycle to create their own water purifying system designs. They can work in pairs or small groups to draw an illustration of their design and explain how it would work to clean water.

3. Have a discussion about communities that have a lot of homeless and the types of resources they need, like food, clothing, shelter, and education. The students can work in groups to come up with a way to get those needed items to the people of the community that need the the help. They can create a digital poster or paper pamphlet that could be distributed to the community informing them of the plan.

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"On Our Street: Our First Talk About Poverty" Read-Aloud

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1. Have students pick one of the characters from the books they have read and write a journal entry pretending they are that character. They should put themselves in the shoes of that character and write in the 1st person point of view about a day in their life at school.

2. The students will compare and contrast their personal life's educational experience with the educational life's experience of one of the characters in the stories we read about. They will create a venn diagram to present to the class and explain the similarities and differences.

3. In small groups the students can choose a country to research underprivileged students and what education is like for those students in that country. They can create a Google slide or a digital poster to share their findings with the class.

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1. After discussing reasons for immigration, the students can choose a country for them to imagine they are an immigrant from. They will write a journal entry discussing why they are leaving their country, what they are taking with them.

2. They can create a comic strip that tells the story of an immigrant's journey to America. They should include illustrations with captions that describe a situation that arises as a hardship and how they overcome that hardship.

3. As a pair or in small groups the students will research an immigrant's story and create a digital poster that they can present to the class telling their immigrant's story and experiences leaving one home for a new life in a new country.