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https://www.seattleu.edu/poverty-education/resources/lesson-plans/ This is a great website for teachers from the poverty education center at SeattleU it provides a number of lesson plans for different grade levels. They touch upon the issues that poverty brings and ways to raise awareness and help.
https://talkpoverty.org/poverty/
This provides a great tool for students to use during the research portion of the lesson. It includes an interactive map that allows them to look at statistics in different states. Categories range from general population down to gender and age groups.
http://www.ophi.org.uk/
This is the official website of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development initiative. Both teachers and students can use this as a reference to reliable information about poverty
http://itvs.org/series/why-poverty
A video series that can be shown in increments throughout the week lesson to help better understand why poverty is an issue and what needs to be done to end it. Useful for both teachers and students
https://books.google.com/books?id=G8bHy47FYAkC&lpg=PP1&dq=poverty&pg=PA46#v=onepage&q=poverty&f=false
A book that can be best read by a teacher and later presented to students. The book covers what poverty does to children. This is a great read so students feel a sense of connection with the issues is closer to their age level
http://playspent.org/
An interactive game that has students answer questions to see what it is like to live in poverty. Makes it easier for students to relate
http://www.cbpp.org/research/various-supports-for-low-income-families-reduce-poverty-and-have-long-term-positive-effects
Article that talks about the many support programs that have helped reduce poverty. This is a great resource for students to get ideas from and get inspired on what they can do to help
http://azcaa.org/ This website is home to the Arizona Community Action Association. They are dedicated to helping those in poverty in Arizona. This is a great resource for students during the creation of their own plan.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/poverty-and-education/
This is a great article for teachers to better educate themselves on the poverty issues. There are multiple points of view represented in the article and just provides a deeper look at education and poverty
http://www.kidscanmakeadifference.org/
This is a great resource for students it shares a video and many other great links to inspire students to help. It is both informative and inspiring.
http://www.poverty.com/
This website is home to the poverty page that discusses the issue worldwide this is great information for both teachers and students.
https://povertyresolutions.org/povertyweek/education.php
Great for teachers this website provides lesson plans activities and worksheets to use in your own classroom. There also videos to support lessons
http://www.npr.org/2016/04/30/474166231/taking-on-poverty-and-education-in-school-costs-a-lot-of-money
This article is a good read for teachers. Again it touches on the issue of poverty and education. It debates what needs to be fixed in order to help the other.
http://data.worldbank.org/topic/poverty
This website provides further data and information about poverty which can be useful for students and teachers during the research portion of the lesson. If not just informative
http://kidshealth.org/en/parents/global-issues-poverty.html
This website unlike others is great because it has information for parents and specific age groups. The website provides what if scenarios definitions and much more.

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What is poverty and what does it mean to live in poverty

Poverty means to be deprived of the basic needs to survive. What is deprivation? Students will learn that not having things like food, clean water, and even education all mean someone can be living in poverty. What does it mean to want something and need something? If you had to categorize all of the things in your life what things would you keep if you only had 3 things you could keep? Students will categorize their wants and needs using either pictures or words. Students will then compare their answers with others and as a group will come up with their own definition to wants and needs. How does that tie into poverty?

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I have devised a plan, how can others help with implementation of my plan? How can I encourage others to help make a difference?

Students will use the fifth day to present all of their findings using whichever method they find best fit e.g. ppt, commercial, flyer, poster presentation. All roles in the groups of 5 will come together to encourage classmates to join in on their plant. They will explain what is needed to implement their plan and how they came up with their plan. A worksheet will be given as a reflection of their work as well as a peer evaluation of the members in their group. Students will answer the questions what did you learn, how can you make a difference, what is poverty?

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After learning about poverty in Phoenix and ways that programs help those in our community, what can I do to make a difference?

Students will be encouraged to come up with their own "relief program" devise a plan with clear goals on who to help and how. What people will be needed to make this plan work. Is there sponsorships needed? Volunteers? Students are to write a formal letter addressed to those willing to help explaining their cause and providing factual information from research found before. How often will this program be around, is it a one day fundraiser, or is it working together with an already established relief program?

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After learning about poverty and its overall definition, what does poverty look like in our own state? What is poverty is Phoenix, what are our statistics and what relief programs are available to those who live in poverty in Phoenix?

Students will spend this day as a work day using the internet as a resource. Students are to create a research based presentation in which they share their findings to the class. Groups will be split up into 5's. Together they will create a short poster presentation. Each member will have their assigned roles. Data finder, presenter, recorder, relief program finder, and the connector who connects their findings to what they learned the days prior. The actual presentation will be displayed on the 5th day.

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What is the Oxford Poverty and Human Development? What did they do?

Students will learn about who O.P.H.D is and learn about the 3 categories that they have split basic needs into. Health, education, and standard of living. Each category will be broken up and looked at into greater detail. Health- child death, malnutrition. Education- School attendance, school completion. Standard of living- electricity, sanitation, cooking fuel, flooring, water, assets. Students will analyze and define some of these categories like malnutrition, and sanitation. Students will as a group come up with their own categories of basic needs. Do you agree or disagree with O.P.H.D . Students will be given what if scenarios to write about and to put themselves in the shoes of those living in poverty, now does it matter if you don't have things like sanitation, or school? How does basic needs tie into wants and needs and what does that mean in relation to poverty? Student will be able to define poverty as a whole.

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This lesson is intended for an 8th grade Language Arts classroom. Poverty is not an easy topic to talk about once you take a closer look at the hardships that some people have to face it is for this reason that a mature audience is needed. The intent is to focus in on how they can help make a change. I plan to start  with poverty in our Phoenix area so students understand what they can do close to home. But ultimately I want them to learn about relief goals and programs that they can work with to help around the world.
*SWBAT define poverty. SWBAT conduct their own research and present their findings in a formal manner. SWBAT devise and implement a plan to help people living in poverty in Phoenix.
Day 1: True definition of poverty and what it means to live in poverty

Day 2: The 3 basic needs that people need to survive, and relief programs around the world.

Day 3: This day will be dedicated to learning about poverty in Phoenix . As well as looking up relief programs in the area.

Day 4: What can I do to make a difference? Students will devise and implement a plan to make a difference

Day 5: How can others help as well, plan is finalized
*Sustainability is about thinking about today to create a better tomorrow. Students will be encouraged to plan for a living of sustainability today.
Day 3 has been made into a lesson plan covering the following standards.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.2.a
Introduce a topic clearly, previewing what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information into broader categories; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.1
Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts.

Days 3 4 5 are all "work days" for the ultimate presentation on day 5

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Why is this important and how is this applicable to my students?

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There is a true definition to the word poverty. “Everyone’s basic needs” too often we forget that there is a large amount of our population whose basic needs are not being met and yet there isn’t enough being done to help.  Poverty is still an issue today.

It is crucial for younger generations to be aware of such a serious issue and understand that they too can do something today and can do something of greater impact for the future as well, touching on the

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are a number of sustainability subjects to look at and really analyze, however out of all of them the one that I believe has the biggest impact on us all is poverty. This online artifact will provide you with all of the tools you need to become an expert on the subject. Not to mention will help spread the word about how we can all make a difference from the inside of our classrooms. Lets help start the fire in our students to be the change that we need. 

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are a number of sustainability subjects to look at and really analyze, however out of all of them the one that I believe has the biggest impact on us all is poverty. This online artifact will provide you with all of the tools you need to become an expert on the subject. Not to mention will help spread the word about how we can all make a difference from the inside of our classrooms. Lets help start the fire in our students to be the change that we need. 