https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0 Poverty as a Social Justice Issue en-us 2022-03-30 17:32:01 UTC 2026-02-14 22:42:26 UTC hello@padlet.com willi718 https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2124179490 How does poverty and homelessness affect middle school children?]]> 2022-03-31 18:41:58 UTC https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2124179490 willi718 https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2124181090 Why is homelessness and poverty a problem in today's society?]]> 2022-03-31 18:43:04 UTC https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2124181090 willi718 https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2124209892 No Fixed Address is about 12 year old Felix. His mother, Astrid, loses her job which leads to being evicted from their apartment. This leaves them to live out of a van. Because Felix has a passion for trivia and his favorite show is offering him a spot to play the TV show trivia show, he tries to win it all to help him and his mother move out of a van and have a better life. There is a big turn of events but the story is a great example of how children can think when bad things happen to them and their families. This book can be a relatable story for students that are going through something similar. ]]> 2022-03-31 19:03:02 UTC https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2124209892 willi718 https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2124225007 This children's book is a picture book about a young girl named Molly and her mom and how they go to the food pantry often when they don't have enough food at home. One time while there, Molly was drawing pictures and saw a classmate that seemed embarrassed to be there. Molly talked to her and talked about how it is normal for everyone to need help sometimes. 
This is a great book to use to introduce poverty and homelessness in the classroom especially at a young age. ]]> 2022-03-31 19:14:30 UTC https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2124225007 willi718 https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2124260940 This poem is an easy way for students to understand poverty. It is about a child that had a lot of responsibilities that he needed to get done for their mother because she wasn't home to do it. They were in charge of taking care of siblings, making sure everyone eats, and getting ready for school.]]> 2022-03-31 19:42:45 UTC https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2124260940 willi718 https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2124285114 This is a YA book about two girls, Meg and Riley. They both end up at the school Nurse, one as an out so people don't realize that she wears the same t-shirts and shoes everyday to school while also getting some food when it runs out at home and the other hiding her type 1 diabetes. Together they find out who they want to be next year at school. 
Students can relate to both Meg, when it comes to poverty, and Riley when it comes to being a child with a medical condition. For both, peers won't understand their situations so they hide from who they are.]]> 2022-03-31 20:03:26 UTC https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2124285114 willi718 https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2126683357 From the Pasco County Schools, middle schoolers talk about poverty and how they see it whether it is their real life stories, or what their idea of poverty is. 
Students can relate or have a better understanding of poverty if they see someone around their age talking about it. ]]> 2022-04-02 19:00:51 UTC https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2126683357 willi718 https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2126685377 This article looks at poverty for children and how they see it. Children are more susceptible to other stressors due to being in poverty. If you go down to the part called "Early Life Stress and the Brain" it talks about what children can be exposed to that can cause stressors that later affect their brain function. ]]> 2022-04-02 19:05:34 UTC https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2126685377 willi718 https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2126686467 This chart shows that people under the age of 18 are the highest when talking about who falls below the federal poverty line.]]> 2022-04-02 19:08:02 UTC https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2126686467 willi718 https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2126687575 2022-04-02 19:10:24 UTC https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2126687575 willi718 https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2126694664 This book follows Zoey, a seventh grader that is struggling. Everyday, she takes care of her siblings after school while her mom works. Her moms boyfriend has been letting them live in his trailer with him. There is never enough food to go around, she has to try to find time to do her school work and above all, she tries her hardest to stay as invisible as possible at school. ]]> 2022-04-02 19:23:01 UTC https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2126694664 willi718 https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2127063680 "Children begin life at a disadvantage when they are born into a poor family" (01:08). 

This video talks about the implications that children in poverty go through and deal with. Poverty for children is linked to toxic stress, it can harm brain development, lower IQ scores, reduce academic achievement and leads to long term health issues like high blood pressure, diabetes and depression.]]> 2022-04-03 10:25:37 UTC https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2127063680 willi718 https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2127068066 Free Lunch is about a sixth grader named Rex that is starting his sixth grade year at a new school where his mom has him signed up to get free lunches. The first day of school, he has to yell at the lunch lady (hard of hearing) to say he is in the program. Throughout the book he tries to be invisible, although people notice his hunger, second hand clothes and the fact that he is in the free lunch program. When his family gets evicted, they end up living in government-subsidized housing which happens to be right in sight of the school. ]]> 2022-04-03 10:33:33 UTC https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2127068066 willi718 https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2127072527 2022-04-03 10:41:11 UTC https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2127072527 willi718 https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2127073282 2022-04-03 10:41:58 UTC https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2127073282 willi718 https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2127083585 This book is about Mia and her family who moved from China to the United States and are struggling. Both her parents and her work at the motel that they are also living in. While her parents are working there, they hide immigrants that are struggling but hide it from the manager. ]]> 2022-04-03 11:00:10 UTC https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2127083585 willi718 https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2127086563 This Ted Talk is by Dr. Bert Lubin and he talks about poverty in the United States and how it is affecting the children in the country. While addressing the affects that it has on children, he talks about why poverty as a whole is an issue. ]]> 2022-04-03 11:05:28 UTC https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2127086563 willi718 https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2127097763 This song is about a homeless man. The beginning lyrics are:
"Freezin'
Rests his head on a pillow made of concrete,
again"]]> 2022-04-03 11:22:54 UTC https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2127097763 willi718 https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2127100412 This book is about a family that loses their home and are forced to live in a homeless shelter. Due to certain circumstances, the father must stay at a men's shelter away from his wife and daughter. Throughout the book, they still manage to spend time together, go to the park and play and be a family while figuring out what to do. ]]> 2022-04-03 11:27:59 UTC https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2127100412 willi718 https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2127101349 2022-04-03 11:30:00 UTC https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2127101349 willi718 https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2127101907 2022-04-03 11:31:04 UTC https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2127101907 willi718 https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2127102072 2022-04-03 11:31:22 UTC https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2127102072 willi718 https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2127111851 This book is about two children, Ari and Gage who live with their legal guardian, Janna, after their mother dies. There mother had two wishes for them: for the two to stick together and for Ari to go to the gifted middle school. Gage finally has enough of their legal guardian and decides to leave, making Ari feel like she has to go too. She struggles to keep up with her school work because they can't find an apartment and they stay in a small apartment with 4 other people. If they aren't at a friends apartment, they are in a juvenile homeless shelter. ]]> 2022-04-03 11:48:40 UTC https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2127111851 willi718 https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2127116247 This book is about a girl who's father goes missing, their apartment is broken into and they are forced to live in a Chicago homeless shelter afterwards. The little girl, Early, is on the hunt for her missing father while police dismiss their missing person case and the reasons why their apartment is broken into. ]]> 2022-04-03 11:56:10 UTC https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2127116247 willi718 https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2127248665 2022-04-03 15:01:42 UTC https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2127248665 willi718 https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2127259000 Find Layla is about a 14 year old girl named Layla that is responsible for herself and her younger brother, Andy. Her mother is rarely present, can't keep a job and has a tendency to have mood swings and personality changes. When she finally had enough, she posted a viral video that prompted CPS to investigate the situation. This causes Layla to be on the run. ]]> 2022-04-03 15:15:32 UTC https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2127259000 willi718 https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2127266217 This video talks about toxic stress and what it can do to your body and development. Toxic stress is one of the affects that can come from childhood poverty due to the stress response system in the body to be active at all times. ]]> 2022-04-03 15:24:53 UTC https://padlet.com/willi718/xy8ioihmp6ksqbk0/wish/2127266217