YourName:LexiHilliard

TitleofLesson:HomelessYouthistheFocus
Grade:7thor8thGrade

LESSONPLAN

STANDARDS
ArizonaStateSocialStudiesStandards7thGrade
Strand5:EconomicsConcept1:FoundationsofEconomicsPO1.Explainhowlimitedresourcesand
unlimitedhumanwantscausepeopletochoosesomethingsandgiveupothers.
EnglishLanguageArtsStandards.Reading:InformationalText.Grade7
IntegrationofKnowledgeandIdeas:CCSS.ELALiteracy.RI.7.9:Analyzehowtwoormoreauthorswriting
aboutthesametopicshapetheirpresentationsofkeyinformationbyemphasizingdifferentevidenceor
advancingdifferentinterpretationsoffacts.

LESSONSUMMARY/OVERVIEW
Provideanoverview/synopsisofthelessonandthetopicsthatitwillcover.Makesuretoprovideareason
whyyouselectedthistoberelevantforaunitonsustainability?
Thislessonisaboutgivingthestudentsinformationaboutpovertyandhomelessness.Thestudentswillbe
watchingafewshortvideosaboutpovertyandhomelessness.Thenstudentswillbegiventwooutofsix
differentarticlestoreadandpickoutkeyideastosharewiththeotherstudentsattheirtables.
Thislessonwillteachstudentsthedifferentperspectivesofhomelessness.Thereisalsodifferentfactsgivenin
thedifferentarticlessothestudentsareabletogainnewanddifferentknowledgefromeacharticletheyread
andthearticlestheirpeersread.
Theywillusethisinformationtocompareandcontrastthedifferentarticlesandcompareandcontrastthe
articlesfromthevideos.Theywillalsousethisinformationtodecidewhatresourcesintheirlivestheythink
aremostimportantandwhichresourcestheywouldchoosetolivewithout.Thestudentswillseehowpeople
whoarehomelessandlivinginpovertydonthavesomebasicresourcesthathumansneedtolive.Having
enoughresourcestoliveispartofsustainabilityandthatishowthislessonrelatestosustainability.

OBJECTIVES
Describewhatyouwantstudentstoknow/beabletodoasaresultofthelesson.
Forexample,Studentswillbeableto
SWBATCompareandContrastdifferentarticlesonpoverty
SWBATCompareandContrastthearticlestotheinformationlearnedfromthevideoswatched.
SWBATPickoutkeyfactsfromthearticlesandvideos.

ASSESSMENT/EVALUATION
Whatmeasureswillyouusetoknowifyoustudentsmettheobjectives?

VennDiagramworksheetsthatcompareandcontrastthearticlesandaseparateVennDiagramthat
comparesandcontraststhearticlestothevideos.
Theinformationfromthislessonwillbeusedintheprojectthestudentswillbecompletingattheendofthe
unit.
PREREQUISITEKNOWLEDGE
Studentswillneedtohaveanideaofwhatpovertyis.Studentswillalsoneedtohavepriorknowledgeonhow
tocompareandcontrastinformationthattheylearn.
MATERIALS

PrintedArticles
StudentsJournals
Pen/Pencil
Computer/SmartBoard(toplayvideos)
CompareandContrastWorksheets(VennDiagram)

VOCABULARY/KEYWORDS
Poverty
Homelessness
Resources
Sustainability
TEACHINGPROCEDURES
ProceduralSteps(Stepbystepinstructionsforteachingthelesson):
ThefirstthingIwoulddowouldgooverwhatpovertyisandhavestudentsrevisittheirjournals.Iwould
thentellstudentsthatwewillbewatchingafewshortvideosabouthomelessnessandpoverty.Thestudents
needtobewritingkeyfactsandimportantinformationtheylearnedfromthevideos.Afterthevideos
studentswillbegiventwodifferentarticles.Everystudentwillnothavethesametwoarticles.Therearea
totalofsixpossiblearticlesthestudentscouldget.Afterthestudentshavereadboththeirarticlestheywill
sharethemainpointsoftheirarticleswithothersattheirtable.Theywillhavewrittendowntheirmain
pointsintheirjournalandthentheywillalsowritethemainpointsoftheotherarticlessharedattheirtables.
Thestudentswillthencompareandcontrastthearticlesandvideos.Thestudentswillthensharehowthey
thinkpeopleinpovertychoosetohavecertainresourcesandchoosetonothavecertainresources.Ask
studentswhatresourcestheywouldwanttokeepandwhatresourcestheywouldgiveup.

VideosShowedinClass:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwFGOXqv2UU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ATJ4dQNBBY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Rsc2oMB0s

ArticlesUsedtoGiveStudents:

RESOURCES

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/1/9/homelessteensandyoungadultsfindshelterandafutureindenver.html
http://mediamatters.org/research/2014/03/04/whateconomistssayaboutpaulryansreporton/198328
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cd.23219998506/abstract
http://www.ncsl.org/research/humanservices/homelessandrunawayyouth.aspx
http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/01/opinion/sutterchildpovertysolutions/
http://theweek.com/articles/534655/wantendpovertyamericaitsprettysimple

WAYSOFTHINKINGCONNECTION
The type of thinking that most connects to this lesson plan is systems thinking. This type of thinking is connected to
this lesson, because it is all about connecting different ideas to each other. Each article talks about poverty and
homelessness differently. Poverty happens for so many different reasons and it is important to be aware that there is
not one reason people are living in poverty and/or are homeless. Values Thinking is also involved in this lesson,
because people value different things and take things in their life for granted and I think this lesson will help put
things into perspective for the students.