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Lesson Plan March 25, 2020

Growing Up Through the Cracks: Exploring Solutions to Child Poverty in Scotland and the United States

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Warm up: Gallery walk questions about poverty

Introducing the Lesson: Consider the effects of poverty on children

Introducing Resource 1: Comprehension questions for the article “The Issue of Our Time."

Introducing Resource 2: Comprehension questions for the article “A Wee Spark of Hope."

Activity: Compare and contrast approaches to solving child poverty in Possilpark and Allegheny County.

Discussion: Evaluate motivations and solutions to ending child poverty.

Extension Activities:

  1. Visual Art Activity: Art as activism

  2. Persuasive Monologue: Advocate for solutions through presentation

  3. Extended Reading and Questions: Deepening engagement with the reporting project

  4. Creative Nonfiction: Reflecting on personal ties to poverty

  5. Research and Take Action: Inspire others to fight child poverty

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