CLASSROOM RESOURCES

 

End Poverty Now has a wide variety of classroom resources and activities available to help guide students to their own understanding of what poverty really is, how it manifests itself, and what they can do to end it.

LESSONS AND ACTIVITIES
An array of activities that help students consider what poverty means to those who live it, what prejudices about the impoverished they may hold, and what causes poverty.

SITUATION SLIPS
Twelve half page descriptions of various situations where people face limitations that cause or maintain poverty, including a worksheet for students to take notes on each situation.  Hand these out to small groups of students and have them assume and research the roles they are given.  Ideal for students in grades 7-9.  Consider having students dress up to play their roles, being sure to correct any misconceptions that they present.  The manifestations include sexism, environmental degradation, lacking education, racism, and many more.  Use these in jigsaw activities or research presentations to show students what creates poverty in people’s lives.

EXPERT SLIPS
Half-page summaries that explain various perspectives on poverty and a worksheet for students to take notes on each perspective.  Hand these out to small groups of students and have them become class experts in that perspective by adding their own knowledge and interpretation to the subject they are given or doing further research to become a true expert.  The slips will help students understand several of poverty's causes and manifestations by detailing and demonstrating the challenges specific impoverished groups face.  The range of experts includes those on economic, political, and human rights perspectives on poverty, country-specific experts, and experts on specific development issues.  These slips can be used in jigsaw activities or research presentations to introduce or elaborate on the variety of ways of thinking about poverty.

COMING SOON - INQUIRY BASED WORKSHEETS

Worksheets that introduce a wide variety of development-related concepts by summarizing a range of sources from EPN and other organizations and adding several levels of questions.  These questions have highlight key points of the summaries, ask students to consider the information and take a stance, and gives questions for further research, sometimes in the form of small projects.  These worksheets were developed with consultants at the English Montreal School Board for Quebec’s 11th grade Contemporary World course, but were designed to be widely relevant and accessible.

 

If you would like to pilot our Inquiry-based Worksheets or you have any questions or comments on our classroom resources, please contact Andreas, our Officer of Classroom Resources at andreas@endpovertynow.ca.  If you’re interested in teaching your students about the many faces of poverty, ask us how to join our teacher workgroup.

 

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