Unit 4: Domestic Poverty (Part I): Definiton, Causes, Effects, Wages, & the Working Poor
Resources
NOTE: This course is not being offered for the 2011-2012 school year.
Lesson Plan Outline and Resources
Unit test will cover Domestic Poverty Parts I, II and III at the end of Part III
Review for the Unit test on Domestic Poverty Parts I, II and III
Unit Grading
- 75 points [25 participation points; 25 homework points (see below); 25 journal points (see unit outline above for journals) points]
- 50 points for the unit project
- The test is not due until the end of Domestic Poverty Part III (see above).
Homework
- Read / review pages 9-25 (Chapter 1) of Ruby Payne’s A Framework for Understanding Poverty. (Participation Points awarded). Read each of the 7 scenarios. Complete the chart for each of the 7 scenarios. Discuss what students would do in each situation.
- Read / review Ruby Payne, Chapter 3: Hidden Rules Among Classes. Complete the quizzes.
- Read The Working Poor, Preface, Introduction: At the Edge of Poverty & Money and Its Opposite (pg. ix-xii; 3-12; 13-38). and complete ONE of the following assignments: Write a 1-page reaction / summary to the article, where you identify and react to the main points of the article. Be sure your response to 3-5 course concepts, and highlight the concepts used in your response AND explain the Church teaching on the issue OR Answer the chapter questions. (11POV U4 WPoor Quest 1.doc)
- Budget Exercise
- Read The Working Poor, Chapter 2: Work that Doesn’t Work (pg. 39-76) & Chapter 5: The Daunting Workplace pgs. (121-141) and complete ONE of the following assignments: Write a one page reaction / summary to the article, where you identify and react to the main points of the article. Be sure your response to 3-5 course concepts, and highlight the concepts used in your response. OR Answer the chapter questions. (11POV U4 WPoor Quest 1.doc)