Resources

NOTE: This course is not being offered for the 2011-2012 school year.

Lesson Plan Outline and Resources

Notes

Homework Rubric

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

• 115 points [50 participation points; 40 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

Homework #1

• You MUST READ Read Responsibility, Rehabilitation, and Restoration: A Catholic Perspective on Crime and Criminal Justice, from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Inc.
• Review 3 of THESE the fact sheets on the criminal justice and the prison system
• i.     The Sentencing Project. (2006). Factsheet: Women in Prison. Washington, D.C.: The Sentencing Project. Retrieved on August 10, 2008 from http://www.sentencingproject.org/Default.aspx.
• ii.     The Correctional Association of New York. (2007). Immigration and the Criminal Justice System Fact Sheet. New York: The Correctional Association of New York. Retrieved on August 10, 2008 from http://www.correctionalassociation.org/general/pubs.html#fact.
• iii.     Prison Policy Initiative and Western Prison Project. (2003). The United States stands alone on high incarceration. Northampton, MA: Prison Policy Initiative and Western Prison Project. Retrieved on August 10, 2008 from http://www.prisonpolicy.org/.
• iv.     The Sentencing Project. (2008). Facts About Prisons and Prisoners. Washington, D.C.: The Sentencing Project. Retrieved on August 10, 2008 from http://www.sentencingproject.org/Default.aspx.
• v.     Prison Policy Initiative. (2004). The Facts About Crime. Northampton, MA: Prison Policy Initiative. Retrieved on August 10, 2008 from http://www.prisonpolicy.org/.
• vi.     Act 4 Juvenile Justice. (n.d.) Youth in Adult Prisons Fact Sheet. Washington, D.C.: Act 4 Juvenile Justice. Retrieved on August 10, 2008 from http://www.act4jj.org/factsheets.html.
• You MUST READ Part I, Chapter 1 of the Children’s Defense Fund’s Report: An Overview of Key Factors Contributing to America’s Cradle to Prison Pipeline Crisis (pg. 13-21)
• Please Complete ONE of the following: Write a 1-page reaction / summary on the resources listed above, 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 that apply to what you read and reviewed. (11POV U5 CST Prison Quest.doc)

Homework #2

• Pick and read ONLY 2 of the FOLLOWING: (a) Read The Working Poor Chapter 8: Body and Mind pgs. 201-230; (b) The Working Poor Chapter 9: Dreams pgs. 231-253; (c) Confections of Apartheid Continue In Our Schools by Jonathan Kozol
• You MUST READ: Read the USSCB teaching on Educational Reform found at http://www.usccb.org/education/parentassn/reform.shtml
• Please Complete ONE of the following: Write a 1-page reaction / summary on the resources listed above, 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 that apply to the readings you completed. (11POV U5 Education Quest.doc)

Homework #3

• You MUST READ (a) The Working Poor Chapter 10: Works Works pgs. 254-284 (30);  (b) The Working Poor Chapter 11: Skill and Will pgs. 285-300 (15); AND (c) The Working Poor Chapter 12: Epilogue pgs. 301-309 (8)
• Please Complete: Write a 1-page reaction / summary on the resources listed above, 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.

Homework #4

• You MUST READ: Read, Defining Racism: Can We Talk?  By Beverly Daniel Tatum (11ALL U5 Define Racism.pdf)
• Please Complete ONE of the following (a) Write a 1-page reaction / summary on the resources listed above, 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  (b) Answer the article questions. (11POV U5 Define Racism Quest.doc)

Homework #5

• Reading Assignment #1:
• i.     Urban Injustice, Foreword and Introduction: VII-XVII (9); Chapter 1, Building a Ghetto: A History pg.1-17 (17)
• ii.     Urban Injustice, Chapter 1, Building a Ghetto: A History pg.1-17 (17)
• Please Complete ONE of the following: (a) Write a 1-page reaction / summary on the resources listed above, 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  (b) Answer the chapter questions that apply to the readings you completed. (11POV U6 UInjustice Quest.doc)

Homework #6

• Reading Assignment #2:
• i.     Urban Injustice, Chapter 2, Pillaging the Ghetto: Other Causes of Poverty pg. 17-45 (28)
• ii.     Urban Injustice, Chapter 3, The Usual Suspects pg. 45-63 (18)
• Please Complete ONE of the following: (a) Write a 1-page reaction / summary on the resources listed above, 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  (b) Answer the chapter questions that apply to the readings you completed. (11POV U6 UInjustice Quest.doc)

Homework #7

• Reading Assignment #3:
• i.     Urban Injustice, Chapter 4, Welfare in Modern America: pg.63-106 (43)
• Please Complete ONE of the following:  (a) Write a 1-page reaction / summary on the resources listed above, 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  (b) Answer the chapter questions that apply to the readings you completed. (11POV U6 UInjustice Quest.doc)

Homework #8

• g.     Reading Assignment #4:
• i.     Urban Injustice, Chapter 5, Welfare Elsewhere pg.107-117 (10), due Monday April 28
• ii.     Urban Injustice, Chapter 6, Ending Poverty as We Know It pg. 117-129 (12), due Monday April 28
• Please Complete ONE of the following: (a) Write a 1-page reaction / summary on the resources listed above, 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  (b) Answer the chapter questions that apply to the readings you completed. (11POV U6 UInjustice Quest.doc)