Task: Welcome back! We'll begin class with a "quiz" on poverty in the US. Then, we'll spend the next portion of class in a discussion circle about poverty. Finally, for the last portion of class, you'll work with partners or in groups to investigate the realities of poverty. Use the Living Wage Calculator to determine your living expenses.
Homework:
- Wednesday, February 19 - Article discussion for "Uses of Poverty: The Poor Pay All"
- Thursday, February 20 - Article discussion for "Nickel-and-Dimed"
- Thursday, February 20 - Article discussion for "Moving Up from the Working Class"
- Monday, February 24 - Article discussion for "The US Upper Class"
- Monday, February 24 - Article discussion for "The Uses of Global Poverty"
- Tuesday, February 25 - "What's So Great About America?" reading due (be ready to discuss)
- If you would like to learn more about childhood poverty in America, watch Poor Kids by Frontline (November 2012).
- Roundtable discussion from Fox News, Government Policy Encourages People to Use Food Stamps (April 1, 2013) (Disclaimer - This video clip is posted on a blog critical of Fox News but can not be found on Fox News website.)
- From NPR's Talk of the Nation, "Signing Up for Food Stamps: The Choice & the Stigma" (April 25, 2013)
- From yesterday's Morning Call, "Corbett Test Finds Little Abuse in $2.6 Billion Food Stamp Program" (Steve Esack & Daniel Patrick Sheehan, 28 April 2013)
Resources for class discussion:
From PBS NewsHour (November, 2011)
From NBC News NOW (February 2013)
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