Session 2 Lesson Plan

Topic: Solutions to poverty Objective: After re-playing the Silly Bandz Activity and viewing and discussing a short Power Point presentation, students will work cooperatively to create a graphic organizer that summarizes what they have learned about poverty and its solutions. Problem and Solution graphic organizer: http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/ _____________________________________________________________________________________ Focus and Review: Ask the class who can explain what poverty is. Review with the class what impoverished people often live without. Objective: Today we are going to replay the Silly Bandz Activity and learn about some specific solutions to poverty that researchers have developed. When this is finished, you will work in small groups to create a chart that explains these ideas and you will be asked to make your own suggestions as well. Silly Bandz Activity/Group Practice: Randomly hand out different colored pieces of paper to everyone in the class. Based on the color they receive, give each student a different number of bandz. Then divide the class into small, randomized groups and ask them to solve the inequality (without stealing!) Afterwards, ask students to raise their hands to share how they tried to solve the inequalities in their groups, and whether they thought their solutions were effective. Ask students how they felt giving and receiving the silly bandz. Teacher Input: Briefly review with students what they need in order to survive. Then explain that usually these needs are provided by their family, their schools, and their government. Then explain that sometimes family, schools, and governments cannot provide everything that people need in order to survive. Governments in other countries and organizations sometimes help. Wealthier countries give money to poorer countries Aid is when money, medicine, water, clothes are provided for free to people in other countries There are also organizations that help provide aid (e.g., UNICEF, Red Cross)

Show the PowerPoint presentation about IPA solutions to poverty. As you go through the PowerPoint, discuss the following: Explain malaria, its causes and symptoms (a disease caused by infected mosquitos that causes fever, vomiting, and headaches). Reassure children that they dont have to worry about malaria in New Haven. Mosquitos here are not infected by malaria. Show the students the map of the world where malaria exists. Define Sub-Sahara for the children. Explain what bed nets are, how they work, and how much they cost.

Why might some communities not have running water? How might the water get dirty? What is cholera? (infection in the small intestine [stomach] that causes vomiting, diarrhea, and ultimately dehydration) Explain that researchers provide chlorine dispensers to areas that have dirty water so that people can clean their own water. Do the math problems 100 x .30 and 500 x .30 with the class in order to explain how much it costs to provide clean water for 100 and 500 people.

Group Practice: Pass out a sheet of paper to each of the groups of students. (Decide ahead of time if youd like for them to create their own chart or to fill in a pre-printed chart.) Ask them to list all the problems that they can think of that are caused by poverty and then list the solutions about which they have learned. They also should brainstorm ideas of their own for reducing poverty. Closure: Ask students from each group to share their original ideas about poverty reduction with the class. Write their ideas on the board. Plans for Individual Differences: Visual learners will benefit from the PowerPoint presentation and the problem/solution graphic organizer. Aural learners will benefit from the discussion about poverty solutions. Kinesthetic learners will benefit from participating in the Silly Bandz Activity and by writing the solutions with their group members. Evaluation: Students will be evaluated based on the quality of their problem/solution graphic organizer as well as how effectively they worked with other group members.

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