02+Poverty

This week we will discuss poverty: basic needs, resource distribution, and the Sustainable Development Goals from low, middle, and high income countries. When exploring these segments, we will consider the content through the lens of values thinking.
 * What does it take to meet everyone’s basic needs? **


 * Relevant standard example to share with your students:** Grade 2. Science. Concept 1. PO1 Discuss how scarcity requires people to make choices due to their ultimate needs and wants with limited resources.

Building relationships with students, even at the college-level, is one of the most effective strategies for classroom management. One of first questions a student will wonder in a new classroom is, //“Will this teacher treat me as a human being?”// All students, whether they're in 1st grade or in college, want to know that their voices are heard and that their opinions matter. The activities this week related to poverty provide a great opportunity to get to know who your students are, and what they care most about. Set up expectations at the beginning of the period that __all__ opinions and values should be respected and then use this week as a chance to get to know your students. These relationships that you build at the beginning of the school year or semester will help develop a classroom culture of respect that will last throughout your time together. (Wong, p. 105).
 * Classroom Management Tip: //Building Relationships//**

Recognize that many of your students may have limited financial resources, which makes the topic of poverty very real to them. These students will have rich perspectives to bring to class discussions about supporting K-8 students and their families in poverty.

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Additional Materials
 * @http://datacenter.kidscount.org/
 * @http://www.npr.org/2012/07/10/156387172/poverty-in-the-u-s-by-the-numbers

Instructors may select from two activities: "Needs/Wants" or "Pinterest". The former will require a set of cards (see Supplies) while Pinterest requires each student group to have access to the Internet.
 * Instructor resources for class: **

Week 2 Lesson Plan

Pinterest sign-up sheet - print one per class Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - picture version, print enough copies for pairs and cut (or ask for sets at Pathfinder)
 * Handouts for class (printing required): **


 * Supplies for class: **

"Needs and Wants" cards - sets for each pair (some extras may be available at Pathfinder, check with Eileen) Or use this word only version of the cards: White board markers


 * Sustainability in the News presentation assignment**

Introduction to Sustainability in the News Assignment (take 10 minutes to do this some time today). Begin class this week by sharing the example related to the Navajo Generating Station. The assignment itself is posted on Blackboard already. Pass around the sign up sheet today or next week (adjust as needed, or invite students to a google doc to sign up). Decide how many students you want in a group, and how many presentations each week based on the number of students in your class. I am planning to have student presentations at the beginning of class each week, to make connections from our videos/ course content to current events. I will just grade these as they are submitted throughout the semester.


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 * [[file:scn400teachingresources/NGS class example.pptx|Download]]
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 * [[file:scn400teachingresources/Sustainability in the News Presentation Assignment Exemplar.docx|Download]]
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Sign up form example

Extra article about Navajo Generating Plant for background information: https://azcir.org/news/2017/10/20/navajo-generating-station-coal-plant-shutdown-looms-arizona-navajo-and-hopi-tribes-look-for-economic-solutions/