SamIPP

=Unit Planner=

Critical Content/Concept Web

 * Unit Theme**: Poverty
 * Conceptual Lens:** Effects
 * Unit Length:** 3-4 weeks


 * ===Unit Overview=== ||
 * We will explore how poverty affects people of the earth in varying ways. Poverty in America looks much different from Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa, for instance. We will also look into how poverty is characterized in the literature. What are the causes of poverty? Can poverty be prevented? Where in the world is poverty a large problem? What does it mean to be living in poverty? Do you know anyone living in poverty? What other problems are caused or worsened by poverty? What systems are in place around the globe to help those in poverty? Whose responsibility is it to help those in poverty? Should we care? ||

- Peoples and cultures and how they are affected by poverty - The geography of poverty: where on Earth is poverty a large problem? - Who is responsible for helping those in poverty? || - Characters from the literature living in poverty - Novels/Journals characterizing poverty - Students write first-person account of poverty and how it affects different peoples and cultures. ||
 * Social Studies || English ||
 * - Resource distribution and its effects on wealth