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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck

For Students 9th - 10th
The Joad family leaves Oklahoma in search of work after their farm is destroyed by the Dust Bowl. They arrive in California only to find that fair jobs, food, and sympathy are scarce. Selected (9) reading passages (grades 8-11) to pair...
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Website
Digital History

Digital History: Why It Happened

For Students 9th - 10th
How did a country with such a booming economy in the 1920s sink into economic disaster in the 1930s? Prosperity was just an illusion. See the many causes of the Great Depression, and find out how all the signs were missed or disregarded.
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Website
British Library

British Library: Great Expectations: Discovering Literature Resources

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore resources related to Great Expectations that include videos and articles on themes such as class mobility, poverty, crime and punishment.[PDF]
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Primary
Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Feeding the Hungry With Food Stamp Programs

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Food Stamp Program started in 1939 to assist those living below poverty levels. Set includes an overview, primary sources, links to related resources, and a teaching guide.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Point of View: Minding the Gap: Lesson Plan Clips

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Minding the Gap is a coming of age film by Bing Liu. Starting in high school, Bing begins to make skate videos. What starts as a hobby ends up as a profound exploration of issues that is likely to resonate deeply with students. These are...
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Digital History

Digital History: The Laboring Poor

For Students 9th - 10th
The plight of the working poor is not a new one. Read about the problems faced by unskilled workers in the mid-1800s.
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Handout
Social Security Administration

Social Security Online: Upton Sinclair

For Students 9th - 10th
The Social Security Administration profiles the political career of author Upton Sinclair and his unsuccessful run as a progressive candidate for governor of California in 1934. He proposed a plan for California similar to what became...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Global Women & Poverty (Lesson in Women's Economic Hardships)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson that investigates how women in Senegal and Thailand are affected by poverty. Students examine what causes some countries to prosper and others to suffer from poverty. They also create and present graphic organizers of action...
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Activity
Other

Almanac of Policy Issues: Poverty

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Alamanac of Policy Issues provides a general look at poverty in the U.S. based on 1998 figures (the latest available). A good reference for federal poverty threshold figures.
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Website
Boise State University

Social Work History Station: The Three Rs: Research, Reform, and Residence

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides an insight into how settlement houses helped change the way poverty was regarded.
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: From the Countryside to the City

For Students 5th - 8th
The growth of cities was rapid in the last half of the 19th century. Read about the good things and bad things that were a result of this urbanization.
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Activity
University of Virginia Library

Prism: "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted Maya Angelou's poem "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings." Details that show unjust treatment are blue while details that show poverty are green, and details...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Addressing Poverty

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Creative thinking skills lesson- begins by briefly looking at what poverty is, and then challenges the students to think of solutions without framing answers for them.
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PBS

Mpr: Over the Hill to the Poor House

For Students 9th - 10th
This feature examines the use of poorhouses and poorfarms in Minnesota from the 1850s to the 1950s. It puts Minnesota's use of poorhouses in context with their general use throughout the country. Includes links to some of the original laws.
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Graphic
Curated OER

There Are 100 Million Children at Work

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from 2000 covers debt throughout the world and where poverty is focused. Speculates on possible problems and reasons why the poor nations are focused on certain continents.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Bbc: The Un and World Poverty

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from 2000 covers debt throughout the world and where poverty is focused. Speculates on possible problems and reasons why the poor nations are focused on certain continents.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Poverty

For Students Pre-K - 1st
poverty
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Graphic
Curated OER

Poverty

For Students Pre-K - 1st
poverty