LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE Your Name: Karina Arroyo Title of Lesson: Poverty in Arizona Grade: 6th STANDARDS NOTE:

Please list at least two complete standards your lesson plan covers. [Common Core State Standards (math and language arts), Next Generation Science Standards (science), Arizona State Social Studies Standards (social studies)]. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.2a Introduce a topic; organize ideas, concepts, and information, using strategies such as definition, classification, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension. CCSS.Math.Content.6.SP.B.4 Display numerical data in plots on a number line, including dot plots, histograms, and box plots. LESSON SUMMARY/OVERVIEW Provide an overview/synopsis of the lesson and the topics that it will cover. The lesson will cover the poverty in Arizona by giving examples of people who face the issue of poverty daily, teach statistics, have students think of ways to fix the poverty issue, and overall reflect on the effects of the poverty issue.

OBJECTIVES Describe what you want students to know/be able to do as a result of the lesson. For example, Students will be able to Students will understand the various reasons why people end in poverty in Arizona Students will get to know four people and how they ended up in poverty. Students will read the article New Census data: Arizona is second poorest state in the nation by the East Valley Tribune and learn about the different kind of people living in poverty in Arizona. http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/arizona/article_edbb4014-c1d7-11df-a972001cc4c03286.html Students are to create a poster that organizes their findings from the article, lists reasons for why people end up in poverty (cause and effect), and use graphics to display numerical data learned.

ASSESSMENT/EVALUATION What measures will you use to know if you students met the objectives?

Groups of students will need to have a profound detailed poster to present to the class with accurate information organized in a way that makes the information understandable. Rubric will be provided for students to know expectations! PREREQUISITE KNOWLEDGE What will students need to know prior to completing this lesson and how will you access their prior knowledge? Students by now will know what is poverty, what is the issue with the distribution of wealth, will know some solutions to poverty, as well as have a global perspective on poverty.

MATERIALS East Tribune article New Census data: Arizona is second poorest state in the nation Map of poverty in the United States in 2012 Poster paper Pencils Markers Rulers VOCABULARY/KEY WORDS

Poverty Homelessness Nation U.S. Census Bureau Economy

TEACHING PROCEDURES Procedural Steps (Step by step instructions for teaching the lesson): 1. Teacher will present students with some stories of people from South Phoenix in order to capture the attention of her students. The stories will be of four homeless people in South Phoenix and how they became homeless and what their lives are like now. The stories are meant to demonstrate to students that there are many reasons as to why people end up in poverty as well as show that there are different kinds of people living in poverty (some that many would never imagine).

2. Students will read the article New Census data: Arizona is second poorest state in the nation by the East Valley Tribune and learn about the different kind of people living in poverty in Arizona. 3. Students are to create a poster that organizes their findings from the article, lists reasons for why people end up in poverty (cause and effect), explain what systems play a role in the issue, and use graphics to display numerical data learned from statistical map of poverty in the U.S. in the year 2012. 4. During their presentation to the class students must explain what they think will happen if nothing is done about the poverty issue. As well as explain what they believe can be done to help fix the issue of poverty and what their own role as students can be. RESOURCES List any references you used to create this lesson. If you borrowed ideas from any lesson plans please note them here. Use APA format. Fischer, H. ( 2010, September 28). New Census Data: Arizona is Second Poorest State in the Nation. Retrieved from http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/arizona/article_edbb4014 c1d7-11df-a972-001cc4c03286.html U.S. Census Bureau. (2012). Percentage of People in Poverty in the Past 12 Months for the United States and Puerto Rico 2012 [Web]. Retrieved from http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091913_az_poverty/az-poverty-income estimates-worse-than-national-average-2012/ WAYS OF THINKING CONNECTION Provide a complete explanation of how your lesson plan connects to futures, system, strategic, or values thinking. Define the way of thinking you selected and used in this lesson plan. Remember, this should be included meaningfully in the lesson plan. Futures: Students must explain what they believe will happen if nothing is done about the poverty issue. Systems: In the poster students must explain what systems play a key role in the issue of poverty. Strategic: Students will share ways of fixing the poverty issue and how they can play a role in solving the issue as students. Values: In the lesson students have to reflect on the poverty issue and how it affects many people.