YourName:ZachHamrick

TitleofLesson:Poverty
Grade:6th

LESSONPLANTEMPLATE

STANDARDS
NOTE:Pleaselistatleasttwocompletestandardsyourlessonplancovers.[CommonCoreStateStandards
(mathandlanguagearts),NextGenerationScienceStandards(science),ArizonaStateSocialStudies
Standards(socialstudies)].FoundationofEconomics(socialstudies)

PO1.Identifyhowlimitedresourcesandunlimitedhumanwantscausepeopletochoosesome
thingsandgiveupothers.
ResearchtoBuildandPresentknowledge(Writing)
Drawevidencefrominformationaltextstosupportanalysis,reflection,andresearch.(6
8.WHST.9)
LESSONSUMMARY/OVERVIEW
Provideanoverview/synopsisofthelessonandthetopicsthatitwillcover.Makesuretoprovideareason
whyyouselectedthistoberelevantforaunitonsustainability?Studentswilllearnhowandwhyeducationisso
importantforgettingoutofpoverty.IfthevillageofFondBlancisgoingtoliveinasustainablemannerthe
villagersneedasolideducation.Theywilldoashortactivitywheretheywillhavetocompleteanassignmentwith
limitedresources.Thiswillgetthemtounderstandschoolwithoutgoodresources.Aftertheactivitytheteacherwill
explaintheprojectandwhateachgroupneedstodo.TheywillcreateaPowerPointpresentationexplaininghow
theirgroupwillmeetsthebasicneedsofthevillagersofFondBlanc.ThenstudentswillwritealettertotheFond
BlancFoundation.

OBJECTIVES
Describewhatyouwantstudentstoknow/beabletodoasaresultofthelesson.
Forexample,Studentswillbeableto
SWBAT write a letter to the Fond Blanc foundation using textual evidence to support there way for living
sustainably.
SWBATidentifyhowthevillagersofFondBlancchoosesomethingsandgiveupothers.

ASSESSMENT/EVALUATION
Whatmeasureswillyouusetoknowifyoustudentsmettheobjectives?Studentswillhaveafinalproject

wheretheyhavetofindsolutionsandstrategiestohelpFondBlanc.Theyneedtotryandmeet
alloftheneeds.Thisprojectwilldeterminewhattheyknowabouteachneedandhowtheycan
meetthatneedsustainably.Studentswillbebrokenupintogroupsandtheywillpresenttothe
classtheirproject.TheycancreateaPowerPointtopresenttheirinformation.Theywillonlybe
abletomeet4outofthe5needssoasagrouptheywillhavetodecidewhichneedsaremost
important.
PREREQUISITEKNOWLEDGE

Whatwillstudentsneedtoknowpriortocompletingthislessonandhowwillyouaccesstheirprior
knowledge?Theunitwillgothrougheachneedpriortothefinalday.Studentswillneedtousewhattheylearned
thepreviousdaystocompletetheirproject.

Listofrequiredmaterials.
Accesstoarticlesonpoverty
Studentswillneedcomputers
Paper
Pencil
PowerPoint

Listofkeyvocabularyterms.
Poverty
Renewable
Strategicthinking.
Resources

MATERIALS

VOCABULARY/KEYWORDS

TEACHINGPROCEDURES
ProceduralSteps(Stepbystepinstructionsforteachingthelesson):
1. Studentswillallsitinthemiddleofthefloorinacircle.Theywillbepairedoffagivenonepenciland
pieceofpapertoshare.Teacherwillthenexplainthattheyaregoingtodrawanoutlineofthecountryof
Haitiandlabelatleast10differentcitieswithinthecountry.Studentsmaynotuseanybooksorthe
Internet.
2. Afterthestudentshavebeenworkingontheassignmentforawhiletheteacherwillthenstopanddiscuss
whythisissodifficult?
3. Teacherwillasktheclass5questions.
a. Isthisagoodlearningenvironment?Whyorwhynot?
b. Whatwasdifficultaboutcompletingtheassignment?
c. Howwasyourexperiencesimilartothosewhodonothavetheenougheducationalresources?
d. Howdidyoufeelwhenyoudidnthavethepencil
e. Howdoesthequalityofyourschoolaffectyourlife?
4. TellthestudentsabouttheNonProfitorganizationcalledtheFondBlancfoundation.Showthemtheir
websiteandthemanyresourcesonthewebsite.
5. Teacherwillexplainthefinalproject
a. Firststudentwillbesplitupintogroupsof4.
b. OncegroupsaresplituptheTeacherwillexplainthattheyaretocreateapowerpointpresentation
onhowtheycanmeetbasicneedsofthecommunitymembersofFondBlanc.Eachneedthat
studentswillmeethastobesustainable,sotheyhavelongtermcommunitydevelopment.One
ruleisthatstudentswillnotbeabletomeetallfiveneeds.Theycanonlymeet4outofthe5needs
sotheyhavetochoosewiselywhytheymetthoseneedsandwhythedidntmeetoneoftheneeds.
c. StudentscanusetheInternet,oranyoftheresourcesIprovideonthewebsite.
d. EachgroupwillthenpresenttheirPowerPointtotheclassexplaininghowtheywillmeeteach
needandexplainwhatneedtheydidnotmeetandwhytheychosenottomeetthatneed.
e. AftereachgrouppresentseachstudentwillwritealettertotheFondBlancfoundationexplain
howtheycanhelpthecommunitylivesustainably.Intheirlettertheyneedtousetextualevidence
fromoutsideresourcestosupporttheiradvice.

RESOURCES
Listanyreferencesyouusedtocreatethislesson.Ifyouborrowedideasfromanylessonplanspleasenote
themhere.UseAPAformat.
WAYSOFTHINKINGCONNECTION
Provideacompleteexplanationofhowyourlessonplanconnectstofutures,system,strategic,orvalues
thinking.Definethewayofthinkingyouselectedandusedinthislessonplan.Remember,thisshouldbe
includedmeaningfullyinthelessonplan.
FormylessonIwantstudentstobeverystrategicinhowtheycanhelpFondBlanc.Thestudentsendgoalistohave
longtermchangeforthecommunity.Iftheygoinandfixaproblemtemporarilytheydidnogoodatall.Students
wanttousestrategicthinkingonhowtheycanprovidefoodlongterm,cleanwaterlongterm,andgoodshelterfor
allpeople.Thestudentsreallyneedtobestrategiconhowtheywillprovideagoodqualityeducationsotheycan
havelonglastingchange.Inordertohavefreeeducationtheyneedtofindwaystoprovidemoney.