Sarmiento, Daisy

Professor Christensen

EDU 201

November 2, 2017

Presentation Topic Lesson Plan

Topic: 6. Low-income or Socioeconomic Factors and Student Achievement

A. Standards: Standard #5 Application of Content- The teacher understands how to connect

concepts and use different perspectives to engage learners in critical thinking, creativity,

and collaborative problem solving related to authentic local and global issues.

Standard #8 Instructional Strategies -The teacher understands and uses a variety of

instructional strategies to encourage learners to develop deep understanding of content

areas and their connections, and to build skills to apply knowledge in meaningful ways

1. Objectives: SWBAT explain (comprehension) the negative effects poverty has on

children and how it impacts the classroom by discussing it with peers.

SWBAT design (synthesis) proactive solutions for teachers to execute in the

classroom with low-income students.

B. Materials/Equipment: Google Slides presentation, Textbook Becoming a Teacher

Forrest W. Parkway pg. 266-268, YouTube video Poverty in The Classroom, Article

What You Can Do for Students Living in Poverty by Julia G. Thompson.

C. Procedures: I will begin by sharing my Google Slides presentation with the rest of the

classroom. This will be my main tool throughout my lesson plan. For the theme of my

presentation, I decided to go with something simple. I did not use a lot of text so that I

would not overwhelm the students. The first slide just has my name and my topic which

is Low-Income or Socioeconomic Factors and Student Achievement.

Slide #2 has a pie graph from our textbook Becoming A Teacher. Fifty-nine percent

of children living in our country are considered to be above low-income or the poverty line.

Twenty-two percent of children are at the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) while nineteen

percent are below it. Together, forty-one percent are considered low-income. This is the

equivalent of almost 30 million children here in the United States. Slide #3 has a bar graph

with information from our textbook also. It illustrates how the low-income levels within

children varies according to ethnicity. Minorities such as blacks and Hispanics have a higher

percentage of low-income children since it makes up more than half. Although, there are

more white children living in those conditions because there is a higher percentage of

Caucasians in our country. For example, the 62% of Hispanics is equal to 10.1 million kids

while the 27% of Caucasians is equal to 11.2 million kids.

Slide #4 talks about Michael Harrington's The Other America: Poverty in The United

States. Poverty is passed down from generation and it is like a vicious cycle that is extremely

hard to get out of. The "Culture of Poverty Theory" talks about how you grow up with certain

values that will negatively affect you in the future and keep you from getting away from it.

People find it very hard to shake off their values. Slide #5 talks about how poverty affects

children. Not only does it cause phycological and emotional problems such as depression, it
can also affect their behavior in the classroom and with other peers. That is why it is

important to be patient with them and very understanding. Of their problems.

Slide #6 provides simple solutions or measures teachers can take to help or motivate

their students in poverty. It contains a video I found off of YouTube. It is titled Poverty in

The Classroom. The first half gives statistics and negative effects of poverty. The second

help talks about the things students should and should not do. I will tell the students to play

close attention to the second half since it will help them with the activity later on.

After the video, I will move on to my final slide (more thoroughly explained in the

closure section). Slide #7 has a simple activity for the students to interact and listen to their

peers. Now It is their turn to come up with some simple ways to help out students that are

considered low-income. Then I want them to share their ideas with the rest of the class. That

way, I can get several students to participate and demonstrate their problem-solving skills.

Finally, I will share an article that has some more ideas. I thought the activity was very fitting

since it will be beneficial to us as future teachers. We can all get something out of listening to

the ideas others can offer.

A. Closure: Students will get into groups of 4 or 5 and briefly share some ideas. In their

groups, they will discuss what teachers can do/not do for their students living in poverty.

These include something simple like not making comments regarding their clothing, or

more proactive like working with school's administration for help. They will come up

with three ideas and share them with the rest of the class. Lastly, I will share the article

What You Can Do for Students Living in Poverty that gives us some more ideas on the

subject.

D. Assessment:
 1. How can poverty negatively affect a child and those around him or her?

2. Can you compare the poverty and low-income levels between ethnicities here in the

United States?

3.Why is there a "culture of poverty" here in the United States?

4. Can you formulate three possible actions teachers can take to help promote a positive

environment with their low-income students?

5. What were you able to learn from your peers after discussing and listening to their

possible solutions?

E. References:

Works Cited

Gatens, B. P. (2016, May 19). Helping Low-Income Students: 5 Tips for Teachers. Retrieved

from https://education.cu-portland.edu/blog/principals-office/teachers-help-low-income-

students/

Larrabee, T. (2014, September 30). Poverty in the Classroom [Video file]. Retrieved from

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2r55tAOXAc

Parkway, F. W. (2010). Today's Students. In Becoming A Teacher (9th ed., pp. 266-268).

Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon.

Study. (n.d.). Culture of Poverty: Definition, Theory & Examples - Video & Lesson Transcript |

Study.com. Retrieved from http://study.com/academy/lesson/culture-of-poverty-

definition-theory-examples.html
Thompson, J. G. (n.d.). What You Can Do for Students Living in Poverty. Retrieved from

http://teaching.monster.com/counselors/articles/8164-what-you-can-do-for-students-

living-in-poverty