(World Poverty)
Educate Yourself & Your Students
This is a short video to help introduce the topic of poverty. This video explains that poverty is not only about the lack of money, but also the lack of opportunities and access to all sorts of things that are essential to life. Poverty cannot be fought with just one solution but many different aspects are played into poverty. This video focuses on the spiritual, economic, and physical needs of every child. This video includes different individuals sharing their stories and how they have succeeded through the three main aspects of spiritual, economic, and physical needs and how poverty can be ended one story at a time.
This Graphic Organizer gives teachers an example of an illustration of how poverty can be described using words. The main topics illustrated in this organizer are the topics that can describe poverty. It is a great reference for teachers to refer to when students are completing a similar organizer.
This link tracks american poverty and policy. It shows students and teachers statistics based on the number of poor children receiving cash aid, children under the age of 18 in poverty, families that are receiving cash aid, and more.
This website gives teachers and students a link to understand the value of education. With improved education, many other areas are positively affected. On this link, students and teachers can click on different circles to explore an area that can be positively affected by obtaining an education.
This interactive game allows for students to compete against one another and learn by answering true/false questions about poverty in the US. Teachers can access this game by starting the slide show from the beginning. On the third slide is the main game board where the students will choose a point value that corresponds to a question they wish to answer.
This video is a great reference for students and teachers to get an idea of what life is like living at the poverty line in the United States. This video goes into detail on what sort of expenses come about every month and how it affects a families monthly income. It also gives ways for students and teachers to support these families that are living at the poverty line and how we can help.
This map is an interactive tool for students to explore poverty in United States and to see how much it differs throughout communities. This map brings to life the statistics and scope of Poverty in the USA. Students are able to compare the poverty level of states and see places of hope in the community where people are making a difference.
This website provides great tips for teachers to understand what they can do to help students living in poverty. It is so important for teachers to make school meaningful to students, especially for those who live in poverty so that they do not drop out of school due to economic struggles. This website points out ways in which the teacher can help his or her students who live in poverty by implementing specific strategies.
This website is important tool for teachers to examine to receive global weekly and monthly updates on how they can take action on access to education, global health, and economic opportunity that affect the world's poorest.
This link gives a great reference for children and teacher to recommended books on children in poverty. A few of these books include: Too Small to Ignore which reflects on a boys childhood in West Africa, The Skeptic's Guide to Global Poverty which Dale Hansen Bourke presents the reality of global poverty and explores its widespread effect our world, A Country Far Away which is a children's book that illustrates the story of two children living on opposite sides of the world and contrasts their very different lifestyles, and many more.
This interactive map allows for children to choose which country that they wish to receive more knowledge on. Once they click on a specific region of the map, it shows the country's population, the percent of people living below the poverty line, the percent of people unemployed, life expectancy of the country, and infant mortality. This map also includes a link to more facts on the specific country.
The Compassion website has some great resources for students to help them learn about poverty and how other children around the world live. Students can hear their stories, read about how God is working in their lives, play fun games, and learn some fun activities you can do at home.
The Poverty Education Center is a great resource for teachers to help initiate meaningful discussions about poverty in America today. It is designed to help individuals and groups not only understand the size and scope of the problem but also start thinking the ways in which they can take action to help create awareness about poverty in their communities. The resources provided on the page have been broken down into three categories: K-5th, 6th-12th, and adult education.
The Center for Global Development has created a handout that is beneficial for teachers to read to get an understanding of why education is essential to development. This website states many reasons why education gives people the skills they need to help themselves out of poverty and into posterity. It also explains a few of the multilateral efforts that are occurring to support educational programs in different countries.
Earth's Kids is an an interactive educational website for students and teachers. This website shares ideas with both students and teachers on ways that they can take action to help the poor and needy in their local community and in those globally.
Global Fund for Children is a website that provides grants to small grassroots organizations improving education for children who would otherwise be left behind. This website explains the organizations vision and mission and allows for teachers and even students to get involved by donating any amount of money. This organization helps to transform the lives of children on the edges of society and help them regain rights and reach their potential.
Factors of Poverty is a great website that lists the factors of poverty. It also includes a great image that lists the five factors of poverty and how the five factors correspond to one another. Teachers are able to refer to this website to understand the factors that relate to poverty and why they contribute to poverty. This website is a useful tool for teachers because it also lists the different causes of poverty.
This Graphic Organizer gives teachers an example of an illustration of how poverty can be described using words. The main topics illustrated in this organizer are the topics that can describe poverty. It is a great reference for teachers to refer to when students are completing a similar organizer.
This link tracks american poverty and policy. It shows students and teachers statistics based on the number of poor children receiving cash aid, children under the age of 18 in poverty, families that are receiving cash aid, and more.
This website gives teachers and students a link to understand the value of education. With improved education, many other areas are positively affected. On this link, students and teachers can click on different circles to explore an area that can be positively affected by obtaining an education.
This interactive game allows for students to compete against one another and learn by answering true/false questions about poverty in the US. Teachers can access this game by starting the slide show from the beginning. On the third slide is the main game board where the students will choose a point value that corresponds to a question they wish to answer.
This video is a great reference for students and teachers to get an idea of what life is like living at the poverty line in the United States. This video goes into detail on what sort of expenses come about every month and how it affects a families monthly income. It also gives ways for students and teachers to support these families that are living at the poverty line and how we can help.
This map is an interactive tool for students to explore poverty in United States and to see how much it differs throughout communities. This map brings to life the statistics and scope of Poverty in the USA. Students are able to compare the poverty level of states and see places of hope in the community where people are making a difference.
This website provides great tips for teachers to understand what they can do to help students living in poverty. It is so important for teachers to make school meaningful to students, especially for those who live in poverty so that they do not drop out of school due to economic struggles. This website points out ways in which the teacher can help his or her students who live in poverty by implementing specific strategies.
This website is important tool for teachers to examine to receive global weekly and monthly updates on how they can take action on access to education, global health, and economic opportunity that affect the world's poorest.
This link gives a great reference for children and teacher to recommended books on children in poverty. A few of these books include: Too Small to Ignore which reflects on a boys childhood in West Africa, The Skeptic's Guide to Global Poverty which Dale Hansen Bourke presents the reality of global poverty and explores its widespread effect our world, A Country Far Away which is a children's book that illustrates the story of two children living on opposite sides of the world and contrasts their very different lifestyles, and many more.
This interactive map allows for children to choose which country that they wish to receive more knowledge on. Once they click on a specific region of the map, it shows the country's population, the percent of people living below the poverty line, the percent of people unemployed, life expectancy of the country, and infant mortality. This map also includes a link to more facts on the specific country.
The Compassion website has some great resources for students to help them learn about poverty and how other children around the world live. Students can hear their stories, read about how God is working in their lives, play fun games, and learn some fun activities you can do at home.
The Poverty Education Center is a great resource for teachers to help initiate meaningful discussions about poverty in America today. It is designed to help individuals and groups not only understand the size and scope of the problem but also start thinking the ways in which they can take action to help create awareness about poverty in their communities. The resources provided on the page have been broken down into three categories: K-5th, 6th-12th, and adult education.
The Center for Global Development has created a handout that is beneficial for teachers to read to get an understanding of why education is essential to development. This website states many reasons why education gives people the skills they need to help themselves out of poverty and into posterity. It also explains a few of the multilateral efforts that are occurring to support educational programs in different countries.
Earth's Kids is an an interactive educational website for students and teachers. This website shares ideas with both students and teachers on ways that they can take action to help the poor and needy in their local community and in those globally.
Global Fund for Children is a website that provides grants to small grassroots organizations improving education for children who would otherwise be left behind. This website explains the organizations vision and mission and allows for teachers and even students to get involved by donating any amount of money. This organization helps to transform the lives of children on the edges of society and help them regain rights and reach their potential.
Factors of Poverty is a great website that lists the factors of poverty. It also includes a great image that lists the five factors of poverty and how the five factors correspond to one another. Teachers are able to refer to this website to understand the factors that relate to poverty and why they contribute to poverty. This website is a useful tool for teachers because it also lists the different causes of poverty.