https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL-8HPdBroc
This video will be shown on Day 1 when the topic of poverty is being introduced. It is a powerful video that gives a lot of good information about poverty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwFGOXqv2UU
This is a video that will be shown on Day 3 of the unit. This video has some very intense and powerful pictures that depict homelessness and poverty. There are also statistics used throughout the video. There are some images that may or not be appropriate to show in your class. It will up to the teachers discretion whether or not they want to show this video or not.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ATJ4dQNBBY
This is a video that will be shown on Day 3 of the unit. This is a video showing how youth homelessness needs to end and how we can try to end it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Rsc-2oMB0s
This is a video that will be shown on Day 3 of the unit. A strong video of how homeless children can be treated. It is an eye opening video that will effect numerous students.
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/1/9/homeless-teens-andyoungadultsfindshelterandafutureindenver.html
This article will be one of the articles passed out on Day 3. This article talks about an organization in Denver that helps young homeless people. It also talks about where some of these people would be without the organization. It also talks about why some of the youth have become homeless.
Smollar, J. (1999), Homeless Youth in the United States: Description and Developmental Issues. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 1999: 47–58. doi: 10.1002/cd.23219998506, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cd.23219998506/abstract
This is one of the articles I will have some of the students read on Day 3 of the unit. It is an article that goes into the problem of Homeless Youth.
http://www.bread.org/hunger/us/facts.html
This website will be used for statistical reasons on Day 2. This website also introduces the hunger issues that are involved in poverty.
http://www.povertyusa.org/
This website is a good resource to learn facts about poverty as a teacher so you are knowledgable about the topic. You can also give this website to the students to use as a resource for their project.
http://theweek.com/articles/534655/want-end-poverty-americaits-pretty-simple
This is another article that will be given to some of the students on Day 3. This is an interesting article because it talks about things that can actually be done to help alleviate poverty.
http://povertyinamerica.mit.edu/
This website will be used as a resource on Day 1 of introducing poverty. This article gives a look into why poverty is around and what the causes of poverty can be.
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/poverty/news/2013/09/17/74429/the-top-3-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-poverty-and-income-data/
This website is where the pictograph for Day 2 was found. It shows statistical data.
http://www.mhvcommunityprofiles.org/viewpoints/region-wide-statistics-mask-pockets-poverty-mid-hudson-valley
This website is where the bar graph for Day 2 is found. It focuses on children in poverty and their races.
http://www.cwfa.org/census-bureau-ignores-crucial-datafamily-structure-and-the-latest-poverty-statistics/
This website is where the pie chart for Day 2 was found. It focuses on married single parent families who live in poverty.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/01/opinion/sutter-child-poverty-solutions/
This is another article that will be used on Day 3 of the unit plan. There is also a video part of this article that may be shown to the class.
https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-homeless-teens
This resource will be used for statistic use on Day 2 of the unit. There are different facts dealing with numbers on this website, which will be beneficial for part of the unit that focuses on numbers.
Homeless and Runaway Youth. (2013, October 1). Retrieved April 25, 2015, from http://www.ncsl.org/research/human-services/homeless-and-runaway-youth.aspx
This will be one of the articles some of the students will be reading on Day 3. This article focuses on who the homeless youth are and who is most at risk. There multiple statistics in this article. These statistics will also be used in Day 2 of the unit.
http://www.tumbleweed.org/
This is the website of the organization that we will be visiting on our field trip day. This organization has many purposes, but primarily it helps homeless youth.
http://www.standupforkids.org/Phoenix/default.aspx
This is another organization in the Phoenix/Tempe area that could be visited for a field trip. There is also an opportunity to adopt a youth, You could maybe adopt a youth for your class. It would just be another organization to compare to the others.
http://urbanstreetangels.org/why-we-exist/
This another organization that is similar to Tumbleweed, but it is in San Diego. This is just another option to volunteer at in another state. It can also be used to compare the organizations out there to help poverty and the homeless youth population.
This video will be shown on Day 1 when the topic of poverty is being introduced. It is a powerful video that gives a lot of good information about poverty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwFGOXqv2UU
This is a video that will be shown on Day 3 of the unit. This video has some very intense and powerful pictures that depict homelessness and poverty. There are also statistics used throughout the video. There are some images that may or not be appropriate to show in your class. It will up to the teachers discretion whether or not they want to show this video or not.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ATJ4dQNBBY
This is a video that will be shown on Day 3 of the unit. This is a video showing how youth homelessness needs to end and how we can try to end it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Rsc-2oMB0s
This is a video that will be shown on Day 3 of the unit. A strong video of how homeless children can be treated. It is an eye opening video that will effect numerous students.
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/1/9/homeless-teens-andyoungadultsfindshelterandafutureindenver.html
This article will be one of the articles passed out on Day 3. This article talks about an organization in Denver that helps young homeless people. It also talks about where some of these people would be without the organization. It also talks about why some of the youth have become homeless.
Smollar, J. (1999), Homeless Youth in the United States: Description and Developmental Issues. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 1999: 47–58. doi: 10.1002/cd.23219998506, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cd.23219998506/abstract
This is one of the articles I will have some of the students read on Day 3 of the unit. It is an article that goes into the problem of Homeless Youth.
http://www.bread.org/hunger/us/facts.html
This website will be used for statistical reasons on Day 2. This website also introduces the hunger issues that are involved in poverty.
http://www.povertyusa.org/
This website is a good resource to learn facts about poverty as a teacher so you are knowledgable about the topic. You can also give this website to the students to use as a resource for their project.
http://theweek.com/articles/534655/want-end-poverty-americaits-pretty-simple
This is another article that will be given to some of the students on Day 3. This is an interesting article because it talks about things that can actually be done to help alleviate poverty.
http://povertyinamerica.mit.edu/
This website will be used as a resource on Day 1 of introducing poverty. This article gives a look into why poverty is around and what the causes of poverty can be.
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/poverty/news/2013/09/17/74429/the-top-3-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-poverty-and-income-data/
This website is where the pictograph for Day 2 was found. It shows statistical data.
http://www.mhvcommunityprofiles.org/viewpoints/region-wide-statistics-mask-pockets-poverty-mid-hudson-valley
This website is where the bar graph for Day 2 is found. It focuses on children in poverty and their races.
http://www.cwfa.org/census-bureau-ignores-crucial-datafamily-structure-and-the-latest-poverty-statistics/
This website is where the pie chart for Day 2 was found. It focuses on married single parent families who live in poverty.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/01/opinion/sutter-child-poverty-solutions/
This is another article that will be used on Day 3 of the unit plan. There is also a video part of this article that may be shown to the class.
https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-homeless-teens
This resource will be used for statistic use on Day 2 of the unit. There are different facts dealing with numbers on this website, which will be beneficial for part of the unit that focuses on numbers.
Homeless and Runaway Youth. (2013, October 1). Retrieved April 25, 2015, from http://www.ncsl.org/research/human-services/homeless-and-runaway-youth.aspx
This will be one of the articles some of the students will be reading on Day 3. This article focuses on who the homeless youth are and who is most at risk. There multiple statistics in this article. These statistics will also be used in Day 2 of the unit.
http://www.tumbleweed.org/
This is the website of the organization that we will be visiting on our field trip day. This organization has many purposes, but primarily it helps homeless youth.
http://www.standupforkids.org/Phoenix/default.aspx
This is another organization in the Phoenix/Tempe area that could be visited for a field trip. There is also an opportunity to adopt a youth, You could maybe adopt a youth for your class. It would just be another organization to compare to the others.
http://urbanstreetangels.org/why-we-exist/
This another organization that is similar to Tumbleweed, but it is in San Diego. This is just another option to volunteer at in another state. It can also be used to compare the organizations out there to help poverty and the homeless youth population.