Make Poverty Real

A 16 week (one semester) class for children/teens/adults about Poverty 101

1. What is poverty? Introduction http://whatever.scalzi.com/2005/09/03/being-poor/ (6) different kinds of poverty
2. Poverty in my country (USA poverty vs. 3^rd world poverty)
3. Global poverty (100 people world infographic) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo
4. Poverty in ____ (each person bring a small presentation of a country)
5. Test/review
6. What does poverty look like? Movies/documentaries about poverty, TED talks: http://www.businessinsider.com/what-its-like-to-live-on-1-a-day-documentary-chris-temple-zach-ingrasci-2012-12?op=1, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjJv7SQ9Wvg, try out dollar street: http://www.gapminder.org/downloads/dollar-street/
7. What does poverty feel/taste like? Barefoot for a day, No new clothes for a year challenge, the two dollar dinner challenge: http://www.compassion.com/poverty/two-dollar-dinner-challenge.htm. Rice and beans for a week: http://www.solidrockinternational.org/riceandbeans/
8. What does poverty sound/smell like? The differences of urban and rural poverty, Trash workers, jobs no one wants
9. What does poverty think like? (Different mind sets)
10. Test/review
11. Specific issues: Education, women and children (Half the Sky), hunger and shelter, water and sanitation: http://www.fastcoexist.com/1679660/putting-poop-in-its-place-the-problems-with-bad-global-sanitation
12. Finding your spot: report on specific area that sparks your interest to help
13. What can I do to help? Brainstorm on your own, as a class
14. Some ideas of what works: www.live58.org , millennium goals, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onsIdBanynY
15. Local, country, and global help: what to do now, tomorrow, and in the future
16. Test/review