150 likes | 315 Views
Answer these questions. Write down your reaction to this photo – whatever comes to your mind first. Answer these questions. Describe what you think of when you hear people mention the homeless. What specific, daily problems must a homeless family solve?
E N D
Answer these questions Write down your reaction to this photo – whatever comes to your mind first
Answer these questions • Describe what you think of when you hear people mention the homeless. • What specific, daily problems must a homeless family solve? • Is there homelessness in our community? How do you know? • Have you ever done anything to help homeless people? Explain. • What programs are available to homeless people?
How Much Do You (really) Know About Poverty? • Take the quiz • Here come the answers…
How Much Do You (really) Know About Poverty? • need $18.44 per hour • more than double the federal minimum wage • two-bedroom apartment
How Much Do You (really) Know About Poverty? • received about $9 per day to meet their hunger and nutrition needs
How Much Do You (really) Know About Poverty? • A single parent of two preschool age children • living in Dallas • Needs annual wage of $45,782 • Needs an hourly wage of $22 • poverty line only $22,050 for a family of four.
Could you survive in poverty? • Take the quiz • Add your score • Read the back • Middle class • Wealth • What do the questions reveal about each class?
Reading Assignment #1 • Pages 3-41 • “A Woman on the Street”/”The Desert” • Answer study guide questions 1-19 • Study vocabulary Hoisted, fretted, antiseptic, edible, harebrained, addled, embankment, sashayed, creosote, pigeonholed