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Malgorzata Zdunska Social Studies Grade 6-8

Lesson: United Nations - Problem Solving- POVERTY.

Unit Overview
Main Idea (Claim) Summative Assessment
Student will have a final exam in the end of the
Student will know the problems that the world is unit.
struggling with. We can use the topic of UN to
help your students to create commandment that
the LORD gave us, which is to love your God,
and your neighbor. Through that the teacher can
show his students that they should love one
another, see others needs, and have compassion
towards others.

Guiding Questions Objectives (know/understand/do/value)

The student will . . .
With what the world is struggle to most
those days? Student will be able to discuss one of the
How can we help to solve the problem major problems, which is poverty by
of poverty in the world? working in the groups.
Do we have any influence on the Students will be able to suggest solution
poverty? How we can make this world for a given problem. What are the ways
better place? to solve the poverty?

Time Instructional Procedures and Strategies

Beginning the Lesson

When the students will enter the class thy will find on the board their names and
5 min. the groups that they should sit with.
- There are two groups that teacher will earlier assign.

The teacher will welcome students, and make sure that everyone is sitting in their
groups.
As a connection to the previous class, at the beginning the teacher will ask
students questions from the previous class, which will include general
information about the poverty.

- Through that teacher can see as well what students remember, and know
about poverty subject.
- Question one : What is poverty
- Question two: How many people around the world is still living in extreme
poverty?
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Developing the Lesson

Teacher will explain students what they are going to do today.

2 min. - Students will continue to learn about the United Nations, but during this
class, they are going to focus more on the problem of poverty in the world,
and trying to find solutions.

Before students will start their work in the groups the teacher will show them the
2 min video, so they will see how poverty looks like around the world, so they can relate
more to the topic.

After watching the video, the teacher will began work in the groups.

The class will be divided into small groups (3-4 people in each group).

- Teacher will make their own groups and put their names on the board, so when
5-6 students will enter the class they will know in which group they are working
min. today. Each group will be sitting in a different table, so the students will fill
comfortable to communicate with each other.
- Each group will get a paper and a pencil.
1- 2
min. Each group will discuss one of the biggest problem that world is struggle with,
which is poverty, and try to find solution to solve the problem.
- Teacher will given each group the same problem to work with.
1 min. One student from each group, or the whole group will present a group solution in
front of the class.
- All groups will have 1-2 min. for presentation.

- Students will write on the board their answers, and will compare their answers.
2 min.
Closing the Lesson

Closing activity: Ask students a question: No to Poverty: Why it matter?

- Let the students think about it for a minute - what does t mean?
- Ask one volunteer to share their thoughts.
2 min. After when they are done:

- For the next class they have to write a short reflection about the poverty and why
it matter?
- The reflection will be from 200- 400 words, and is due for the next class.
- Ask students to read about one of the goals United Nations put on their website to
fighting with poverty, which may help them to do their assignments.

On the next class we are going to continue talk about the United Nations.
However, that time we are going to focus on another problem which is Human
Rights.
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Formative Assessment Differentiation

Asking a questions about a poverty at
the beginning of the class will help Group presentation will give students to
teacher to check students knowledge and present the solutions- they will use
where they are. auditory, and visual if they want.
As students are working in the group, Presentation will help auditory students
teacher will walk around the class and to recall and assess better.
listen, give advice, and correct student if Group work can allowed students move
necessary. around and be creative.
During a presentation that will be given
by students, teacher will be able to see
how much student understand the topic.
Collecting the reflection during next
classes

Resources

Paper for each group,

pencils, and markers ,
Video from the UN website. http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/category/video-
poverty/
Working sheets for each student.
Link to the website that teacher took some of the information about the poverty :
http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/