Causes of Poverty (SOCW 1030)

Set Goals
Content
Area(s):
Time Required:

Academic
Standard(s):

Learning
Objectives:

Social Welfare

Author:

2- 1.5 Hour sessions

Grade Level/Audience:

Elijah Jones
Undergraduate
Students/Social Work
Students

Competencies addressed by SOCW 1030:

2.1.4 Engage diversity and difference in practice
Recognize the extent to which a cultures structures and values may oppress,
marginalize, alienate, or create or enhance privilege or power
Recognize and communicate their understanding of the importance of difference in
shaping life experiences
2.1.5 Advance human rights and social and economic justice
Understand the forms and mechanisms of oppression and discrimination
Big Ideas or Key Concepts
Understand and describe the
causes of poverty

Knowledge and Skills

Identify 3 causes of poverty.
Describe 3 causes of poverty.
Differentiate between personal
causes and institutional causes of
poverty.
Design a blog that captures their
definition of poverty.

Dispositions or Attitudes
Students will demonstrate
respect for fellow classmates
opinions. Students will gain
cultural awareness and
appreciate diversity. Students
will gain further
understanding on the forms
and mechanisms of
oppression and
discrimination.

Analyze Status

ETPT 6/8150 Designing Instruction for Diverse Learners (Summer)

University of Toledo, Dr. Judy Lambert

Analyze
learners (List
at least 3
different kinds
of learners)

29 college level learners

1 learner from Saudi Arabia
5 learners who need motivation
10 learners who come from a low SES background

PreAssessment
(How will you
determine what
learners know
before lesson?)

An Anticipation Guide will be developed and given at the beginning of the class.

Content: Students will watch 2 Youtube video and instruction will utilize 2 Prezi presentations.
What will you
differentiate?
(Content,
Process, or
Product)

How will you

differentiate?
(Readiness,
Interest,
Learning Profile)

Process: Students will engage in group discussion on the causes of poverty and will be
encouraged to share any personal experiences.
Product: Students will use Wordpress to create a blog to use throughout the course. For this
Lesson students will reflect on the causes of poverty and discuss which they feel cause has
made the biggest impact. Students will go out into the community and take a Picture of
Poverty, post it to their blog, and explain why they feel their picture describes poverty.
Students will also be given a multiple choice quiz at the end of the 2 lessons.
Readiness: This will be differentiated through the Anticipation Guide given at the beginning
of class.
Interest: Interests will be differentiated through the Picture of Poverty activity and group
discussion.
Learning Profile: This will be differentiated at the beginning of the semester when students
wrote on cards their names, what they hope to learn from the course, and what is helpful in
learning.
ETPT 6/8150 Designing Instruction for Diverse Learners (Summer)
University of Toledo, Dr. Judy Lambert

Apply Status

Identify UDL
Methods and
Materials

Representation (Content)
(Give learners options for
acquiring information)

Engagement (Process)
(Tap into learner interest, need
for challenge, and motivation)

Students will have the

option to use a regular
textbook or electronic text.
In additional students will
be provided with a
bibliography of articles and
websites they can use to
access the learning
material from home.
Students will

Students will engage in large

group discussions and post their
thoughts on a blog. All blogs will
be listed on Blackboard and
students will be encouraged to
read and respond to each others
blogs.

Action & Expression

(Product)
(Give learners options for
demonstrating what they
know)
Students will demonstrate
what they know through
blog posts on Wordpress,
Class Discussions, and a
Multiple Choice Quiz

Teach UDL Lesson

Procedures
(Describe steps
of lesson
including
instructional
methods and
learner
activities)

Class 1: Students will be given the Anticipation Guide to assess their knowledge. Students
have already received tutorials for accessing Web technologies via the syllabus and the
Instructional folder located on the course Blackboard site. Students will watch 1 youtube
video, view the prezi, hear the lecture, and participate in the group discussion.
Class 2: Students will watch another youtubve video, view the prezi, hear the lecture, and
participate in the group discussion.
After & Between class: Students will be encouraged to read from their text or view the
resources listed from the bibliography. Students will be required to write a blog post on what
they feel the biggest contribution to poverty is and another post for the Picture of Poverty.
Students will be encouraged to read and respond to other students blogs. At the end of the 2
class sessions, students will take a multiple choice quiz to further assess knowledge.

ETPT 6/8150 Designing Instruction for Diverse Learners (Summer)

University of Toledo, Dr. Judy Lambert

PostAssessment
(How will you
evaluate
learners and
success of
lesson?)

Websites Used
in this
Lesson/Unit

Students will be assessed on their understanding through an online multiple choice quiz
given at the end of the 2 lessons. Students will also be graded on their Wordpress Posts
according to the rubric given.

Wordpress.com
Prezi.com
Youtube.com
Blackboard

ETPT 6/8150 Designing Instruction for Diverse Learners (Summer)

University of Toledo, Dr. Judy Lambert