Lesson 8: Living Below the Poverty Line
Learning Intention: To help students learn more about what it would be like to live in extreme poverty.
Success Criteria: I understand and can discuss the difficulties of living in extreme poverty.
Success Criteria: I understand and can discuss the difficulties of living in extreme poverty.
Documentary:
Today we will be watching a documentary called ‘Living on One Dollar’. It is is an award-winning film following the experience of four friends as they live on less than $1 a day for two months in rural Guatemala (In Central America - near Mexico. This will give you an insight into how people living in extreme poverty live on a daily basis.
Journal Entry 7: "Living Below the Poverty Line"
Write a paragraph about what life would be like if you had to live off $1.25/day. What would you have to go without? How would your life be different to what it is now?
Write a paragraph about what life would be like if you had to live off $1.25/day. What would you have to go without? How would your life be different to what it is now?