Anti-Poverty
Lessons from a street kid
Author(s): Craig Kielburger
Illustrators(s): Marisa Antonello & Victoria Laidley
Links:
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3dsBBgT
Indigo: https://bit.ly/2WqHDaJ
Social Justice focus: Generosity
Synopsis: In this book, Craig visits Brazil as a teenager. While there he notices that a lot of children around his age are working in the streets. While there, he meets Jose, a homeless kid selling oranges. Jose brings Craig to where he lives in a bus shelter and shows him what generosity is truly about. Jose has nothing but is willing to give away his most prized possession despite this.
Lesson Plan: Chris Hehenkamp
Primary/Junior/Intermediate Lesson Plan (Abbreviated Template)
Consecutive and Concurrent Programs
Unit/Topic: Language
Grade: 5
Lesson: Lessons from a street Kid
Curriculum Areas: Language, social studies
Curriculum Expectations: Social Studies – B1.2, B3.1, B3.7
Oral Communication
Overall Expectations:
1. Listen in order to understand and respond appropriately in a variety of situations for a variety of purposes
Specific Expectations:
Demonstrating Understanding
1.4 Demonstrate an understanding of the information and ideas in oral texts by summarizing important ideas and citing a variety of supporting details
Extending Understanding
1.6 Extend understanding of oral texts by connecting the ideas in them to their own knowledge, experience, and insights; to other texts, including print and visual texts; and to the world around them
Point of View
1.8 Identify point of view presented in oral texts and ask questions to identify missing or possible alternative points of view
Media Studies
Overall Expectations:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts
Specific Expectations:
Purpose and Audience
Identify the purpose and audience for a variety of media texts
Point of View
1.5 Identify whose point of view is presented or reflected in a media text, ask questions or identify missing or alternative points of view, and, where appropriate, suggest how a more balanced view might be represented
Social Studies
Overall Expectations
B1: Application: Assess responses of governments in Canada, including First Nations, Metis, and Inuit governments, to some significant issues, and develop plans of action for governments and citizens to assess social and environmental issues (Focus On: Interrelationships; Cause and Consequence
B3: Understanding Context: Demonstrate an understanding of the roles and key responsibilities of citizens and of the different levels of government in Canada, including First Nations, Metis, and Inuit governments (Focus On: Significance).
Specific Expectations
B1.3: Create a plan of action to address an environmental issue of local, provincial/territorial, and/or national significance.
B3.1 Describe the major rights and responsibilities associated with citizenship in Canada
B3.7 Describe key actions taken by governments, including Indigenous governments, to solve some significant national, provin