Turn and talk to a partner: What do you need to be happy?” After the children have spoken to a partner, allow a few students to share their ideas with the class. [...] You can use the slide linking to the UN Rights of the Child to expand upon this and link to the relevant articles if desired. [...] The aims of Challenge Poverty Week are to: • Show the reality of poverty in Scotland and challenge stereotypes • Highlight and showcase the solutions to poverty • Increase public support for the action to solve poverty What is poverty? Poverty means not being able to cover your rent, pay your bills or buy the essentials that we all need. [...] The number of people living in poverty in Scotland is projected to increase in the coming years. [...] They can’t afford to fix things that have broken in their home, and they find it difficult to buy all the food that Anna and her two brothers need every day.
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- See facts and figures sheet for further information. 2
- Adapt the lesson plan as you see fit. 2
- For P1 children you may wish to complete Activity 1 and leave out Activity 2. 2
- For P3 children you might decide to discuss the first activity but expand upon different areas using the provided materials such as Anna or Sams Story. 2
- Get involved 2
- Opening 5 minutes 3
- Activity 1 What makes us happy 3
- 15 min 3
- Discussion 10 min 4
- Activity 2 How can we help everyone 6
- We would love to see your posters shared on social media using the ChallengePoverty and CPW24 hashtags and tag CPWScotland. 7
- Plenary 2 minutes 7
- Facts and figures sheet for teachers 8
- What is Challenge Poverty Week 8
- Challenge Poverty Week runs from 7th - 13th October 2024 8
- It is a week of activities and events that provides everyone across Scotland with the 8
