Youth Social Action Resource Hub

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Schools have a responsibility to tackle poverty and promote equality of opportunities. Teaching young people about poverty can empower them to understand the subject and its impact, motivating them to act within a school, community, or city. Using the National Curriculum, we have linked as many opportunities as possible to deliver poverty through a range of different subject areas. These opportunities can be used to either deliver the topic as a stand-alone or through cross-curricular planning with a number of different subject areas, depending on the focus of the school.

This resource provides information on why young people should focus on poverty and its causes.

On this resource page, you will find the following lessons and guide: Lesson 1: Understand the meaning of Poverty Lesson 2: Understanding the impact of Poverty Lessons 3 and 4: Debate: Ending poverty everywhere Lesson 5: Why does poverty exist? Lesson 6: Why is Marcus Rashford a role model? Lesson 7: Evaluate the letter written by Marcus Rashford

This overview provides background knowledge for staff to understand the context of poverty and how it affects pupils. The second part guides the approach of social action teaching on poverty.

This resource comprises the following teaching guides to teach Poverty: Delivering Poverty through Art Delivering Poverty through DT Delivering Poverty through Geography Delivering Poverty through History Delivering Poverty through IT Delivering Poverty through Music Delivering Poverty through PE Delivering Poverty through RE Delivering Poverty through- Science  

Schools have a responsibility to tackle poverty and promote equality of opportunity. Teaching young people about poverty can empower them to understand the subject and its impact, motivating them to act within a school, community, or city. At each key stage, we have used the National Curriculum, providing links and examples of how poverty and its impact can be delivered through a range of subjects or as bespoke lessons as part of the inspire and explore steps of Youth Social Action

On this resource page, you will find the following lessons and guide: Overview of Lessons Lesson 1: What is poverty? Lesson 2: What are the different forms of poverty? Lesson 3: How does poverty affect young people in school? Lesson 4: How can you tackle poverty at your school?