The document provides instructions for a school assignment on homelessness. Students are asked to:
1) Create a graphic cover page with the word "HOMELESS" drawing an interaction related to homelessness.
2) Revisit their original plan for addressing homelessness after watching a short video on what one city has done.
3) Write a one page essay comparing their original attitudes on homelessness to their current views, addressing causes, effects, and solutions.
4) Assemble their completed assignment, including the cover, essays, evidence worksheet, and journal/original plan.
2. Your Interaction
On a blank piece of paper draw a graphic interaction of
our work on homelessness. This will be the cover of your
project.
Write the word HOMELESS on the front cover
Write your name at the bottom
Create a graphic interaction. This can be a word splash,
a graph, a picture, etc.
3. Revisit your plan
We created plans on what we could do to fix
homelessness. We will watch a short clip on what
one city has done to help the problem of
homelessness.
Revisit your plan on what you think could, and
should, be done about homelessness.
4. Write your 1 page essay:
Looking at the causes, effects, and
solutions of homelessness, compare your
attitudes on the issue from day 1 to
today. Please include in your essay
these causes, effects, and solutions.
5. Put it together
Place your interactive cover page as the cover
Page 2: the essay you just wrote
Page 3: the essay you wrote on day 1 of this unit on your
feelings on homelessness
Page 4: Citing text evidence worksheet
Pages 5 and 6: your journal and your plan to deal with
homelessness
