• Division: Primary, Junior, Intermediate, Senior (Secondary)
• Subject: Social Studies
• Article available on: http://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED372834(NOTE: THIS WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE TO YORK GRADS, UPLOAD THE PDF SO OTHER TEACHERS CAN ACCESS AS WELL)
• Lesson plans fro grades 1-12
• Ideas for Minds On questions
• Ideas for Assessment As, For and Of Learning
• Text-to-text, text-to-self, text-to-world based questions and connections (additional resource in the community)

Developed by Iowa educators, this guide contains 23 sample lessons that offer guidelines for addressing the issue of homelessness with students in grades 1-12. The lesson plans were developed for varying age and ability levels, and slight changes can make them usable in a variety of settings to accomplish many different purposes. Resources are identified throughout the guide. The first section contains 6 lessons for grades 1-5 and includes topics such as identifying basic needs for survival, homes around the world, and understanding homelessness. The second section is a whole-language unit for the middle school, grades 6, 7, and 8. The 12 lessons in this section address topics such as stereotyping and judging, problems related to homelessness, and empathy and compassion for the homeless. The third section, for grades 9-12, contains 23 lessons that cover topics such as when and why people become homeless, governments and homeless people, who is helping homeless people, and how to get involved. The guide includes a resource list of organizations and materials, and a list of participants in the Speaker's Bureau on Homelessness in Iowa. Contains 175 references.