- Division: Late Junior - Intermediate
- Subject: Language Arts
- Complete website available: (http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2002/03/25/shedding-light-on-an-invisible-problem/?_r=0)
- Lesson plan idea
- Learning Goals and Objectives areas
- Reading/Article comprehension questions
- Ideas for Assessments Of Learning
- Text-to-text, text-to-self, text-to-world based questions and connections (additional resource in the community)
In this lesson, students explore the lives of homeless people, focusing particularly on children. They develop ideas to increase awareness about this issue and create campaigns that educate their peers about the large number of homeless children and families that live in cities across their country.