Lesson Plans

Housing and Homelessness: What can you do?

  • Division: Junior
  • Subject: Social Studies, Media
  • PowerPoint presentation format
  • Includes Big Ideas/Minds On questions
  • Includes Canadian Statistics (Edmonton, Alberta)
  • Text-to-text, text-to-self, text-to-world based questions and connections

This presentation introduces students to the topic of homelessness through the following discussion questions:

– Can you tell who doesn’t have a home?
– Why are some people without homes?
– Where do people sleep when they have no home?
– What is needed?
– What can you do about homelessness?


Presentation to the Grade 6 students
Our Lady of Mount Carmel School
October 29, 2012

Questions? Contact Lavonne Hailes – Lavonne.Hailes@edmonton.ca