- What would you think if you saw this family on the street?
- What kinds of assumptions and judgments would you make?
- Have you seen families like this before?
- How do you think they feel?
*Discuss conflicting opinions and whether or not it is fair to make judgments about people based on their appearances. (5 minutes)
The picture is of a homeless family from Arizona.
*Draw a line underneath your initial response and write a reaction to the statistic you found most surprising.
To view Homelessness in America video clip: click here
* Discuss responses. (5 minutes). ---TURN THIS IN TODAY OR ATTACHED TO YOUR HW QUESTIONS (BELOW)
*Watch video clip of Jeannette Walls on the Stephen Colbert Report in which she discusses her experience with homelessness and introduces her memoir The Glass Castle. (7 minutes)
Homework Questions (or in class if you have time)
1. What kinds of stereotypes exist about people who are homeless?
2. What is being done to help the homeless population in America?
3. In looking at Jeannette Walls, would you have ever guessed she spent her childhood in poverty?
4. What do you think about Jeannette’s reaction to seeing her mother digging in the trash?
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