The Prevalence, Abuse
& Exploitation of Street Children
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LESSON PLAN 2 Title – Getting the Children off the Street Unit Topic: Sociology Grade Level: College Lesson Topic: Getting the Children off the Street Primary Method Used: Individual Internet Research Lesson Objectives: Students will be able to: 1.
Define the term, street child 2.
Identify the main causes for leaving home and taking to the streets 3.
Identify several international, regional and
national non-governmental organizations that combat the prevalence, abuse
& exploitation of street children 4.
Describe the activity of these NGOs in an assigned
country 5.
Outline the success or failure of the government of an assigned
country to cooperate in this effort 6.
Suggest possible action plans for the assigned country Equipment and Supplies Needed (for research): PC access to the Street Children website [http://www.gvnet.com/streetchildren] Anticipatory Set: The anticipatory set for
this lesson will be a brief description of how children end up on the street,
and what non-governmental organizations are doing to rescue them [http://www.gvnet.com/streetchildren/00-Resources.htm] [http://www.gvnet.com/streetchildren/00-Background.htm] Sequence of Learning Activities: 1.
Anticipatory set 2.
Discuss the objectives of this project. Design grading rubric 3. Assign a country to each student to research Assignments: Each student will be assigned a country from the Human Trafficking website and given one week to conduct the research and submit a report. The report is expected to cover all of the Lesson Objectives (above), with some emphasis on the last four of the objectives. |