Social Issues in the UK
Health and Wealth
Inequalities
National
Qualifications
Today we will…
• Identify the main causes of poverty in
the UK
• Understand why some groups are more
likely to be living in poverty
Success Criteria
• I will be able to work as part of a
group to complete a paired reading
task on the causes of poverty
• I will be able to identify the main
causes of poverty
• I will be able to answer a past paper
question on the causes of poverty in
the UK
Lesson Starter
• What are the main causes of poverty?
List as many as you can.
Causes of Poverty?
• For this task, you will
work with your face
partner
• One of you will be
“A”, the other is “B”.
• Look carefully at the
instructions on the
next page…
Causes of Poverty?
1. Each of you will be given a resource sheet with
lots of information about the causes of poverty
2. Individually, read each section on your own
3. After both of you have read the first section,
make eye contact with your partner
4. Then, if the section is marked “A”, person A will
summarise to person B what the section is about
5. Then move on to the next section marked “B” –
after reading, make eye contact and then person B
summarises what the section is about to person A
6. Then repeat this process until you have read the
whole sheet
•
Causes of poverty
Benefits
system
Explain, in detail,
some of the
causes of poverty
in the UK.
Family
structure
Low pay
Gender
CAUSES OF POVERTY
Race
Unemployment
Lack of
qualifications
KU Question
•
Explain, in detail, some of the causes
of poverty in the UK.
8 marks
Which groups are most
likely to suffer from
poverty?
Ethnic
Minorities
Lone
Parents
Disabled
People
WHICH GROUPS ARE
MORE LIKELY TO
BE IN POVERTY?
The Elderly
Children
Women
Young People
KU Question
•
Explain, in detail, why some groups in
society are more likely to be living in
poverty.
8 marks
Homework
•
Create revision
flashcards for
today’s lesson
•
Divide A4 paper
into 8 smaller
pieces
•
On one side of
each page, write a
question about
causes of poverty
and then write the
answer on the
other side.
Success Criteria
• I will be able to work as part of a
group to work out the meaning of
the term ‘social exclusion’
• I will be able to identify the groups
in society that may be socially
excluded
• I will be able to compare the
differences between those who are
excluded and those who are not