Global Poverty Post Card Project
To conclude the six-day unit on Global Poverty students will demonstrate knowledge of
poverty by creating a series of UNICEF themed postcards including a front image and a
text back.
Card RequirementsFront artwork reflecting topic
Back text to a friend including four or more details about the lesson.
Other Requirements for projectDaily lessons on Global Poverty
Weekly Water Use Report Card/Weekly Water Use Math Quiz
Quiz Reflection from - http://www.unicef.org/voy/explore/wes/explore_wes.php
Postcard idea form (for each card)
Water Quality- Lesson 1-3
Postcard 1- The Big Picture. What is the importance of clean water?
a. The big picture handout, Nicaragua, The Sudan (card should use details from
these)
Postcard 2- Clean Water & Good Sanitation
a. Mozambique, Indonesia, Arizona (card should use details from these)
Postcard 3- Solutions to correct poor water quality and conserve water
a. Your water use test results and how children are creating solutions to poor
water conditions (card should use details from here)
Use the lessons on water quality to gain the knowledge needed to create these postcards.
All cards should include an image on the front of the card that reflects the cards topic and
a scene from one of the lessons presented. The text on the back should be written to a
friend and explain what the front image is about using facts on the topic.
Root Causes of Exclusion- Lesson 4-6
Postcard 4- Who is excluded?
a. Based on your journal entry on Exclusion in the U.S.
Postcard 5- What causes exclusion?
a. based on research on Brown vs. Board of Education or www.archives.gov
(search child labor)
Postcard 6- What can prevent exclusion?
a. Card should reflect ideas about solutions to the problem of exclusion. Use
personal news cast as text on the card
Use the lessons on Exclusion to gain the knowledge needed to create these postcards. All
cards should include one image on the front and a letter to a friend on the other side. The
letter should include facts on the topic of the card. The topic will vary depending on the
lesson that the card reflects.
Postcard Rubric
Follows
Directions
(artwork)
Follows
Directions
(text)
Neatness
Postcard idea
form
Exceptional
Work
Student
includes all
required
information on
card artwork.
Theme and
topic specific.
Student
includes details
in a
conversational
way while still
maintaining the
integrity of the
facts.
Clean work on
both the front
and back of the
card. Card
appears to have
no areas of
sloppiness and
is very well
organized
All six post
cards
accompanied
by their idea
form Idea form
shows detailed
descriptions
that perfectly
match card
Meets
Expectations
Student
includes all
required
information on
card including
artwork theme
and topic
specific
Student
includes 4 facts
from the
reading in the
letter to a
friend.
Below
Expectations
Student artwork
does not meet
minimum
requirements
such as theme
or topic.
Does not meet
expectations.
Student is
missing theme
and topic.
Student
includes 3 facts
from the
reading in the
letter to a
friend.
Student
includes less
then 3 facts
from the text.
Card is neat and
has only one or
few areas of
sloppiness.
Card has
several areas of
sloppiness and
disorganization
Card has no
apparent
organization
and is
extremely
sloppy.
All six
postcards are
accompanied
by Idea form
few variations
appear from
card to form.
Missing idea
form for one or
two cards or
one or two
cards lacks
sufficient
information.
Card and idea
forms do not
match
More then two
cards lack idea
form. More
then two cards
do not match
idea form.
Cards and idea
forms do not
match.
Postcard Idea Form
Name: ________________________
Postcard #1
Topic for card- ___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Idea for design of card- ____________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
How does this relate to the lesson? ___________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
List the facts for the letter portion card and where you got them
1. __________________________________________________________________
a. Found ______________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
a. Found ______________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________
a. Found ______________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________________
a. Found ______________________________________________________
Postcard #2
Topic for card- ___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Idea for design of card- ____________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
How does this relate to the lesson? ___________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
List the facts for the letter portion card and where you got them
1. __________________________________________________________________
a. Found ______________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
a. Found ______________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________
a. Found ______________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________________
a. Found ______________________________________________________
Postcard #3
Topic for card- ___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Idea for design of card- ____________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
How does this relate to the lesson? ___________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
List the facts for the letter portion card and where you got them
1. __________________________________________________________________
a. Found ______________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
a. Found ______________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________
a. Found ______________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________________
a. Found ______________________________________________________
Postcard #4
Topic for card- ___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Idea for design of card- ____________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
How does this relate to the lesson? ___________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
List the facts for the letter portion card and where you got them
1. __________________________________________________________________
a. Found ______________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
a. Found ______________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________
a. Found ______________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________________
a. Found ______________________________________________________
Postcard #5
Topic for card- ___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Idea for design of card- ____________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
How does this relate to the lesson? ___________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
List the facts for the letter portion card and where you got them
1. __________________________________________________________________
a. Found ______________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
a. Found ______________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________
a. Found ______________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________________
a. Found ______________________________________________________
Postcard #6
Topic for card- ___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Idea for design of card- ____________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
How does this relate to the lesson? ___________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
List the facts for the letter portion card and where you got them
1. __________________________________________________________________
a. Found ______________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
a. Found ______________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________
b. Found ______________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________________
c. Found ______________________________________________________
Quiz Reflection Form
Name __________________
Please take the online quiz found at
http://www.unicef.org/voy/explore/wes/1883_wes_quiz.php
Circle whether you got the answer correct or incorrect and then summarize the right
answer. Even if you already got it correct.
1. Quiz Results Question
1. Correct/Incorrect- Correct answer-______________________________________
2. Correct/Incorrect- Correct answer-______________________________________
3. Correct/Incorrect- Correct answer-______________________________________
4. Correct/Incorrect- Correct answer-______________________________________
5. Correct/Incorrect- Correct answer-______________________________________
6. Correct/Incorrect- Correct answer-______________________________________
7. Correct/Incorrect- Correct answer-______________________________________
8. Correct/Incorrect- Correct answer-______________________________________
9. Correct/Incorrect- Correct answer-______________________________________
10. Correct/Incorrect- Correct answer-_____________________________________
11. Correct/Incorrect- Correct answer-_____________________________________
12. Correct/Incorrect- Correct answer-_____________________________________
13. Correct/Incorrect- Correct answer-_____________________________________
14. Correct/Incorrect- Correct answer-_____________________________________
15. Correct/Incorrect- Correct answer-_____________________________________
2. My Score was _____% or _____ out of 15 questions.
3. The answer I was the most shocked about was the one about ____________________
__________________because_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
Extra Credit Option- Select another area of the “Voices of Youth” page. Look through
the photo journals and real life stories and answer the following questions (10 points)
1. What area(s) of focus did you look through? _________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
2. I found that ___________________ was the most interesting because ____________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
3. Write a summary of what you read/researched including the main point, people
involved, problems, solutions, facts and lastly your thoughts.
________________________________________________________________________
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