CSPE Book Interior - Focus Ireland

Lesson 2
Define ‘homelessness’
Learning outcomes
Requirements
Students will be able to define what it
means to be homeless.
> Blu-Tack
> Four blank banners
> A4 fact sheets
> Double-sided copy
of worksheet for
each student
Step 1
Ask the students to write a definition of
homelessness. While students are working,
make four work stations by hanging four A2
fact posters around the room. Divide the
class into four groups. (5 mins)
Step 2
Ask each group to stand at one of the four
work stations. Tell the groups that they will
have five minutes at each station. Ask them
to appoint someone to read through the
facts for the group. As a group they must
choose one of the given facts and the most
surprising fact to write on the worksheet,
Side 1. (The facts may be written in the
students’ own words.)
Step 3
Ask students to rotate in a clockwise
direction to the next station every five
minutes, until each group has visited each
station and the same task has been
completed at each. (20 mins in total)
Step 4
Ask students to pick one fact from their
worksheet and make a headline banner
with that fact. Get each group to present
their fact. (10 mins)
Step 5
Ask the students to re-read their definition
of homelessness (Step 1) and to complete
the first section of side 2 of the worksheet.
Ask them if their understanding of
homelessness has now changed. Then ask
them to complete the second section of the
worksheet at home.
An optional ending to this lesson is to tell
the students about famous people who
have experienced homelessness:
Tupac Shakur, singer
George Orwell, author
Jim Carrey, actor
Li’l Kim, singer
Halle Berry, actress
Lesson 2 · Define ‘homelessness’
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