YOUR VIDEO ANALYSIS IS DUE https://www.pbs.org/video/frontline-poor-kids/ Poverty is not a new phenomenon; it has affected millions in the U.S and billions globally for decades. For this assignment, watch the frontline video “Poor Kids” and read https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/poverty-shrinks-brains-from-birth1/ After watching the video and reading the article, write an essay analyzing how poverty affects children. You may use the textbook, the PBS Frontline video, outside sources and the Scientific American article to help you write this. The assignment should be around three pages long. In the essay answer the following questions in your own words. 1. WHAT is the nature of childhood poverty in the United States today? — This is where you should describe/define childhood poverty. 2. WHY are people poor in the U.S. today, according to experts? 3. WHAT are the characteristics of poor children’s parents? 4. HOW does poverty affect children in the U.S? 5. HOW do we work to reduce childhood poverty? 6. Of all children interviewed in the video, which do you think will escape poverty and why? There is no right or wrong answer!
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