Persuasive Speech Outline On Poverty
I.Poverty is hunger. Poverty is lack of shelter. Poverty is being sick and not being able to see a doctor. Poverty is not having access to school and not knowing how to read. Poverty is not having a job, is fear for the future, living one day at a time. Poverty is losing a child to illness brought about by unclean water. Poverty is powerlessness, lack of representation and freedom.
A.One in six children (more than 16 million) in America are living in the midst of poverty. 22% of all children live in families with incomes below the federal poverty line. 45% of children live in low income families.Child poverty rates are highest among black, Latino, and American Indian children.
B.The culture of poverty theory argues that poor people adopt …show more content…
These three are common everyday necessity that many children in this country don’t have. It’s heartbreaking that while some people waste food, children in other parts of the world are struggling to survive. I believe that poverty is fixable if it is more publicized. If the public knows more about the dire situation and everyone contributes even a little bit, over time poverty can be …show more content…
economy; reduces productivity and economic output by 1.3 percent of gross domestic product; raises crime and increases health care costs.
III. Poverty has a particularly high and hard effect on the academic outcomes of children, especially during early childhood. The academic achievement gap for poorer youth is particularly caused by low-income seen in African American and Hispanic children compared with their more affluent White peers.
A.Chronic stress associated with living in poverty has been shown to adversely affect children’s concentration and memory which may impact their ability to learn. When the inability to learn and concentrate is compromised, the school system tries to downplay the real issue by giving the child an Individualized Education Program (IEP) which is a written and signed statement saying that is supposed to meet every individual need for a child.
B. Inadequate education contributes to the cycle of poverty by making it more difficult for low-income children to lift themselves and future generations out of poverty. Society has made us believe that if parents live in poverty, their children will do the same and it is a recurring cycle that we are supposed to believe will never
A.One in six children (more than 16 million) in America are living in the midst of poverty. 22% of all children live in families with incomes below the federal poverty line. 45% of children live in low income families.Child poverty rates are highest among black, Latino, and American Indian children.
B.The culture of poverty theory argues that poor people adopt …show more content…
These three are common everyday necessity that many children in this country don’t have. It’s heartbreaking that while some people waste food, children in other parts of the world are struggling to survive. I believe that poverty is fixable if it is more publicized. If the public knows more about the dire situation and everyone contributes even a little bit, over time poverty can be …show more content…
economy; reduces productivity and economic output by 1.3 percent of gross domestic product; raises crime and increases health care costs.
III. Poverty has a particularly high and hard effect on the academic outcomes of children, especially during early childhood. The academic achievement gap for poorer youth is particularly caused by low-income seen in African American and Hispanic children compared with their more affluent White peers.
A.Chronic stress associated with living in poverty has been shown to adversely affect children’s concentration and memory which may impact their ability to learn. When the inability to learn and concentrate is compromised, the school system tries to downplay the real issue by giving the child an Individualized Education Program (IEP) which is a written and signed statement saying that is supposed to meet every individual need for a child.
B. Inadequate education contributes to the cycle of poverty by making it more difficult for low-income children to lift themselves and future generations out of poverty. Society has made us believe that if parents live in poverty, their children will do the same and it is a recurring cycle that we are supposed to believe will never