Poverty
Pictures
Vocabulary
| wealthy | boutique | entrepreneurship |
| gap | urban decay | manufacturing |
| average | food stamps | lower middle class |
| median | EBT Card | urban renewal |
| labor | upper class | household income |
| wage | retirement | minimum wage |
| slum | narcotics | wealth redistribution |
| ghetto | on the dole | progressive tax |
| crime | gentrification | gated community |
| police | security | public housing |
| plush | inner city | housing projects |
| poverty | urban sprawl | low-income neighborhood |
| welfare | middle class | upward mobility |
| benefits | enterprise | high end restaurant |
| union | find dining | Michelin-star Restaurant |
| salary | high class | drug trafficking |
| fired | lower class | small business |
| flat tax | outsource | unemployment check |
| laid off | automation | unemployment |
| factory | plant closure | working class |
| success | prosperity | homelessness |
Here are some pictures. Answer the following questions for each.
1. What is this? This is a . . . . .
2. Where is this place? This is a . . . . .
3. Describe the weather. What season is this? What month is it?
4. Who is this person? He is . . . . . She is a . . . . . They are . . . . .
5. What is she doing? What’s he doing? What are they doing? He is . . . . . .
6. How does he feel? He is . . . . . . .
7. What will happen next? They will . . . . .
Slum Street
Homelessness Rummaging through a Trash Can
House in Appalachia Appalachian Household
Homeless Shelter Emergency Shelter
Modular, Container Homes Unemployment Line
Job and Public Assistance Center Working at McDonald’s
Preparing Meals Serving Meals
Sikh Langar Preparing Meals
Meal Handout Food Bank
Food Distribution
