Abeshaus 2015

Poverty Readings

Deadline / Reading / Discussion Leader
10/9 / Boyle, T. C. Tortilla Curtain. NY: Penguin, 1996. Print.
9/8-9 / Parker, Jo Goodwin. “What is Poverty?” Readings for Writers. 8th ed. Eds. Jo Ray McCuen and Anthony C. Winkler. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace, 1995. 594-7. Print.
9/10 / Perkins, Joseph. “Homeless: Expose the Myths.” Readings for Writers. 8th ed. Eds. Jo Ray McCuen and Anthony C. Winkler. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace, 1995. 599-600. Print.
9/11 / Kozol, Jonathan. “Are the Homeless Crazy?” Harper’s. Sept.
1988: 17-19. Print.
9/14
Long! / Ehrenreich, Barbara. “Nickel-and-Dimed: On (not) getting by in America.” Harper’s. Jan. 1999: 37-52. Print.
9/15 / Singer, Peter. “The Singer Solution to World Poverty.” The Prentice Hall Reader, 8th ed. Ed. George Miller. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2007. Print.
9/16 / Hardin, Garrett. “Lifeboat Ethics: The Case against Helping the Poor.” The Language of Composition. Eds. Renee H. Shea, Lawrence Scanlon, and Robin DissinAufses. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2008. 324-333. Print.
9/18 / Gorski, Paul. “The Myth of the Culture of Poverty.” Educational Leadership Apr. 2008: 32-36. Web. Oct. 2010.
9/21 / Eighner, Lars. “Dumpster Diving.” 230-239. Source Unknown,
1992. Print.
9/22-23 / “Wasted Food Around the World Takes Heavy Toll on Environment.” The Salt. NPR.Natl. Public Radio. Web. 11 Sept. 2013.
Nixon, Ron. “Food Waste is Becoming Serious Economic and Environmental Issue, Report Says.” The New York Times. New York Times, Web. 25 Feb. 2015.
9/25 / Argument Analysis: “Nickel and Dimed” / n/a
10/5 / Sachs, Jeffrey D. “The End of Poverty, Soon.” Time 24 Sept. 2013. Print.
10/5 / Dreamboard Assignment
10/9 / Tortilla Curtain in-class writing
10/14 / Argument Analysis: Poverty (2 sources)

Additional Sources

Bono. “The good news on poverty (Yes, there's good news).” TED. Feb. 2013. Lecture.

Dell, Floyd. “We’re Poor” Readings for Writers. 8th ed. Eds. Jo Ray McCuen and Anthony C. Winkler. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace, 1995. 286-89. Print. (Optional)

Duflo, Esther. “Social experiments to fight poverty.” TED. Feb. 2010. Lecture.

Homeless in America. Dir. Tommy Wiseau. Perf. Tommy Wiseau, Greg Sestaro. Wiseau Films, 2004. Film. (Optional)

Jacklley, Jessica. “Poverty, money—and love.” TED. Jul. 2010. Lecture.

Novogratz, Jacqueline. “An escape from poverty.” TED. Feb. 2009. Lecture.

Orwell, George. “Why Are Beggars Despised? About.com: Grammar and Composition. 1933. Web. Oct. 2010.

Shepherd, Adam. “Introduction.” Scratch Beginnings. New York: Harper’s, 2008. Print. (Optional)

Sheeran, Josette. "Ending Hunger Now". TED. July 2011. Lecture.

Singer, Peter. “The why and how of effective altruism.” TED. Mar. 2013. Lecture.

Walls, Jeannette. The Glass Castle. New York: Scribner, 2005. Print.