LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Read about three teens who are raising awareness about period poverty; define period poverty and identify issues related to it; understand how you can fight period poverty in your own community.

HEALTH ED STANDARDS

NHES 8: Advocate for personal, family, and community health.

CASEL: Social awareness, relationship skills

KEY VOCAB

euphemism

stigma

Lesson Plan: Supplies for Everyone

These teens created a pantry of free sanitary products for their community. They explain why access to these supplies is so important.

PREPARING TO READ

Before you read the article “Supplies for Everyone,” ask your students the following pre-reading questions:

What is period poverty, and how does it affect people?

READING AND DISCUSSION

  • Have your students read the article “Supplies for Everyone”; read the article out loud to them; or have students partner-read the article out loud.
  • After they’ve read the article, revisit the pre-reading questions. Have their answers changed?

BUILDING COMPREHENSION

Check students’ comprehension of and engagement with the story with the following assessment tools:

  • Comprehension Quiz and Vocabulary Review

EXPANDING SEL OPPORTUNITIES

Continue the learning journey with the following writing prompt:

In WRITE TO REAL TEENS!, students will write a half-page to one-page letter to Isabel, Ariyanna, and Ramsey. Have them start by explaining that they enjoyed reading “Supplies for Everyone” in this month’s Scholastic Choices magazine. From there, they should share the most important things they learned from reading the article. Note: Forward your class’s responses to jyabroff@scholastic.com, and the Choices editorial team will make sure that Isabel, Ariyanna, and Ramsey receive them!

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