1. Starter for 5! Give three causes of poverty.
Give a quote to show the poor have a responsibility to help themselves.
Explain briefly what is meant by the term ‘positive discrimination’ and give an example.
Name any one of the 6 articles of faith in Sunni Islam.
Give an example of somewhere a Christian might go on a pilgrimage.

2. Starter for 5!
Give three causes of poverty. E.g. war, unemployment, natural disasters, corrupt governments etc.
Give a quote to show the poor have a responsibility to help themselves. ‘The one who is unwilling to work will not eat’ OR ‘Go to the ant you sluggard. Consider its ways and be wise.’
Explain briefly what is meant by the term ‘positive discrimination’ and give an example. Treating people more favourably because they have been discriminated against in the past or have disabilities.
Name any one of the 6 articles of faith in Sunni Islam. Tawhid, prophethood, authority of holy books, day of judgement, angels, supremacy of God’s will
Give an example of somewhere a Christian might go on a pilgrimage. Loudes OR Iona

3. Write a caption on your post it and place it on the board!
Q to ask: who is responsible for helping people who are poor? Richer people? The poor themselves?
Write a caption on your post it and place it on the board! 3

4. The Exploitation of the Poor
Learning Objective: To understand how the poor are exploited and how Christians can respond to this.
I can recap ideas on why people become poor.
I can give examples of how poor people can be exploited.
I can explain how Christians can respond to exploitation of the poor.

5. Why are people poor? Why are people poor?
Other points to ensure are on pupil’s mind maps:
Born in poor country – LEDC where there is corrupt government or have been exploited by MEDCs. Disability preventing them from working, caring for disabled loved one, lost money because of war, natural disasters, redundancy. Bad decisions. Lack of skills/education. Drug & alcohol addiction. Poor budgeting skills. Unwise spending. Failure to prepare for retirement. 5

6. The Exploitation of the Poor
Learning Objective: To understand how the poor are exploited and how Christians can respond to this.
I can recap ideas on why people become poor.
I can give examples of how poor people can be exploited.
I can explain how Christians can respond to exploitation of the poor.

7. Exploitation of the poor
What does the term exploitation mean?
Exploitation: misuse of power or money to get others to do things for little or unfair reward.
Dictionary Corner
Ask students to either look up the definitions in the dictionary or come up with their own.
What does exploitation of the poor mean?
Exploitation of the poor: unfair pay, human trafficking, excessive interest on loans.

8. Group task
Investigate one way in which poor people can be exploited. Create a news report to raise awareness of this problem.
Include:
Definition
Examples
Facts
Why is this exploitation?
What can be done to stop it?
You will be reporting LIVE in
15 minutes!
Challenge – include an interview with somebody who has experienced this type of exploitation.
Students need to fill in their given section of the worksheet with their research before they create their news report. They will fill out the rest of the sheet when they listen to the other news report presentations. 8

9. Human Trafficking Factsheet
Definition: the illegal movement of people, typically for the purposes of forced labour or commercial sexual exploitation.
Worldwide more than 800,000 men, women, and children are trafficked every year
77% of trafficked victims are women
87% of trafficked victims are sexually exploited
Human trafficking is a worldwide criminal activity with annual profits estimated to be $36 billion
Women are sold for £500 - £8000
Source: UNODC/Home Office
Salvation Army Human Trafficking video:
UNICEF Robbie Williams:
USEFUL TO CHALLENGE HIGHER ABILITY
Salvation Army Human Trafficking Info:
“Do not exploit the poor because they are poor.” Proverbs 22:22 9

10. Unfair Pay Factsheet
Definition: Employers paying less than the minimum wage to their workers.
Approximately 200,000 people in tea plantations in West Bengal, India, are paid less than £1 a day – half the minimum wage.
Workers are often also forced to endure poor conditions eg long hours – 16 per day, 7 days a week - in unsafe conditions.
Sweatshops: terms used for a factory or workshop, especially in the clothing industry, where manual workers are employed at very low wages for long hours and under poor conditions.
National Minimum Wage Act, 1998, UK – made it illegal to pay workers less than minimum wage amount.
BBC News, Rana Plaza Disaster:
UK Minimum Wage Info:
Extra resource: Undercover: The Refugees Who Make Our Clothes
Panorama goes undercover to find the sweatshops making clothes for the British high street. Darragh MacIntyre discovers refugees working in supply chains of some well-known brands.
Beyonce’s IVY PARK brand denies use of sweatshops:
“Do not exploit the poor because they are poor.” Proverbs 22:22 10

11. Excessive Interest on Loans
Lenders often target low- income families who can’t get loans from banks; payday short term loans are very attractive but often have huge interest rates.
Interest rate may be as much as 1000% or more.
British Money Advice Service reported a case where a woman borrowed £500 and ended up owing £88,000 in repayments.
People also get themselves into real problems by running up debts on credit cards.
Definition:
Unsecured loans with a very high rate of interest.
Christians Against Poverty (CAP):
Payday Loan article:
Clip from BBC ‘The War on Loan Sharks’:
Jail For Loan Shark Who Charged 400,000% Interest - And Targeted His Own Family:
“Do not exploit the poor because they are poor.” Proverbs 22:22 11

12. Social Justice: Exploitation of the poor
Unfair pay
Human trafficking
Excessive loan repayments
Definition
Example summary
How is it exploitation
What can be done?

13. The Exploitation of the Poor
Learning Objective: To understand how the poor are exploited and how Christians can respond to this.
I can recap ideas on why people become poor.
I can give examples of how poor people can be exploited.
I can explain how Christians can respond to exploitation of the poor.

14. Remember quotes and examples!
Evaluate
‘It is more important for Christians to protect poor people from exploitation than give money to charity’.
If this was a 12 mark evaluate question in the exam, what would be your arguments for and against?
Remember quotes and examples!