While many people feel poor few of us have had to deal with issues of poverty. The following activity is designed to get “into the weeds of poverty” by requiring you as a student to work out budgets. Budgets are where poverty and reality meet.
Instructions
Pick one of the two following scenarios and develop a budget for that family. The budget must include the following items (also noted on the worksheet): housing, utilities, food, household supplies, personal hygiene, transportation, medical insurance or medical costs, clothing and incidentals.
Scenarios
The married couple
You are a married couple both under the age of 30. You live in a midsize city and neither of you have been able to find full-time work. The man works part-time between 25 and 30 hours a week at $15 an hour. There is no healthcare or retirement for that job. The woman works part-time between 30 and 35 hours a week at $17 an hour. She does not have healthcare nor any benefits with her job.
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