poverty authentic task

1. Term 4 Project
Grade 11
Topic: poverty
Given date; 07
September 2015
Due date: 13 september
2015

2. Aims of this project
•You should be able to define poverty.
•You should be able to critically think about the causes and solutions of poverty.
•You should be able to use creative thought process.
Instructions
•Write neat and legible.
•Your explanations should be in paragraphs.
• Work in groups and be corporative.
•Your final project should have table of content, group name and names of
all group members.
•Specify who was doing which task
•No late submission would be accepted.

3. Do this in groups
In this project, you are going to imagine your class has been elected by a Minister
of finance in your province to critical evaluate the success and mistakes of the government’s
efforts to alleviate poverty in South Africa.
Consider the following questions:
•The poverty problem in your province.
•The causes of this problem.
•Possible solutions to this problem.
•The amount of money to be budgeted for in order that you can put your action plans into
• motion.

4. Part 1 (30 marks)
•Select six poverty problems in your province.
•Explain the causes of these problems in your province.
•What are possible solutions that can also help government to put
more effort on alleviating poverty in South Africa?
•Conduct budget to help the Minister of finance about the money
that needs to be budgeted for your province to get education in
order to alleviate poverty in the next coming years.

5. Project monitoring
Progress will be monitored throughout the project as your group
needs to give feedback to the class according to the project
requirements.
The following reports must be done:
1st report: The poverty problems you found in your province.
2nd report: Report the solutions of the research in a class
Feedback report.
3rd report: Design a budget that you can put on your action plans
into motion.

6. Part 2 (20 marks)
In conclusion, write at least three to four paragraphs explaining
what you can generate to alleviate the poverty conditions of
people in your neighbourhood.
NB. After explanation you’re required to at least provide one
paragraph in reflection on what you have learned and the
challenges you have faced in doing the portfolio/project.

7. Use the following rubric to check if your final work meets the requirements project:
Group names:
components Inadequate (0-4) Emergent (5-7) Novice scholarship (8-10)
Group work Not all members of
the group participated,
lack of joint buy-in and
lack of coordination.
Sufficient teamwork,
all members of the
team contributed.
Very effective teamwork and
creative inputs by all
members.
Multiple perspectival
analysis of issues or
problems
Limited to just one or
two perspectives and
failure to interrogate
issues from different
standpoints.
Various perspectives
are identified and
there is conscious
effort at critical
discussion though
somewhat vague.
Clear, explicit exposition of
various perspectives and
critical thinking clearly
evident.
Relationship between
practical experience
and educational
practices
No/little relationship
between practical
experience and
educational practices.
Discussion is very
superficial.
Some relationship
between practical
experience and
educational practices.
There is some critical
discussion 0f the links.
Clear, explicit exposition of
the relationship between
practical experience and
educational practices. Critical
thinking clearly evident in
learner’s work.
Explanation of
envisage/ challenges
clearly outlined in the
case.
Learners have
neglected to outline
envisaged or
problems show limited
insight into the case
provided.
Learners exposition of
envisaged or
problems relatively
clear.
Learners exposition of
envisage or problems are
clear and unambiguous and
show excellent insight into the
case provided.
Creative and
appropriate figures for
budget.
No/limited
dispositional
innovations are
articulated.
Some figures are
outlined but somewhat
unfocused or
indistinct.
Clear and creative
articulations.
Total marks:50