APA Bibliography: Rosen, J., & Johns Hopkins. (2017, February 15). U.S. TEENS IN POVERTY GO HUNGRY SO SIBLINGS CAN EAT. Retrieved December 9, 2018, from https://www.futurity.org/food-poverty-hunger-families-1358482-2/.
Genre: Online Material, Nonfiction
Author Information: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jill-rosen-b372025
https://www.jhu.edu
Summary: This articles summarized a study done by Robert Moffitt and David C. Ribar at Johns Hopkins University. They found that in a family that had income levels well below the poverty line, teens went hungry so their younger siblings could have food to eat. Parents of those families would sacrifice themselves first when it came to food. But if there wasn't enough food for all their children, they would give food to the babies and toddlers before giving it to the teenagers. Amongst the teenagers, teen boys usually went without food more than teen girls.
Target Audience: The target audience for this article is anyone older than 15.
Evaluation: This article was very hard core and very realistic. This happens a lot in poverty, but there isn't much we can do about it. Sometimes it can be very hard for parents to make this decision, but they do not have a choice.
Reader Response Activity: An activity that you can do with this article is to have your students do some research on poverty. This activity is very open ended and you can manipulate it however you want. You can specifically have them focus on just poverty, or how it affects children, or how teens have to work instead of going to school.
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