Poverty and it's Relationship to Crime

Describe the three most important things you learned today and your issue and/or being an active citizen

• How to make an iMovie – Nathan
• Teamwork is cruciale – Hunter
• How to work together, one voice at a time – Jaret

Do you think you can make a difference in your community? How?

• Yes, I can make a video that tells and shows people about poverty and how they can help – Wyatt
• Yes, volunteering to help out at school events and social activities – Lauren
• Yes, by writing a councilman – Hunter

What did you like most about today? Why was it your favorite activity?

• Making the script for our project, because it was fun – Alisia
• Drawing my Mural – Nathan
• Learning about iMovie. I like learning to animate things – Wyatt

What is one thing you would like to know more about?

• What we can do to help out more in the community -Alisia
• i want to know more about writing a spoken word poem – Abigail

What question do you have for U.S. Representative Bill Flores tomorrow?

• What is the hardest part about your job? – Jaret
• What does a U.S. Representative do all day? – Abigail

Describe the three most important things you learned today?

• How to make an argument, how to be on a jury, what happens in court – Lauren
• The court process, how poverty and crime are related, and how to be a jury – Jaret

How will learning about the trial process, jury process, and forming a good argument help you be a more active citizen?

It helps to know about the challenges they face – Hunter

It will bring those who should face justice – Nathan

Based on what you learned today, do you think that you can make a difference in your community? How?

Yes, by performing a valid argument – Jaret

I think I can make a difference in my community by being an active citizen – Abigail

What did you like most about today – besides lunch? Why was it your favorite activity?

• Law school, it was fun to learn  – Wyatt
• Going to the law school, to learn how to perform in court – Jaret
• iCivics, its a video game – Nathan
• iCivics, it taught me so much – Alisia

What is one thing you would like to know more about?

• Mission Waco – Lauren
• How to be a lawyer – Wyatt
• I would like to know more about being a lawyer – Abigail

Describe the three most important things you learned today

• I learned that the Pouge museum is very interesting – Abigail
• What you have to do to be a city manager – Nathan
• Civil Rights movement – Alisia

What community issue did your group choose to investigate? Why?

Poverty and the relationship between crime. We liked this idea best and it was a challenging project for us – Alisia

What have you learned about being an active citizen today?

• Get involved! – Hunter
• I have learned that being an active citizen can make a big difference in my community – Abigail

Do you think that you can make a difference in your community, how? 

• Saving people from poverty – Wyatt and Nathan
• Yes, There are many programs and volunteer places to help – Alisia

What did you like most about today? 

• iCivics, because it taught alot and it was fun – Alisia
• Going to the library. it was cool to learn about more presidents – Wyatt

What is one thing you would like to know more about? 

• I would like to know more about what I can do to make my community a better place – Abigail
• Poverty rates in Waco – Hunter and Alisia
• Why do poverty people do crimes – Nathan
• Where I can volunteer – Wyatt

Describe the three most important things you learned today?

• There is a high population of animals and there is a need for neutering animals
• A water shed is drainage from a river to a larger body of water.

What community issue did your group choose to investigate? Why?

Poverty with an emphasis on criminal issues.

What have you learned about being a citizen today?

A citizen is someone who is respectful and involved in their community.