The internet is full of useful curricular materials on the topic of global poverty for every grade level. Whether you want to create an entire unit around the topic, or simply want to sensitize your students to the issues of global poverty in a short lesson, these resources should serve as a jumping off point.
- Positive Planet: http://www.positiveplanet.net/resources-curriculum.php
- http://www.feedingminds.org/fmfh/home/en/
- http://www.makepovertyhistory.org/schools/index.shtml
- http://www.un.org/works/goingon/poverty/lessonplan_poverty.html