{"id":18790,"date":"2025-03-01T20:44:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T01:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/?post_type=lessons&#038;p=18790"},"modified":"2025-04-02T14:50:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T18:50:49","slug":"teaching-through-books-poverty","status":"publish","type":"lessons","link":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/lessons\/teaching-through-books-poverty\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Through Books: Poverty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Derek Acorn, Alanna King, and Melanie Mulcaster<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Part of the Teaching Through Books series, this lesson discusses poverty, which refers to a lack of money to acquire basic needs such as food, clothing, and shelter. It is something that affects many families in Canada. 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