Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome!

    • Introduction

    • Mission, Vision & Guiding Principles of Common Heart
  • 2

    Lesson 1: Causes of Poverty

    • Shifting Our Perspective

    • Learning Exercise

    • Causes of Poverty

    • Learning Exercise Explained

    • Learning Exercise

    • Learning Exercise Group Discussion

    • The Wage Gap

    • Getting Ahead Self-Sufficiency Map

    • Sledgehammer
  • 3

    Lesson 2: Mental Models

    • Introducing Mental Models

    • Mental Model of Middle Class

    • Key Points

    • Mental Model of Poverty & The Tyranny of the Moment

    • Mental Model of Wealth

    • Key Points

    • Learning Exercise

    • Learning Exercise Group Discussion
  • 4

    Lesson 3: Resources, Hidden Rules & Social Capital

    • Introducing The 11 Resources

    • Resources

    • Learning Exercise

    • Introducing Hidden Rules

    • Hidden Rules

    • Learning Exercise

    • Hidden Rules Discussion

    • Introducing Social Capital

    • Social Capital

    • Learning Exercise

    • Learning Exercise Group Discussion
  • 5

    Lesson 4: Relationships, Voices & TED

    • Introducing Voices & TED

    • Creating Relationships, Voices and TED

    • Learning Exercise Explained

    • Learning Exercise
  • 6

    Lesson 5: Asset-Based Community Development

    • Introducing ABCD

    • ABCD

    • Learning Exercise
  • 7

    Closing

    • Closing Quote

    • Next Steps

    • Feedback