The Emotional Keyboard

Jensen, Eric. "The Emotional Keyboard." Chart. Teaching with Poverty in Mind: What Being Poor Does to Kids' Brains and What Schools Can Do About It. Alexandria, VA: ASCD Publications, 2009. 18. Print.

Most of the children who are living in a low income household, simply aren't equipped with a range of emotions for how to respond in certain situations. The majority of students who are acting out in classrooms, for example, a student with anger problems. That student only knows how to act angry in that circumstance, due to the fact that at their home, they aren't taught how to express any other emotions. This emotional keyboard diagram shows the different emotions that are hardwired in every humans DNA. Then it goes to show the emotions that are taught at a young age in a stable, well-off living environment household.