World Hunger Lesson Plans

Students examine food labels. For this nutrition lesson, students compare the nutritional content of various snacks. Students investigate personal eating habits and their nutritional value. Working in small groups, students analyze snack foods and determine if the snacks are healthy or unhealthy.

Students examine the obstacles in education faced by young girls in developing countries. Through discussion, they explore what international documents protect this basic human right.

Pupils reflect on what they consider to be the top global issues world leaders face. They discuss the growing tension between the United States and Russia on the eve of teh 2007 G-8 Summit by reading and discussing the articles. Students compare and contrast issues of security, poverty, and global economy between the 2005 and 2007 G-8 conferences.

Young scholars read and discuss the background of plants, seeds, and gene banks and grow seeds on their own. In this seeds lesson plan, students also use maps to identify seed banks and research plant farmers.

Students consider the earth and its problems as a system. They examine the fragility of that system when population, pollution, 1st world verse 3rd world, terrorism, etc., are considered as interactive parts of a spaceship earth.

Students read and interpret graphs. In this population lesson, students explore population and population density as they read several data graphs and respond to questions.

Students consider their contributions to society. In this service learning lesson, students examine Jewish tradition of tikkun olam. Students recognize that the world is imperfect as they participate in classroom activities and write responses regarding their impressions of tikkun olam.

Second graders read different folk tales and discuss them. They are given a templete of a letter and they are to write a friendly letter. Special Educaton students are paired with advanced students to help them.

Learners explore how the energy flow through a system is related to trophic levels. They investigate how organisms affect the cycling of elements and water through the biosphere. Students participate in lab activities to observe ways that humans affect community structure and ecosystem function.

Students empathize with the plight of hungry people. They discover one way that hungry people are fed in their area. Afterward, they gain awareness of the specific needs of a food bank and render their understanding in a 3-D format.