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DOGO Media

Dogo News: Week of 9 1 14: Can Mini Farms Help Solve World Hunger?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Read about the concept of the mini-farm and decide whether or not you think this could help alleviate hunger in many parts of the world.
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Freedom From Hunger

For Students 9th - 10th
Freedom from Hunger is a non-profit, nongovernmental organization that helps to fight chronic hunger and poverty.
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World Food Programme

Un World Food Program:the Hunger Map

For Students 9th - 10th
Are you studying about hunger in the world? This interactive world map with targets on 'hunger hot spots' and factual text is an excellent resource!
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Stop Hunger Now

For Students 9th - 10th
Stop Hunger Now is a non-profit, international relief organization that works to feed the hungry world wide with direct aid.
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Action Against Hunger: Acf Usa

For Students 9th - 10th
Non-profit humanitarian organization dedicated to saving lives by "eliminating hunger through prevention, detection, and treatment of malnutrition, especially during and after emergency situations of conflict, war and natural disaster".
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Cynthia J. O'Hora

Mrs. O's House: What Are Our Nation's Priorities Regarding Hunger?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Identify government funded food programs in the community. Students will consider facts about monies funded to support food for children in the United States and evaluate the ethics in organizations that give prizes to support feeding...
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New York University

Nyu Archives of Irish America: 1981 Hunger Strikes: America Reacts

For Students 9th - 10th
Online exhibit chronicling the Reactions of Americans to the death of 10 men on hunger strikes, all from Northern Ireland.
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Other

Feeding America

For Students 9th - 10th
At the online home of one of the largest hunger-relief agencies in America, find extensive reporting and analysis of the problem of hunger in the United States, along with information about its network of food banks, a quiz to test...
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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Conquering World Hunger

For Students 9th - 10th
Exhibit portrays how Harry Truman with the help of Herbert Hoover attempted to conquer the food problem in Europe after World War II.
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World Food Programme

Free Rice: Chemical Symbols (Full List)

For Students 9th - 10th
Play this game and help to end world hunger! For every correct answer, ten grains of rice will be donated to the UN World Food Programme. Try this question set covering all the chemical elements of the Periodic Table. The level of the...
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World Food Programme

Free Rice: Chemical Symbols (Basic)

For Students 9th - 10th
Play this game and help to end world hunger! For every correct answer, ten grains of rice will be donated to the UN World Food Programme. Try this question set covering the basic chemical elements of the Periodic Table. The level of the...
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Other

Columbus: Empty Bowls

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this project, participants create ceramic bowls then serve a simple meal of soup and bread. Guests choose a bowl to use that day and to keep as a reminder that there are always "empty bowls" in the world. In exchange for a meal and...
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Read Works

Read Works: Backpacks to Fight Hunger

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a program to provide food to students in need over the weekend when school lunches were not available. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
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Hartford Web Publishing

World History Archives: The Great Hunger

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses the aftermath of the potato famine; 4 million dead, 2.5 million refugees. Mentions the Irish peasantry, landlords, British Government, relief, and the cause of the famine.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Popular Culture: Book Excerpts

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on making connections with the text including text to self, text to text, and text to world. It provides links to book excerpts from The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Twilight by Stephenie Meyer and information...
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World Food Programme

Free Rice

For Students 9th - 10th
This vocabulary and grammar site provides free quizzes. The site will donate grains of rice to the World Hunger Programme for each correct answer.
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Operation Blessing Relief and Development Corporation

For Students 9th - 10th
International relief and development organization that strives to combat hunger, deprivation and physical affliction for those in need.
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Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations

Fao of u.n.: The Right to Food: A Window on the World

For Students 3rd - 8th
Using this resource, children learn about food and children around the world. Links to various nations and their resources, or lack thereof of, are included.
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Other

Global Citizen Corps

For Students 9th - 10th
This youth organization is committed to fighting global poverty. The site requires registration in order to access the tools it provides for young people wanting to make a difference. But there is plenty of information on issues such as...
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BBC

Bbc News: Week of 3 11 13: The Children Going Hungry in America

For Students 9th - 10th
This article about child hunger in the United States features the story of two young children in Iowa who often do not have enough to eat. The article includes a link to charity that helps those in need of food and a brief video. [1:59]
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PBS

Pbs Newshour Extra: School Lunch Gets a Makeover

For Students 9th - 10th
President Obama signed in a law called the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act which provides breakfast and dinner at school. In conjunction with Michelle Obama's initiative against child obesity, this law requires schools to provide...
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Oecd: Millennium Development Goals [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a list of goals and targets set forth for the new Millennium as decided by the Millennium Declaration which was signed by 189 countries worldwide. Some of the goals involve topics such as improving primary education,...
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World Food Programme

United Nations World Food Programme: Ecuador

For Students 9th - 10th
World Food Programme is the United Nations frontline agency in the fight against global hunger. This site describes the work of the United Nations in Ecuador.
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BBC

Bbc: Africa's Hunger a Systemic Crisis

For Students 9th - 10th
A BBC report (1/06) stating that more than half of the countries in Africa are suffering from a severe famine due more to political strife than drought.

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