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Hope In The Hard Times - A Unit on the Great Depression
Students examine the Great Depression through the analysis of the novel, 'Bud, Not Buddy.' They analyze photos from the National Archives website, complete a character analysis, and conduct research and summarize a topic from the Great...
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Zimbabwe
Students explore the hardships being faced by the people in Zimbabwe. In this World History instructional activity, students research the challenges of Zimbabwe, such as hunger, poverty, low life expectancy and political...
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Language Arts: Twinning At-Risk Students
Students at-risk in high school and primary grades pair up to read and write together. They create books modeled after authors and illustrators. They hold a parents' day to display their completed books.
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Meeting Needs Four Ways: The Drive (6th)
Students study the U.S. economic sectors and their philanthropic role in communities. In this civil society lesson, students brainstorm and classify businesses in their community. Students discuss the for-profit, nonprofit, government...
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People making a difference
Students identify resources that all humans need and compare needs and wants. In this needs and wants lesson plan, students discuss with their teacher situations in which people need or want items and how some people don't have the...
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Sharing is Giving-The Drive
Students identify acts of philanthropy. In this philanthropy instructional activity, students define the term "hero" and read the book Stone Soup. Students discuss soup kitchens and complete a Venn diagram analyzing the differences...
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Language Arts Curriculum Guide
In this language arts worksheet, students complete many worksheets that include brainstorming, newspaper article reviews, TV show descriptions, and more. Students complete 54 worksheets total.
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We the Present
Students interview representatives from nonprofit organizations in their community. They summarize the information from their interviews and share the information with the class. They identify the impact of the organization on the...
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Conversation Lesson: First World Obligation
Young scholars engage in a debate about the obligation each country has to help other countries in need in order to help build their conversation skills. The format of the debate is imbedded in this lesson plan.
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Freedom From Hunger
Freedom from Hunger is a non-profit, nongovernmental organization that helps to fight chronic hunger and poverty.
Other
Bread for the World: About Hunger
Evaluation of how hunger and poverty are linked. Also included are the many facts and figures about poverty and hunger, and different problems leading to poverty throughout the world.
eSchool Today
E School Today: Hunger and Malnutrition
Learn how hunger and malnutrition affect humans around the globe.
World Food Programme
Wfp: World Food Programme
WFP is a United Nations organization whose mission is to eradicate global hunger and poverty. Their primary beneficiaries are victims of natural disasters, displaced people, the world's hungry poor, and women.
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Week of 9 1 14: Can Mini Farms Help Solve World Hunger?
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.
Columbia University
Nasa: Sedac: Poverty and Economic Indicators
[Free Registration/Login Required] A collection of twelve data sets from SEDAC (Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center) that examine global poverty and economic factors that contribute to poverty. They look at infant mortality,...
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Sos Children's Villages: Hunger in Africa
Hunger Crises are escalating at several hot spots: Nigeria, Yemen, South Sudan, and Somalia. These areas are suffering starvation and famine as a result of armed conflict, droughts, or torrential rains which destroys crops and kills...
United Nations
United Nations Cyberschoolbus: Poverty
A site designed for teachers, the UN Cyberschoolbus poverty curriculum provides teachers K-12 with seven units related to poverty. Each unit provides background, class activities, suggestions for community service activities, and links...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Hunger in the World
A great series of interactive lessons for students to examine world hunger in a visual, easy-to-understand way.
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Action Against Hunger: Acf Usa
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".
World Food Programme
Un World Food Program:the Hunger Map
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!
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations: The Right to Adequate Food
One basic life concept is that every person has the right to adequate food. Using this interactive site, find out more about this by exploring the tabs underneath the title. The Resources section has learning resources, including...
United Nations
United Nations: Millennium Development Goals and Beyond
Learn the eight goals that the United Nations had set forth for the Millennium and read about how we have been doing. There is also a link to a new site where the UN has set seventeen new goals for 2016 and beyond.
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
The FAO leads international efforts to defeat hunger. They help developing countries to improve agriculture, forestry and fisheries practices and ensure good nutrition for all.
World Food Programme
World Food Programme: Who Are the Hungry?
The World Food Programme is the largest food aid organization in the world, providing food where needed to victims after earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, and other natural disasters. Learn what hunger is: the causes, the people, where...