Introduction
You have been chosen to help stop world hunger because so many kids are dying from this they need our help to save them so they don’t die. I don’t want to see them die do you want to see them die either because their parents are dying to from that or I do not want to see their parents die from it either. I do not want any of them to die so would you like to help me stop world hunger because it is so bad and sad. Would you want to see on TV or on the news that so many kids have died from not eating for a week or so. I would like for you to help me so you will be doing these activities on stopping world hunger because they probably would do the same thing as too are doing for them food or money or anything for the kids and families that are dying from hunger and things like that.
Task
On this webquest youwill be doing four activities:
Activity 1 Reading summarize
Activity 2 Social Studies opinion
Activity 3 Science/Reading and answering questions
Activity 4 Art make a poster on how to stop world hunger and how you would stop world hunger.
Process
Activity 1 Reading
You will be reading through the article and you will write a summary on this article that you read.
7 GREAT LESSONS TO TEACH KIDS ABOUT HUNGER AND FOOD INSECURITY
September is Hunger Action Month and I am joining together with many other moms, educators, talented writers and bloggers to share various activities, ideas, children’s books, etc. with two goals: 1) create awareness about hunger and 2) to inspire others to get involved either in their own communities, through social media, or globally to raise awareness and/or funds to help end hunger. Read Moms Fighting Hunger 30/Sept/2012 to look at all of the ways individuals and families got involved last year. Here I share 7 great lesson plans to teach kids about hunger and food insecurity worldwide, available for free from the most involved non-profits around the world.
According to the UN’s World Food Programme, 870 million people in the world do not have enough to eat (1 in 8 people!). Poor nutrition causes nearly half (45%) of deaths in children under five – 3.1 million children each year. If these staggering numbers are incomprehensible for adults, how is it possible to talk to elementary students about fighting hunger??
7 LESSON PLANS TO TEACH YOUR KIDS ABOUT HUNGER AND GLOBAL FOOD INSTABILITY:
1. Heifer International offers a wonderful visual lesson about our nation’s resources. “When is Enough, Enough?” on page 5 of this pdf on Feeding 5000 uses cups of cereal demonstrate the basic resources of the Earth, who is consuming most of them, and who is left in poverty.
2. Look at the Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN (FAO)’s Map of World Hunger. Choose a country that is red (more than 35% is malnourished) and research what factors contribute to the food instability. For example: drought, other natural disaster or environmental factor, political situation, war, famine, food shortages, etc.
3. Learn about food insecurity in Nigeria, India and Guatemala (and the US!) through the Pulitzer Center’s free lesson plans (pdf). Watch their videos, listen to the radio streams, use their post-video discussions and extension activities to explore hunger on a global and local level. Classes are encouraged to host an awareness event and even connect with the journalists via email, skype or in-school visits. What an amazing opportunity!
4. Host an OxFam Banquet, where a small percentage of students enjoy a lavish, abundant meal, some students have a decent meal with no extras, and a large group of students eat rice and drink water. OxFam offers a free toolkit for schools with discussion questions, promotional materials, and fact sheets.
5. Play the World Food Programme’s “Food Force: The only game where virtual good turns into real-world impact. Grow food, distribute it around the virtual globe, and change the lives of hungry children.” This on-line game is played through Facebook, and has already been played by 10 million people! I am not a gamer, and was a little confused at first, but I think if parents and kids sit down together to play and discuss, there is a lot of learning potential.
6. Read Church World Services’ (CWS) “Hungry Decisions” story, about a man (or woman) trying to survive in a rural area of a developing area. The story is similar to the Choose Your Own Adventure books, in that every page ends with 2 choices; you must choose how the story continues by making the (sometimes) difficult decisions. There are lots of opportunities to discuss with your kids!
7. Use the lesson plans at Rice Bowls to teach your children about hunger in several interdisciplinary lessons. The free, downloadable lessons are broken into grade-level and subject matter, with with easy to follow descriptions.
Activity 2 Social Studies You will be reading another article on world hunger and you will give your opinion about what you are reading and what you want to do to stop world hunger.
Activity 3 Science
You will be answering question on your web quest about how you would stop world hunger.
What are the ways to stop world hunger? Work tirelessly for an international organization? Donate old clothes and toys to our local Salvation Army? Or is it even possible? There are hundreds of theories on how we can end world hunger and activists debate many of them. Some have been effective and others not. One thing is certain, and that is that we must do something.
Top 10 World Hunger Solutions
1. Sustainable Food
Heifer International is an organization that helps transform agriculture. They fund projects so people can provide food for themselves in a sustainable way. This is very powerful, because ultimately we would like to see many impoverished areas not reliant on aid from foreign countries (which often causes debt) and able to create their own, steady, supply of food.
2. Access to Credit
Many organizations are helping people in poor countries to gain access to credit. Most of these credit loans are repaid, and they have created many industries, such as farms, that help create a sustainable provision for people and also develop nations economically. If these people do not have access to credit, they cannot start up industries that combat poverty.
3. Food Donations
Although ideally it would be better to get the entire world to a place of self-sustainability, it is not something that will happen overnight. In the meantime it is important to lend a helping hand. The impact of donations, both cash and food, have had an immense impact on world hunger. Organizations such as Food for All have customers donate $1-5 when checking out. Last year they raised a whopping $60 million to fight world hunger.
4. Transitioning
Many families dealing with poverty need help transitioning into a state of self-dependence. 15 Feeds Family is an organization that helps with this transition. They start by providing families with food, but then slowly find solutions to empower families to be self-sufficient. This is important, because self-sufficiency allows for a certain food income, when relying on donations does not always guarantee food.
5. Urban Farming
Almost one-quarter of undernourished people live in an urban environment. Recently, there has been a big push for urban farming. Urban farming empowers families to gain control over their own food source.
6. Access to Education
Education is the best weapon against poverty and hunger. It is especially powerful in underdeveloped countries. Education means better opportunity and more access to income and food. Additionally, some countries have food-for-education programs where students are given free food for coming to school. This may seem like a basic idea in the United States, but it is lifesaving in many under developed nations.
7. Social Change
This is extremely hard and will not take place overnight. However, many social issues, such as war, pose a fundamental problem to halting world hunger. Ideally, this will happen when world powers, such as the United States and many western European nations, choose to focus on solving these issues instead of exacerbating them. However, this can only start when people in developed nations begin to care about those issues as well and pressure their governments to be productive in ending conflict.
8. Government Intervention
Aid to foreign nations needs to be more focused on government intervention, like programs that provide food to mothers and their children in poor areas. This is not much different from many programs available in the United States.
9. Empowering Women
There is a direct correlation with hunger and gender inequalities. Empowering women to gain access to food, be providers, and lead their families has had a major impact on food access and ability to change financial situations.
10. Birth Control Education
High birthrates pose a problem when trying to solve hunger. Many people are not educated on reproduction or do not have access to contraceptives. Gaining access to contraceptives allows for family planning and economic freedom.
You will do this and you will write your own questions on your web quest as well.
Activity 4 Art 
You will be making a poster on how to stop world hunger and you will be creative on the poster
Make a poster like this on but do not copy off of this one
Evaluation
Activity 1 Reading summarizing 20 points. Correct Speling, grammar, completion
Activity 2 Social Studies opinion- 15 points. see if you gave yor opinion
Activity 3 Science/Reading and answering questions 15 points. Seeing if you answered the questions the wright way and if you read the article.
Activity 4 Art make a poster on how to stop world hunger and how you would stop world hunger. 50 points. I will be seeing if you did what you were supposed to do and if you did not copy off the picture.
Conclusion
Congratulations! You have helped to stop world hunger in your community. Now go out and spread the word to others.
Credits
Teacher Page
I am doing this because I want tostop world hunger. The reason why I am doing this is because to many kids are dying of not eating and getting sick and things like that. I dont want to see any kids die because it is just sad and if i was one of those kids and someone helped me and I got out of their I would go and give those kids that did not have anything food like they gave me to help me not die and things like that. That is theb reason why I am doing this ansd why I want kids to do it ti is to stop world hunger.