animated video (1:43) http://youtu.be/L5XXshJhSvo
FIND OUT:
(1.) Find out what happened to her and
(2.) whether she's one in a million...or MORE! If
more, HOW MANY MORE?
VIDEO (1:09) http://youtu.be/6jSBW0BOPqM
FIND OUT:
How many children will die of hunger in the next 60 seconds?
http://actioncenter.nokidhungry.org/actions/action/t ake-the-no-kid-hungry-pledge http://actioncenter.nokidhungry.org/actions/action/s end-a-letter-to-the-editor-of-your-local-newspaper
HELPING TO END CHILD HUNGER
FIND OUT WHAT YOU CAN DO:
1. Take the pledge.
2. Send a letter to the editor of your local paper.
ARTICLE: More than a Fifth of the Nation's
Children Are Facing Hunger http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/04/21/3429174/feedingamerica-hungry-kids/
FIND OUT:
1. Which states is highest in food insecurity for children?
2. Which states is second highest in food insecurity for children?
VIDEO (5:47) http://youtu.be/f3RZW7qwUqo
FIND OUT:
1. When was it started?
2. How does it work?
3. How many cans are you willing to bring?
4. Would you be willing to participate in a service project at MFN? They need help sorting and stacking cans. If so, complete the survey linked here: http://mcjags.com//cms/module/selectsurvey/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=689
video (3:38) http://youtu.be/tSizops50Eo
GPS: WHAT IN THE WORLD - World Food Crisis
FIND OUT: American and India are the world's two largest democracies.
1. What percentage of their food do Americans waste? Why?
2. What percentage of their food do Indians waste? Why?
3. What can be done to solve these problems?
(Washington Post article) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/19/AR2010111906872.html
FIND OUT:
What are five things people commonly believe about hunger in America which simply aren't true.
video (1:09) and website with list of celebrities http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9hvyUm91n8 http://youtu.be/-VnUgmVhnZE
FIND OUT:
1. What month is Hunger Action month?
2. Find out what good company you are in:
Activist Celebrities list - Pick your five favorite celebrity activists against hunger.
website http://twibbon.com/Support/Speak-Out-Against-Hunger
FIND OUT:
1. What do you do when you "GO ORANGE"?
2. Go orange!
INTERACTIVE
FIND OUT:
1. How can you build your academic skills while you generate food donations? http://freerice.com/category
HUMAN ANATOMY
CHEMICAL SYMBOLS
COUNTRIES ON A WORLD MAP
WORLD LANDMARKS
NATIONAL CAPITALS
WORLD FLAGS
FAMOUS QUOTATIONS
FAMOUS PAINTINGS
SAT QUESTIONS
LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GRAMMAR AND USAGE
2. Jot down five things you learn while filling a bowl of rice.
http://www.channelone.com/hunger-bytes/ http://youtu.be/CCVGccp9ybE
Video (1:05)
FIND OUT: Watch this report from Channel One to see what a 14-year-old John Beck did to take a bite out of hunger!
Watch his video (1:05)
1. What did John Beck do?
2. Search and find the story of another teen hunger activist who's making a difference.
Provide a link to the teen activist's story.
3. BRAINSTORM: What's something YOU can do to become a hunger activist? (You can start small...like maybe donate some extra cans!)
website with links http://humanneeds.vcu.edu/Page.aspx?nav=7&scope=24&source=12
FIND OUT:
Does race and ethnicity matter where food insecurity is concerned in MS? Find out how much.
https://www.freedomfromhunger.org/world-hunger-facts https://www.freedomfromhunger.org/living-proof-meet-women-ie-0 website at freedomfromhunger.org
FIND OUT:
1. Three key facts about world hunger
2. Take a VIRTUAL TOUR of Africa, Asia, and Latin
America to see what WOMEN are doing about it.
List one thing women are doing in each area.
http://wallwisher.com/wall/HUNGER_OC_5 music video (5:15)
FIGURE OUT: Most people find music inspirational. What songs will inspire Jags to give generously of their time, talent, and resources to reduce hunger and food insecurity in our community? Search and find a song that really moves you to change the world. Share it.
music video (4:28) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEXQkrllGbA
FIGURE OUT: Often people who need help feel alone. This song is comforting, and it reassures us that we are not alone. Search and find a song that you find comforting. Share it.
music video (6:40) http://youtu.be/FVxv6AFt7YM
FIND OUT: Listen long enough to find out five things the Pointer Sisters say we can and should do and why.
2 web links
FIND OUT: What is the cost of apathy?
1. Read “What Redburn Saw in Launcelot’s Hey” by Herman Melville.
http://www.angelfire.com/ma2/danimal/p&w&q/write5.html
2. Download and do this activity . http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CC4QFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fp ersonal.linkline.com%2Fjzarro%2Fjzlessons%2FRedburn.doc&ei=tQx0UPqIMcbgyQGYoICgCQ&usg=AFQjCNG_jqANE-
ZwrSZgbKJpz7TJSpLSHQ&sig2=cDvnLTICiMYbS6xqyqvGUw
You might be able to parlay this into a good grade in English!
website http://hungermath.wordpress.com/
FIGURE OUT:
1. Visit this website: Hunger Math: Analyzing
World Hunger by the Numbers
2. Design a math activity using the resources there and share it with your math teacher.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUG8Qgipfro video
FIND OUT:
1. What is a PSA? (Google it, of course!)
2. View this PSA .
3. Create, film, and upload your own PSA for the FOOD FOR FAMILIES CANNED FOOD
DRIVE. Share it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo video
FIND OUT: How can we use statistics to help us understand
the problem and figure out what to do about it?
1. Watch 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes to find out what the GAPMINDER WORLD is.
2. Then when you get home, download the GAPMINDER
WORLD tool from http://www.gapminder.org/and play with the numbers.
3. Take a look at how teachers are using this tool at http://www.gapminder.org/for-teachers/
Choose an activity you like and share it with a teacher.
Suggest doing it in class.
article with web links http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/datablog/2010/oct/11/global-hunger-index http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/datablog/2010/oct/11/global-hunger-index#data
FIND OUT:
1. Read this article: "Global Hunger Index: See
How the World Compares" at The Guardian.
What is the GLOBAL HUNGER INDEX and why you should care?
2. Download the linked data spreadsheet and manipulate the numbers. Does anything "jump off the spreadsheet" and impress you as really important? Draw two conclusions based on the data and share them.
article with links http://blogs.state.gov/stories/2012/04/26/doing-business-differently-fighting-global-hunger-through-wholegovernment
FIND OUT:
1. Read Doing Business Differently: Fighting
Global Hunger to find out how business and government are working together to solve the problem.
2. Explore a few of the links and identify the two programs which you think are the most effective or interesting.
webpage http://allpoetry.com/poems/about/hunger
FIND OUT:
1. What is a HUNGER poem?
2. Read a few.
3. Create a HUNGER POEM yourself and
A. share it with your English class,
B. submit it to THE HARVEST (MCHS's literary magazine), or
C. print a hard copy or hand letter one, back it with construction paper, and turn it in to the library.
video (1:00) http://youtu.be/KMVflTXuFbU
FIND OUT: How to say, "I'm hungry" in Spanish.
video (1:00) http://youtu.be/zJbFJszl4mY
FIND OUT: How to say, "I'm hungry" in French.
video (1:00) http://youtu.be/iYDegVxqHCs
FIND OUT: 5 ways to say, "I'm hungry" in German.
video (1:00) http://youtu.be/TN7p5vRoqgI
FIND OUT: How to say, "I'm hungry" in Italian.
video (1:00) http://youtu.be/S5rRH1reNyg
FIND OUT: How to say, "I'm hungry" in Korean.
video (0:10) http://youtu.be/mNaj2ih-C2A
FIND OUT: How to say, "I'm hungry" in Chinese.
video (1:00) http://youtu.be/mNaj2ih-C2A
FIND OUT: How to say, "I'm hungry" in Japanese.
video (0:12) http://youtu.be/SZVK8KS7Q_M
FIND OUT: How to say, "I'm hungry" in sign language.
A RETURN TO MISSISSIPPI slideshow / radio reports
Slideshow
(12 slides)
Radio Report:
Part 1 (12:54) /Part 2: (8:17)
Still Hungry in America , a book with photographs by Al Clayton and text by the eminent psychiatrist Robert Coles — challenged the notion that the United States was a land of plenty, with its grim portrait of malnourished children and families crowded in tarpaper shacks.
FIND OUT:
Do all or part of our STILL HUNGRY activities. Use separate boxes on your score sheet if you are keeping score.
SLIDESHOW: http://billmoyers.com/content/what-inspired-robert-f-kennedys-fight-against-hunger/
1. Which photo moves you most? Why?
RADIO REPORT - PART 1: (12:54)
2. What was the role of government in addressing the problem?
3. What was the role of art (in this case, photography) in addressing the problem?
RADIO REPORT - PART 2: (8:17)
4. Ironically, what's the big problem in Belzoni now?
5. What is malnutrition now? http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5495641
video (19:10) http://blog.ted.com/2011/07/28/ending-hunger-now-josette-sheeran-on-ted-com/
TED Talk: Josette Sheeron
FIND OUT: WHY?
The head of the UN’s World Food Program, talks about why, in a world with enough food for everyone, people still go hungry , still die of starvation, still use food as a weapon of war. Her vision: “Food is one issue that cannot be solved person by person. We have to stand together.” (Recorded at TEDGlobal 2011 , July 2011, in Edinburgh,
Scotland. Duration: 19:10.)
1. Watch video (19:10)
2. Take notes.
3. Reflect and respond in a journal entry.
VIDEO (9:30) http://www.ted.com/talks/ellen_gustafson_obesity_hunger_1_global_food_issue.html
TED Talk: Ellen Gustafson
FIND OUT:
Co-creator of the philanthropic FEED bags, Ellen Gustafson says hunger and obesity are two sides of the same coin. In her talk, she launches The 30 Project -- a way to change how we farm and eat in the next 30 years, and solve the global food inequalities behind both epidemics.
1. Watch video.
2. Take notes. Find out what The 30 Project is and tell how it works.
video (18:04) http://www.ted.com/talks/louise_fresco_on_feeding_the_whole_world.html
TED Talk: Louise Fresco (18:04)
FIND OUT :
Why should we celebrate mass-produced, supermarket-style white bread?
Louise Fresco says environmentally sound mass production will feed the world, yet leave a role for small bakeries and traditional methods.
A powerful thinker and globe-trotting advisor on sustainability, Louise Fresco says it's time to think of food as a topic of social and economic importance on par with oil -- that responsible agriculture and food consumption are crucial to world stability.
1. Watch the video.
2. Take notes.
3. Reflect and respond in a journal entry.