Hunger Review and Research
Grades:
6, 7, 8
Keywords & Concepts:
Students conduct and compile research about hunger.
Duration
Print2 hours
Objectives
Students will:
- show that they understand concepts and content about hunger that they have studied so far.
- conduct research on hunger.
Materials
Computers with Internet access.
Instructions
Print
Review definitions of hunger, food insecurity and food security.
Provide students with online links and articles that will help answer the following questions:
- How is food insecurity related to hunger?
- How is food insecurity measured? What are its stages?
- How do the concepts of food security and food insecurity provide a broader framework for understanding and assessing hunger?
- What circumstances lead people to experience food insecurity?
Provide students with online links and articles about food insecurity by state. Ask them to review the sources and answer the following questions:
- Using the most recent data available, what percentage of people in your state experienced food insecurity?
- What types of households are impacted?
- What is the geographic profile by region of the nation?
Assessment
Students can accurately define the review vocabulary and answer the questions given.