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Grade: 10th Grade Unit: World Hunger Big Idea: Empathy Essential Question: How does world hunger effect us? Enduring Understanding: I want students to understand that although they may not be directly affected by world hunger they can be part of the solution.

Aim: How does hunger affect our mind?

Students will understand:
 * That the world produces enough food to feed everyone.
 * Poverty and hunger does not only affect our physical bodies but it also deters us from our aspirations.

Go over exit card in class:
 * __Do Now:__**
 * 1) “Do you believe there is enough food in the world to feed everyone?”, have students stand up and stand on one side that represents “Yes”, “No”, or “Not Sure”.
 * 2) Next, have students in the group talk to one another and share their reasons with why they’re standing on the same side.
 * 3) Lastly, have one student report on the main reasons their group came up with. Ask students, if after they’ve heard each group’s side, they are moved to change their opinion.

//I. Answer to the Do Now:// The world produces enough food to feed everyone. World agriculture produces 17 percent more calories per person today than it did 30 years ago, despite a 70 percent population increase. This is enough to provide everyone in the world with at least 2,720 kilocalories (kcal) per person per day (FAO 2002, p.9). (That’s enough to make us all chubby!) (according to [|worldhunger][|.][|org] and Food and Agricultural Organization)
 * __Procedure:__**

// What do you think about this finding? // Have students share their disbelief/belief.

II. //* What does “hunger” mean?//
 * Hunger ** is a term which has three meanings (Oxford English Dictionary 1971)/Dictionary.com 2011
 * the uneasy or painful sensation caused by want of food; craving appetite. Also the exhausted condition caused by want of food
 * the want or scarcity of food in a country
 * a strong desire or craving

In yesterday’s class, students learned that hunger is a scarcity of food in a country. However, when it comes to the mind, hunger is also an exhausted condition caused by want of food, and a strong desire/craving.

The following article is to be read in class: []

Students will answer the following questions based on the article:

III.
 * Can the body survive long-term if it lacks a major vitamin?
 * How can being energized throughout the day bring you success?
 * Now, think about people in our country and around the world who are hungry all day/every day. What are some long term disadvantages that lack of food may bring to their mind?

Lack of food also affects our needs as human beings. Our desires in life are very important to us and we work hard to achieve them. However, people can’t always achieve their desires if their poor and hungry.

Being poor and hungry already illuminates the foundation of Maslow’s pyramid of needs.
 * How does each need affect the other?
 * Can I achieve “Esteem Needs” if I don’t have “Biological and Physiological Needs”? Why or why not?


 * Conclusion:**

Blog about how you would feel if you could no longer achieve your greatest desire because you were poor and hungry.