Lesson+5

-Have a mental picture of poverty and hunger levels around the world -Think critically about how different their world is from those who are hungry.
 * __Lesson 5__**
 * Lesson Title**: Visual Representation of Hunger
 * Grade Level**: Tenth grade
 * Projected Length**: One class
 * Big Idea**: Empathy
 * Essential Question**: How does world hunger affect those who are hungry?
 * Instructional Objectives:**
 * Understand:** After this lesson I want students to understand the drastic difference between our standard of living versus the standard for those who are hungry.
 * Know**: After this lesson, I want students to realize that there is a world beyond their perception that they have not seen. There is much they are not aware of that is not made public.
 * Do**: After this lesson, students will be able to:

Visualizing how world hunger affects those who are hungry.
 * Aim:**

[|World on Fire]
 * Procedure:**
 * Do now:** Watch the video, "World on Fire" by Sarah McLachlan

1. Why does McLachlan list prices of all the costs of shooting a music video? 2. Why did she do her own makeup? 3. How does her song mood fit with the images she shows? 4. What differences can you observe between the lifestyle involved in making a video in L.A. versus living in Niger or Cambodia among those in the video? 5. McLachlan's song lyrics state "The more we take, the less we become. Fortune in one man means less for some." What do those lines mean? 6. Why do you think McLachlan chose this project?
 * Answer the following questions** by posting to your blog (we will the discuss the questions in class after reading each others' responses):


 * Create two pages in photoshop** that form a collage made of photos from online web sites. One is to use fashion magazines and depict a trendy, modern American lifestyle and another is to depict poverty around the world.


 * Homework:** Write a personal reflection of how all the images from the video and the ones you searched out made you feel. Did they make you angry or sad? Did they make you view hunger any differently than before?