Lesson+6

-Envision what hunger means physically and mentally. - Make choices, solve problems as if they are the one who is hungry. Mapping and thinking through how world hunger affects those who are hungry.
 * Lesson 6 **
 * Lesson Title**: What Would You Do?
 * 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 think from the perspective of someone who is hungry and learn to problem solve on that level.
 * Know**: After this lesson, I want students to realize what it feels like to be hungry, not only from the physical perspective, but from the mental suffering that is a part of hunger.
 * Do**: After this lesson, students will be able to:
 * Aim:**


 * Procedure:**

**Do now:** In your blog journal, write from the perspective of someone who hasn't eaten in days. Read and respond to 3-5 of each others' responses.

Having considered what it feels like to be hungry, look at p. 110 in //The Glass Castle// and pages 31-32 as well p.161. Those pages list Jeanette and her brother Brian dumpster diving for food because they can't eat any other way. In one case Brian gets food poisoning. In //Angela's Ashes// Frank steals bananas to save his baby siblings from hunger and constant crying. He also steals milk and apples from a farmer when he is older. Having looked over those pages again after finishing the books, what do you think you would do if you had to survive? Would you dumpster dive like Jeanette? Would you steal like Frank? (Post on blog, then discuss as a class.)


 * Debate: **Students who take Frank's approach sit on one side of the room, those who take Jeanette's approach or another sit on the other side. One has to convince the other of why their ideas are more valid or a better solution.

**Homework:** Create a podcast explaining an experience where you witnessed poverty or hunger. Read "The Singer Solution to Poverty." [|The Singer Solution to World Poverty]