What I Eat and Where I Sleep

Photographers traveled throughout the world to document differences throughout the world.

One photographer took a series of photos titled "What I Eat."

Another photographer took a series of photos called "Where Children Sleep."

The differences are astonishing.

I found these sites from the NY Times lesson plan Documenting Daily Life to Tell Stories.

This would collaborate well with the pictures that Jeremy Stevenson already has up in his room of the all the items that people have in their homes throughout the world.

The pictures are excellent and have a great impact.

This would be great for introduction geography, for doing stations on standard of living, for practicing analyzing pictures, etc.

Addressing Hunger Around the Globe

Every year there is a World Food Day, an effort to end hunger in the world.

This lesson plan on Addressing Hunger Around the Globe provides students with important information about hunger as well as ways to try and stop hunger.

I think the hunger map is fascinating and would be great for students to analyze.

There is also a link to an article about hunger in Kenya.  I haven't read it yet but it looks good.

This would be a good study of hunger in Africa during an Africa Unit.

I especially like this idea because the lesson is authentic.  Students aren't just learning facts about Africa but are learning how the can participate in these big life questions.  I want students to feel like they can make a difference.

Project Idea

This is just an idea that I came up with...it hasn't been tried or tested.

I would take the kids to the library,

have them find a children's book,

check out and read the children's book,

and then research the book's topic to find out if the author "Got it Right"

They could then write a letter to the author explaining their findings.

This might teach them skills to then research their own historical figure and write their own children's book.

They would get points for research, facts, accuracy, and creativity.

We could hold a reader's corner where we read our books to an elementary school.

They could even try to get their books published!