INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Lesson 1: What are Hunger and Malnutrition and Who are the Hungry?

Total lesson time: 45-60 minutes

Objective 1: To understand the consequences of hunger and malnutrition

Concepts:

• Adequate food is essential for an active and healthy life
• Hunger affects the well-being of people, nations and the world

Objective 2: To know that we need many different foods

Concept:

• People need many different foods to be healthy and to grow

Objective 3: To know who is hungry and malnourished in the world

Concepts:

• Hunger is not getting enough or the right kinds of foods to meet nutritional needs
• All countries and regions have some people who are hungry
• Hunger and malnutrition exist in some form in every country among certain vulnerable groups

Summary

Lesson 2: Why are People Hungry and Malnourished?

Total lesson time: 45 minutes

Objective 1: To understand the food system that feeds people

Concept:

• The system that provides food involves many steps

Objective. 2: To understand what it means to be food-secure

Concepts:

• To be food-secure means to have access at all times to the food we need for an active and healthy life
• The three pillars of food security are: availability, accessibility and use of food

Summary

Lesson 3: What can we do to Help End Hunger?

Total Lesson Time: 45 minutes

Objective 1: To know that we all can and should act to fight hunger

Concepts:

• Every person can be a hero in fighting hunger

Objective 2: To identify how we can fight hunger and malnutrition in our own communities and in the world

Concepts:

• We can all take action to help end hunger

Summary