SECONDARY 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
  • Poor health, growth and development can result from hunger and poor nutrition
  • Hunger affects the well-being of people, nations and the world 

Objective 2: To know the magnitude of hunger in the world today

Concept:

  • Despite significant improvements, many millions of people today are hungry and malnourished

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

Concept:

  • Hunger and malnutrition exist in some form in every country

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 is complex

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
  • Food security has three fundamental pillars: 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 identify the responsibility and ability of individuals to act to fight hunger and malnutrition and to ensure food security for all

Concept:

  • We can all do our part to help end hunger and malnutrition and each one of us, even in small ways, can be a hero to someone else

Objective 2: To identify specific actions that we can take to help end hunger and malnutrition

Concept:

  • We can take action as individuals, communities and nations to reduce hunger

Summary