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