Evaluation of Feeding Minds, Fighting Hunger materials and model lessons

Thank you for taking the time to comment on and evaluate the Feeding Minds, Fighting Hunger lessons. We are very interested to know how these materials are being used. Your input is important to our efforts to develop a set of relevant and compelling materials that will be used by teachers and students around the world. We will use your comments to revise the lessons to better ensure that they meet your needs and the needs of teachers in other places.

The Feeding Minds, Fighting Hunger lessons have been developed as a starting point for teachers to introduce the topic of hunger in the world to their students. Given the wide variety of problems, cultures and environments around the world, the materials have been prepared as a framework for teachers, with the understanding that teachers will need to tailor the scope, language, discussions and activities provided to fit the needs of their students and local conditions. Please answer our questions for the one school level with which you are most familiar, or for the school level that you teach.

If you have not yet used the materials in your classroom, please answer the questions based on your review of the lessons. Providing us with examples and suggestions will be most helpful as we continue to improve these materials.

1. What grade/s and ages do you teach?

2. Please describe your school/classroom:

a. Where is it located?

b. What is the size of the school and your class?

c. What is the economic level of the community where your school is located?

d. Is your school rural or urban?

e. What is the first language of the school and community?

f. How accessible are computers and printers in your school?

3. Which Feeding Minds, Fighting Hunger lessons did you teach or review?

Lesson One: What is Hunger and Who are the Hungry?

Taught/Reviewed

Lesson Two: Why are People Hungry?

Taught/Reviewed

Lesson Three: What Can We do to Help End Hunger?

Taught/Reviewed

4. Have you had the opportunity on other occasions to explore the issues of hunger and malnutrition with your students? no/yes

Please respond for each lesson for Questions 5 through 7 below

5. How much time did/would you spend in preparation?

6. What adaptations did/would you make before using each lesson?

Lesson One:

Lesson Two:

Lesson Three:

7. How much time did/would you spend teaching each lesson? What do you think about the length of each lesson?

Lesson One:

Lesson Two:

Lesson Three:

Please respond to the following questions either for each lesson, or for the lessons overall

8. What do you see as the strengths of the lessons? Please list specific points from your review of the materials or your use in the classroom.

9. What do you see as areas for improvement in the lessons? Please list specific points from your review of the materials or your use in the classroom, as well as suggestions for improvement.

10. Please list and describe any additional activities or materials that you used/would use to complement the lessons.

11. What specific portions of the lessons would /did your students find most interesting?

12. Did you have difficulty with any of the concepts or activities presented in the lessons? Please tell us what didn't/wouldn't work in your situation and why.

13. What additional concepts would you like to see added to the lessons?

14. Overall, for your classroom circumstances, on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 the lowest and 5 the highest rating, please rate the lessons in each of the areas below:

a. Usefulness

b. Clarity of messages

c. Clarity of language

d. Cultural appropriateness

e. Age appropriateness

f. Ease of use

g. Adaptability

h. Format

i. Graphics

15. In your opinion, are these lessons useful to teachers and students in various settings around the world? Explain why or why not.

16. Are you likely to incorporate these lessons into your teaching? Describe why or why not.

17. What recommendations do you have for improving the materials and lessons?

18. Are there any other comments you would like to make about the Feeding Minds, Fighting Hunger lessons?

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