Activities

Math Activities:
In the Classroom: Students will conduct research to find how many people are dealing with hunger issues in the community. Students will be given half class period in the computer lab to conduct the proper research of finding hunger issues in the Milwaukee Community. Once the research is complete, as a class we will compare and contrast all of the students results. As a class we will discuss if these results seem real or if the numbers are actually higher or lower than found. (Day 1)

For an entire class period students will again be in the computer lab. This time in the lab students will determine what a proper serving for each food group is. After they find the proper serving for each food group they need to think of an example that can possibly be used for the dinner. After everyone one has found their examples there will be a class vote on the specific foods that will be used for each group. This vote will be done with the students placing their head down on the table so the votes would be secret. (Day 2)

Outside the Classroom/Inside:

Students will be responsible for going to the grocery store and recording prices and amount of servings for the selected foods of each food group that the class decided would be used in the supper. The objective to this is to find if we can find a reasonable price for a good amount of food. As each student voices t heir findings their will be a class graph to compare and contrast each specific food found. Additionally I will write on the graph "The dollar amount and the amount of servings" which will lead us into ratios. As a class we will decide the best ratio for cost/amount of servings. (Day 3)

Inside the Classroom:

Once all the specific foods and prices are picked out and the amount of servings each person recieves from each food group, the students will need to decided how much the dinner will cost for 150 people. Therefore students will need to find the cost of the dinner which will relate to how much money each student in the school needs to raise. Once the students determine these calculations the "Money collections can begin".

Language Arts:
Day 1: Students have researched and been provided with information on malnutrition and the importance of healthy food the past two weeks. Students will brainstorm and start a rough draft on writing a letter to a local community member or a politician to raise awareness on what is happening in our community with malnutrition. We will discuss how to write a formal letter and how to address the letter with "Dear" and "Sincerely". Students are required to write one letter, but can write as many as they want to multiple people.

Day 2: Students will write their final draft of the letter to the person of their choice. They are also to bring the address of the person(s) they are sending the letter to. As a class, we will go over how to address envelopes with proper name and return address.

Day 3: Each student will be given a child's story from the website: http://kabiza.com/Africa-Children-Photo-Album.htm and will read about how they live and survive. Students will compare their lives to the ones they read about and how thankful we are for what we have and are provided with. The class will read the stories and have a discussion for the rest of the class about the similarities and differences in their lives. Student's will also be paired into groups of 3 and will make a slogan for the St. Vincent de Paul dinner. Student's can be as creative as they want but the class will ultimately pick the slogan to be used.

Day 4: Students will create a flier/brochure to hand out to the people at the dinner at St. Vincent de Paul's. The students will use the information they have learned over the past few weeks to include information such as the importance of nutritious food, places to get food for free/reduced price and statistics of people who are under served or eating non healthy food in Milwaukee. The class will be divided into groups of 3 and each group will make the flier/brochure. Once completed, the class will vote on which one will be handed out at the dinner and copies will be made.

**Social Studies**:
Day 1: Students will be given the opportunity to learn what the word hunger means for different people. Hunger to them might mean they want a snack, but to others they have not eaten for days and it is affecting their everyday activities. Each student will read a poem of their choice from the book __ Food Fight: Poets Join the Fight Against Hunger with Poems __. As a class we will then read __Lives Turned Upside Down--Homeless Children in their Own Words__ and look at the pictures from which is a real life account of students who are hungry and they documented what it feels and looks like.

Day 2: The purpose of today's lesson is to inform students of the different groups of people that are affected by hunger. Some examples would be, but are not limited to children, the elderly, veterans, or homeless. We will discuss the specific groups with little detail because students will be doing research and a project on the specific groups. The directions and guidelines of project will be given to the students during this lesson.

Day 3: Students will work in pairs to complete the project on a different group of people that are affected by hunger. Each group is required to find facts about the group within our community and nationally. They are to find out how many people are hungry in their category, what services are available to the group, how the government is helping them, and how they could serve or raise awareness about the specific group. The students will create a Facebook group to highlight the information they found and what can be done to help these people.

Day 4: The students will present their findings to the class and show the Facebook page they created to inform the community and eliminate any stereotypes that may exist. Students will be asked how this information would help them plan for St. Vincent de Paul. Each student will be encouraged to take this project to heart and be ready to serve any group or person without judgement and understanding of what they are going through.