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THE KIDS TEACHER GUIDE IS AVAILABLE FOR A FREE DOWNLOAD!

Kids Can Make A Difference (KIDS) is pleased to announce that our teacher guide, Finding Solutions to Hunger: Kids Can Make a Difference, is now available for a FREE download. This has been made possible through the generosity of many of our supporters.

The teacher guide, Finding Solutions to Hunger: Kids Can Make A Difference, has been used in middle- and high-schools, after school programs, religious schools, distance learning programs, home schools and local food banks.

It features uplifting, engaging, interactive and challenging lessons on the causes of and solutions to domestic and international hunger. It examines contemporary development projects, the role of the media, famine vs. chronic hunger, the working poor, and many other aspects of hunger and its causes. The guide also includes valuable ideas for how young people can make a difference in their communities and in the world around them. In the hands of a creative teacher, the guide is adaptable to a range of ages and grade levels. It is available FREE in a download version from the website in both English and Spanish.

To assist you in learning more about the guide, please spend a few minutes with the author, Stephanie Kempf.

To order your FREE copy of the guide, please click here.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGES
Acknowledgments vi
HUNGER FACTS viii
IMAGINE: A Letter to Students From the Director of
WHY (World Hunger Year) ix
WHY (World Hunger Year)

The Kids Can Make A Difference® Program

INTRODUCTION 1
NOTES TO TEACHERS 3

UNIT I: WHAT IS HUNGER?

7
Food Keeps Us Alive! - A Nutrition Workshop 9
Eating The Way The World Eats 17
How Big Is The Hunger Problem? 23
Hunger Destroys 27
Two Kinds of Hunger: Famine & Chronic Hunger 33
The Power of One 53

UNIT II:

WHY ARE PEOPLE HUNGRY?

59
If There Is Enough Food, Why Are People Hungry? 61
Is Overpopulation A Root Cause of Hunger? 67
One Planet, Two Worlds 73
The Legacy of Colonialism 79
Development - Who Benefits? 95
Is U.S. Foreign Aid Working To End Hunger? 109
The Importance of Female Education 115
Hunger Hurts Us All 127
Hunger, USA: Children, The Elderly, 131
The Working Poor, Racial & Ethnic Minorities,
Single Mothers
Working & Eating 147
The Homeless 159
The Media 183
The Grapes of Wrath 195
ANCIENT FUTURES: Learning From Ladakh 203

UNIT III:

WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP END HUNGER?

213
Find Out What People Think 215
Shine A Light On Hunger 217
Combine Our Talents 221
Write Letters 223
Give Testimony 227

RESOURCE GUIDE 229