Food Force #3

Mapping Africa 1. Political Map Title: Hunger in Africa 2 _____ Label the following countries Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Niger, Malawi 5 _____ and Ethiopia Color the countries yellow 3 _____ Create a map key – Countries with a Hunger Crisis (match to country colors) 5 _____ 2. Physical Map Title: Important Physical Features 2 _____ Locate and label and five physical features you believe impact life in Africa 5 _____ Create a map key (rivers, mountain range, desert) 5 _____ Color the physical features to match the key 3 _____ On the back of your map list each of the physical features. 5 _____ Write a one – two sentence reason you selected the feature as part of the “Top 5” – connect to the people in the region 10 _____ Total 50 _____ Food Force: Fighting Hunger in Africa The Journal of _____________________________ The Drought in East Africa 1. What’s the problem? 2. Who is impacted? 3. Possible solutions? Draw an illustration of the problem: Mission #1: Air Surveillance Reading Response “Searching for Survivors” 1. Why is there a need to “search for survivors”? 2. What challenges are faced by those who are searching for survivors? Mission #1 Response 1. What challenges (physical and human) did you face during Mission 1? 2. Were the challenges similar or different to those you thought you would face? 3. What did you learn about the fight against hunger from playing the game? Create an acrostic poem using either the words Africa or Hunger (you may select a different word if you can apply the concepts from the reading, video and/or mission). An acrostic poem uses the letters in a topic word to begin each line. All lines of the poem should relate to or describe the topic word. http://readwritethink.org/materials/acrostic (for a really cool on-line tool to create your poem) Mission #2 and #3 Video Response What are the results of hunger as seen in the video clip? Reading Response: Preparing a Diet 1. What is the goal? 2. What are the challenges? Reading Response: Air-Dropping Food 1. What is the goal? 2. What are the challenges? Response to Mission #2 and #3 Mission #2 Energy Pacs Mission #3 Air Drop What challenges (physical and human) did you face during the Mission? Describe how the challenges were similar and different to those you thought you would face. What did you learn about the fight against hunger by playing the game? Mission #4 and #5 Delivering Meals Reading Response 1. What is the goal? 2. What are the physical and human challenges of delivering food? Game Response Explain both the physical and human challenges you faced. Do you believe the human obstacles or the physical obstacles provide the greatest challenges? Explain your response. Did the game help you understand the challenges of the fight to combat hunger in Africa? Explain. Mission to Qana Complete the Venn Diagram comparing your “air drop” mission to the mission to Qana. Compare the experience, the challenges and the situations (why was the delivery needed) Mission #6: Future Farming Reading Response: Rebuilding Lives What are the challenges facing the people of Africa after the crisis has been abated? What are the challenges facing the World Food Program? After completing Mission #6 1. Describe how you helped the people of Sheylan. 2. Do you think Sheylan will become a self-sustaining community? Explain. Did “Food Force” help you understand the problem of world hunger? Explain Did “Food Force” help you understand the effort of the global community to combat world hunger? Explain. What questions do you still have about hunger or the WFP? Make a Difference! Create an awareness poster regarding hunger in Africa OR promoting the World Food Program. Poster Requirements Title/Slogan 5 pts ______ Five Facts 15 pts ______ (meaningful facts that define the problem or explain the organization) Illustration/photos/pictures 10 pts ______ Map of Africa 5pts ______ Neat 5 pts ______ “Wow” Factor 10 pts ______ (includes grammar, color, lay out, etc.) 50 pts ______