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How We Feed Ourselves

Activity 1

Print this page and record your answers.

Every 3.6 seconds someone dies of hunger

 

 

Visit the Hunger Site at: http://www.thehungersite.com/

 

Watch the map on this site. It is similar to the one above

When a country darkens on the map, it represents a death from hunger.

What countries do you see become darkened most often?

 

Where are they located?

 

The vast majority of hungry people live in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.

 

Activity 2

 

Hiroji Kubota is a photojournalist who traveled throughout South Asia to take pictures of how people get the food that they need to survive. Many of the people that he photographed had to labor long hours doing very hard work to even earn a tiny portion of the daily food they need for themselves and their families. Others had to scavenge and beg for a living.

 

Reasons for Hunger:

·        Exploding populations

·        Water shortages

·        Pollution

·        Environmental destruction

·        Illiteracy

·        Food shortages

·        Famine

 

Look at Kubota’s Portfolio at http://www.asiasociety.org/arts/kubota/port.html

Explore the images.

 

React:

1. Describe a photograph that made a strong impression on you.

 

2. Why do you think this photograph is memorable or interesting?

 

3. What did the photographer try to show in the photograph?

 

4. Do you think he was successful in showing this meaning?

 

Activity 3

 

We will be comparing India to a part of the United States.

 

Visit National Geographic Map Machine Site at http://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/index.html

to find some information.

 

1.      Type India where is says Find a Place.

2.      Press Go

3.      In the pop up window click on India, Country, Asia

4.      Look at the map. Find mountains, deserts, and rivers.

5.      Click on Flags and Facts

6.      Click on India in the pop up window.

 

Find this information:

1.      Area

2.      Population

3.      Literacy

4.      Economics

 

Now find this same information for the United States.

1.      Area

2.      Population

3.      Literacy

4.      Economics

 

This information will be used in Activity 4, which will be done  together as a class.