2015-2016 Social Activism Lesson

Tuesday, September 16, 2015

Do Now:

List your three favorite foods to eat when you were ten years old.  Share with your table group.

NOW…imagine that the foods on your list were

·         Anything that was not rotten or moldy

·         Anything that was not full of bugs

·         Anything that was not from a trash heap

Did you know that even today, there are children who get their food from trash heaps? 

Watch the video, and then we will look at some ways that we can help.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/06/09/cnnheroes.duron.miranda.argentina/index.html

Now watch life is like fro some in the Philippines…

https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video;_ylt=AwrBT7b2JfdVLGgAxp1XNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTByMjB0aG5zBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw--?p=Video+Children+Getting+Food+From+Trash&fr=yfp-t-901#id=18&vid=dcbc29fa379d6e6a0e3cfc6e33fbea7a&action=view

(Child scavengers in the Philippines)

http://www.heifer.org/about-heifer/index.html

(Click on Alton Browne from Food Network.  Use Google Chrome).

Heifer International

What can you do?  Different parts of the country can use different items.  For instance, for $150.00 you can buy a Llama for Latin American.  They provide transportation and wool for a family.  For $30.00, you can purchase a hive of honeybees for a family in Guatamala, so that they can sell the honey or trade it.

For $300.00 you can buy a water pump for a village!  As an advocacy you can raise money simply by saving your spare change or doing fund-raisers.  You can pair up with another advocacy (or several) and put your money together.  By Christmas, you could change the life of a family or village in another country. 

Here is the wish list:

http://www.heifer.org/gift-catalog/animals-nutrition/index.html

Exit Ticket:

As an advocacy, we are committed to raising $________________ so that we can purchase _____________________. 

Name of Advocacy teacher: _______________________