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AP® Computer Science Principles Food Insecurity and Hunger Teaching Module GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY 4 FOOD INSECURITY AND HUNGER MODULE FOR AP® COMPUTER SCIENCE PRINCIPLES AP® WITH WE SERVICE Table of Contents Using This Module .7 Teaching Module: Food Insecurity and Hunger .8 Getting to Know the Topic .12 Planning Your Instruction .13 Alignment to Course Framework .14 WE Service Concepts .16 Teaching Modules PART 1: Investigate and Learn .18 PART 2: Action Plan .50 PART 3: Take Action.64 PART 4: Report and Celebrate .77 AP® WITH WE SERVICE FOOD INSECURITY AND HUNGER MODULE FOR AP® COMPUTER SCIENCE PRINCIPLES 5 Using This Module AP® with WE Service provides a collection of resources to support your planning and implementation of the program. This teaching module, Food Insecurity and Hunger, is one of two sample lesson guides for AP® Computer Science Principles. As you read through this module, refer to the AP® with WE Service Program Guide for additional activities that will support your students’ learning throughout the program. Program Guide The AP® with WE Service Program Guide contains a robust collection of service oriented activities and resources that support the WE Learning Framework.
Use these case studies, news articles, and student activities to supplement and strengthen your students’ understanding and application of core service learning skills.org/pdf/program-guide.pdf WE Resources WE offers a library of resources to support you in delivering content on social topics and issues, as well as the tools and the inspiration for your students to take social action, empower others, and transform lives—including their own. Access our resources at WE. An AP® with WE Service Program Manager will support you in planning your instruction with access to the resources that are the right fit for you. Digital Social Issues Sessions will connect your students with a motivational speaker or facilitator to deliver an online workshop on global and local issues and topics.
Speakers and facilitators can also be booked for school-wide speeches and smaller group or class workshops on site. Full-day Youth Summits provide immersive issues education and action planning opportunities for students. Throughout the module, you will also see tables of optional activities and resources you can pull into your instruction. Digital Portfolio Report your students’ performance through the AP® with WE Service digital portfolio.
Step-by-step directions for using the digital portfolio are available on the program website: collegeboard.org/apwe-resources. How-To Videos Also available on the program website are how-to videos that explain what AP® with WE Service is all about, as well as the steps you need to take to get it going in your class: collegeboard.org/apwe-videos. 6 FOOD INSECURITY AND HUNGER MODULE FOR AP® COMPUTER SCIENCE PRINCIPLES AP® WITH WE SERVICE Module Sections THE PLAN SECTION contains information to help you decide how and when you will fit PLAN this module into your AP® curriculum. PART 1: INVESTIGATE AND LEARN defines and explores the module topic at local TEACH: PART 1 and global levels, and within the context of your AP® course curriculum.
This will be the majority of your required in-class instruction hours and it is where your students will start to make connections between your AP® course content and the module topic. TEACH: PART 2 PART 2: ACTION PLAN guides students as they form teams and begin developing their plan for achieving one local and one global action. TEACH: PART 3 PART 3: TAKE ACTION is where students put their plans into action. As they work, they should keep track of what they do and collect artifacts that capture their efforts.
During this part, you may need to guide students as they encounter obstacles or help them maintain their motivation. TEACH: PART 4 PART 4: REPORT AND CELEBRATE describes how students can showcase their projects and share their accomplishments. Presentations and celebrations may be in your class or in the community. AP® WITH WE SERVICE FOOD INSECURITY AND HUNGER MODULE FOR AP® COMPUTER SCIENCE PRINCIPLES 7 Teaching Module Food Insecurity and Hunger “ We have everything we need–the tools, the technology, the people.
It is time to deliver, time to move from the conference room to our countries, and to deliver together a Zero Hunger world.” – ERTHARIN COUSIN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UNITED NATIONS WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME AP® WITH WE SERVICE FOOD INSECURITY AND HUNGER MODULE FOR AP® COMPUTER SCIENCE PRINCIPLES 9 Getting to Know the Topic Food Insecurity and Hunger: Globally People are considered food secure when they have availability and adequate access at all times to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life. Food security is a complex sustainable-development issue, linked to health through malnutrition, but also to sustainable economic development, environment, and trade. Food insecurity can occur when the cost of food is too high in certain regions, or a family is struggling to make ends meet. At times, the challenges are related to a community’s geography.
A community located in a dry climate may have difficulties with farming, while others can be affected by natural disasters like floods or drought, which might destroy an entire season’s crops. Fast Facts Taking Action Globally There are a number of ways that students can take action in their own school and community to help developing communities around the world improve their food security. Some ideas include: Create a podcast or website that educates people about food insecurity in a particular region or country. Another option is to support and fundraise for WE Villages program.
Students can support this program by visiting WE.org/we-schools/educator-resources to get ideas and resources for taking action on global issues. According to the United Nations, more than 2 billion people do not have enough food to lead a healthy, active, productive life. 10 FOOD INSECURITY AND HUNGER MODULE FOR AP® COMPUTER SCIENCE PRINCIPLES AP® WITH WE SERVICE Getting to Know the Topic PLAN Food Insecurity and Hunger: Locally Over the past decade, reliance on supplemental nutrition programs has more than doubled, and the strain to afford healthy, nutritious food has been felt in communities across America. Hunger is an issue that can affect people in different situations.
Some people need support over longer periods, but most require help only occasionally or for a short period of time. For those who cannot find support, hunger leads to long-term health conditions, especially in young children. Fast Facts According to the USDA, more than 11 million children live in food insecure homes. Taking Action Locally Within their local or national community, students can: According to the USDA, 12 % of American households live in a state of food insecurity.
AP® WITH WE SERVICE FOOD INSECURITY AND HUNGER MODULE FOR AP® COMPUTER SCIENCE PRINCIPLES 11 Taking Action Global and Local Service Projects WE Villages For more than two decades, WE Villages has been engineering an international development model to end poverty. We partner with developing communities around the world and collaborate on projects and programs that equip families with the tools they need to break the cycle of poverty through our five Pillars of Impact: Education, Water, Health, Food, and Opportunity. These pillars address the five primary causes of poverty with holistic and sustainable solutions that work in tandem to transform communities. Why Food Insecurity and Hunger? When communities develop the skills and infrastructure to produce healthy, nutritious food year-round, they have the fuel and the tools they need to grow new opportunities for future generations.
Five Pillars of Impact Education Water Health Food Opportunity Security 12 FOOD INSECURITY AND HUNGER MODULE FOR AP® COMPUTER SCIENCE PRINCIPLES AP® WITH WE SERVICE Planning Your Instruction PLAN Food Insecurity and Hunger Purpose In this module, students will develop an understanding of AP® Computer Science Principles and discover how computer science can be used as a tool to improve challenges throughout the world. This will be accomplished by introducing students to computer science big ideas of Programming and Algorithms, Data, and Global Impact while exploring the potential computer science holds to improve food insecurity and hunger both locally and globally. Opportunities to practice developing and using both data and procedural abstraction have been incorporated for students. Ensure students are collecting evidence of their work as they go along.
Following list includes pieces of work you may want to collect through out the year: Photos Interviews Scripts Screenshots Posters Maps Reflections Thank you notes Overview As presented in the Introduction, this teaching module contains four parts. These are also the four rubric topics you will assess your students on in the digital portfolio: Part 2: Action Plan: Guide students as they form teams, develop their action plans, and reflect on their ideas. Throughout Parts 1–4, activities that are required for the Recognition Rubric are labeled with an icon (see Icon Legend on page 16).