We often hear about people’s desire to solve world hunger, or to be able to feed the world and help alleviate the suffering associated with it.

However, meaningful long-term alleviation to hunger is rooted in the alleviation of poverty, as poverty leads to hunger. World hunger is a terrible symptom of world poverty. If efforts are only directed at providing food, or improving food production or distribution, then the structural root causes that create hunger, poverty and dependency would still remain. And so while continuous effort, resources and energies are deployed to relieve hunger through these technical measures, the political causes require political solutions as well.

Education standards that apply to Poverty and World hunger

K-2

• USHist K-3/I.A. Family Life Today and in the Past: The student will understand how families live today, and in earlier times, recognizing that some aspects change over time while others stay the same.

 

 

 Econ K-3/VI.A. Economic Choices: The student will understand that economic choices are necessary in life.

 

• Gov’t & Citizshp K-3/ VII.A. Civic Values, Skills, Rights, and Responsibilities: - The student will describe civic values, rights and responsibilities in a republic.

 -The student will understand the importance of participation in civic life and demonstrate effective civic skills.

 

• Econ 4-8/V.B.- Economic Choices: The student will understand basic principles of economic decision-making.

 

• Gov’t & Citizshp K-3/VII.A. Civic Values, Skills, Rights, and Responsibilities: -The student will describe civic values, rights, and responsibilities in a republic.

-The student will understand the importance of participation in civic life and demonstrate effective civic skills.

 

• Gov’t & Citizshp K-3/VII.B.- Beliefs and Principles of United States Democracy: The student will understand the role of government, rules, and law and why we have them.

 

3-5

• Gov’t & Citizshp 4-8/VII.A. Civic Values, Skills, Rights, and Responsibilities: - The student will recognize the importance of individual action and character in shaping civic life.

- The student will articulate the range of rights and responsibilities in a republic.

- The student will know how citizenship is established and exercised.

- The student will understand the importance of participation in civic life and demonstrate effective civic skills

6-8

 

• USHist 4-8/I.G. Reshaping the Nation and the Emergence of Modern America 1877-1916 AD: The student will analyze the transformation of the American economy and the changing social and political conditions in response to the Industrial Revolution.

 

• USHist 4-8/I.J. Post WWII era, 1945-1980 AD: The student will understand and analyze the economic, social, and political transformation of the United States and the world between the end of WWII and the present.

 

• WHist 4-8/III.F. World Civilization Toward a Global Culture, 1500-1770 AD: The student will examine changing forms of cross-cultural contact, conflict, and cooperation that resulted from the interconnections between Eurasia, Africa, and the Americas.

 

• Hist Skills 4-8/IV.B. Historical Resources: The student will begin to use historical resources.

 

• Geography 4-8/V.E. Essential Skills: The student will use maps, globes, geographic information systems and other sources of information to analyze the nature of places at a variety of scales.

 

• Gov’t & Citizshp 4-8/VII.A. Civic Values, Skills, Rights, and Responsibilities: - The student will recognize the importance of individual action and character in shaping civic life.

- The student will articulate the range of rights and responsibilities in a republic.

- The student will understand the importance of participation in civic life and demonstrate effective civic skills.

9-12

 

• USHist 9-12/I.O. Contemporary United States 1970 AD to the Present: The student will understand the evolution of foreign and domestic policy in the last three decades of the 20th Century and the beginning of the 21st Century.

 

• WHist 9-12/III.E. Global Encounters, Exchanges, and Conflict 500-1500AD:

- The student will demonstrate knowledge of civilizations and empires of the eastern hemisphere and their interactions through regional trade patterns.  

- The student will demonstrate knowledge of overseas trade, exploration, and expansionism, in the Mediterranean, Indian, and Atlantic Ocean, 1000-1500 AD.

- The student will demonstrate knowledge of social, economic, and political changes and cultural achievements in the late Medieval Period.

 

• WHist 9-12/III.F. Emergence of a Global Age, 1450-1800AD: The student will demonstrate knowledge of economic and political interaction among peoples of Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

 

• WHist 9-12/III.G. Age of Empires and Revolution, 1640-1920AD: - The student will demonstrate knowledge of the status and impact of global trade on regional civilizations of the world after 1500 AD.

- The student will demonstrate knowledge of European and American expansion.

- The student will demonstrate knowledge of the effects of the Industrial Revolution during the 19th Century.

 

• WHist 9-12/III.H. Global Conflict 1914-1945AD: - The student will demonstrate knowledge of the worldwide impact of World War I.

- The student will demonstrate knowledge of the worldwide impact of World War II.

 

• WHist 9-12/III.I. The Post-War Period, 1945AD-present: - The student will demonstrate knowledge of major events and outcomes of the Cold War.

- The student will demonstrate knowledge of political, economic, social, and cultural aspects of independence movements and development efforts.

- The student will demonstrate knowledge of significant political and cultural developments of the late 20th Century that affect global relations.

- The student will identify challenges and opportunities as we enter the 21st Century.

 

• Hist Skills 9-12/IV.A. Historical Inquiry: The student will apply research skills through an in-depth investigation of a historical topic.

 

• Geography 9-12/V.B. Essential Skills: The student will use maps, globes, geographic information systems, and other databases to answer geographic questions at a variety of scales from local to global.

        

• Geography 9-12/V.C. Spatial Organization: - The student will explain how the reorganization of space into political units affects human behavior.

- The student will use regions and the interactions among them to analyze the pattern of present economic activity in the United States and around the world at various scales.

 

• Econ 9-12/VI.D. International Economic Relationships: The student will understand the key factors involved in the United States’ economic relationship with other nations.

 

• Econ 9-12/VI.E.- Economics and Public Policy: The student will apply economic theories and concepts to public policy issues.

 

• Gov’t & Citizshp 9-12/VII.A. Civic Values, Skills, Rights, and Responsibilities: - The student will understand the scope and limits of rights, the relationship among them, and how they are secured.

- The student will know how citizenship is defined, established, and exercised, and how it has changed over time.

- The student will analyze various methods of civic engagement needed to fulfill responsibilities of a citizen of a republic.

 

• Gov’t & Citizshp 9-12/VII.D. Governmental Processes and Institutions: The student will analyze the relationship and interactions between the United States and other nations and evaluate the role of the US in world affairs.

 

 

 

• Gov’t & Citizshp 4-8/VII.C.- Roots of the Republic: The student will demonstrate knowledge of influential and fundamental documents of American constitutional government.