Child Nutrition Outreach Program

Food For Thought: A Hunger Curriculum for Learning and Community Service.

Project Bread's exciting hunger curriculum was created for use in grades K-12

The Food For Thought curriculum has a total of 18 lessons, in four age-appropriate units: Kindergarten-Grade 2; Grades 3-5; Middle School; and High School. Each unit includes one or more lessons in each of three areas: facts about hunger; research on how hunger has changed over time and the change in public response to hunger; and a community service learning project.

Table of Contents

Unit One: Kindergarten - Grade 2

Lesson 1: Reading about Hunger

Lesson 2: Essentials of Nutrition

Lesson 3: Learning through Community Service

See Unit Five for Kindergarten - Grade 2 Breakfast Lessons

Unit Two: Grades 3-5

Lesson 1: Reading about Hunger

Lesson 2: Research Lesson on Societal Changes in Food/Eating Habits

Lesson 3: Reviewing the Essentials of Nutrition

Lesson 4: Learning through Community Service

See Unit Five for Grade 3-5 Breakfast Lesson

Unit Three: Grades 6-8

Lesson 1: Learning about Hunger

Lesson 2: Research Lesson on Historical Changes in the National Response to Hunger

Lesson 3: Buying Food on a Budget, Part 1

Lesson 4: Buying Food on a Budget, Part 2

Lesson 5: Learning through Community Service

See Unit Five for Grade 6-8 Breakfast Lesson

Unit 4: High School

Lesson 1: Learning about Hunger

Lesson 2: Identifying the Economic, Social, and Political Factors Affecting Hunger

Lesson 3: Research Project on World Hunger

Lesson 4: The Role of the Individual and Non-Profits in Influencing Social Policy

Lesson 5: Learning Through Community Service

See Unit Five for High School Breakfast Lesson

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Breakfast Lessons

The curriculum also contains lessons focused on the importance of breakfast. The lessons follow the same format as the Food For Thought curriculum and are designed to help children in grades K-12 understand the direct link between good nutrition at the start of the day and success in school and every aspect of their lives!

Unit Five: Breakfast Lessons for Kindergarten-High School

Lesson 1: Kindergarten - Grade 2

Lesson 2: Grade 3-5

Lesson 3: Grade 6-8

Lesson 4: High School

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