Service learning
What is Service learning?
Service-learning is when we identify real community needs, take action to help, and reflect on what we learn in the process. It's a bridge between academics and the real world.
What is Food Insecurity?
Food insecurity is when people don't have enough to eat and don't know where their next meal will come from.
Name at least one of the three important and widely used federal nutrition programs. Bonus 100 points for each one you get!
SNAP, WIC, and school meal programs.
Can anyone get involved in anti-hunger advocacy at the local, state, and federal level?
Yes!
True or False: Donated food always respects cultural food traditions, dietary restrictions, or personal choice.
False. Many food banks do not have a diverse range of food donated. This is important to consider when designing our food drive.
Name at least two of the four types of service. Bonus 100 points for a correct example of those services.
Direct Service – Helping people face-to-face
Example – serving food at a shelter, cleaning up apark
Indirect Service – Helping behind the scenes
Example – collecting cans for a food drive, making blankets for shelter pets
Research-Based Service
Example – Surveying students about energy usage and sharing the results with the school
Advocacy-Based Service
Example – Writing letters to lawmakers about saving trees, making posters about recycling.
Name one of the four requirements for food security. Bonus 100 points for each one you get!
A person's food supply must be sufficient, affordable, culturally appropriate, and nutritious.
True or False: SNAP is a federal program, but it is administered separately by each state, territory, or federal entity.
True.
Answers may vary.
Personal experiences are a great way to kick off advocacy, these may make others comfortable in talking about things that may not otherwise be comfortable.
What is intrinsic motivation?
This type of motivation comes from within the individual. It involves engaging in an activity for its inherent satisfaction or enjoyment. For example, a person may read a book simply because they love reading and find it fulfilling.
What type of service is this?
Studying how noise affects concentration and reporting your findings.
Research-based service.
Name one of the three root causes which cause high rates of food insecurity in the U.S. Bonus 100 points for each one you get!
Racism, low wages, and high cost of housing.
What is SNAP in Colorado called?
Colorado Quest Card
What are some examples of moments in history when advocacy has created lasting change?
Answers may vary.
Civil Rights Movement, Suffragette Movement, Environmental Advocacy, Social Justice Advocacy, BLM, and so many more.
In our last lesson we watched a video from Desmond Morris on the Biology of Art. What happened in that video?
A monkey was regularly rewarded for creating paintings. Over times, these paintings got worse.