"Someone Else's Problem": A Hunger Project Moves California Students from Indifference to Activism.

Dow, Benjamin

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ERIC Number: EJ622437

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2001

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"Someone Else's Problem": A Hunger Project Moves California Students from Indifference to Activism.

Dow, Benjamin

Teaching Tolerance, n19 p12-16 Spr 2001

Describes a hunger project conducted in one California high school that was designed to encourage apathetic students to become activists. The Hunger at Home project taught students about how hunger was a part of their community, then had the students brainstorm, formalize, and implement a variety of action plans. Details several of the students' projects. (SM)

Descriptors: Activism, High School Students, Hunger, Local Issues, Secondary Education, Social Action, Student Attitudes, Student Volunteers

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: California

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