Hortencia E. Silfa
Introduction:
Hunger is an issue that
should concern everyone and should be addressed in our society. You are a
Public Analyst working in the Mayor’s Office and you have been assigned to review the
current policies on Hunger in
As a Public Policy Analyst,
your assignment is:
- To investigate the policies associated to hunger
in
- To study the effects of those policies on our
city
- To propose your own policies necessary to deal
with the social problem of Hunger.
Task:
You
will create a news report consisting of:
·
a written report that explains the background of the social
problem, analysis of current policies and substantiated recommendations for a
new public policy
·
a poster or photo journal summarizing the social problem
Internet Resources:
Public Policy
Analyst Website
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/tips.html
Search
Engines
Websites
1.
http://www.foodfirst.org/pubs/backgrdrs/1998/s98v5n3.html
2.
http://nutrition.tufts.edu/pdf/hungerweb/endinghunger.pdf
5.
http://worldhunger.org/articles/03/2003us.htm
6.
http://www.centeronhunger.org/
7.
http://www.frac.org/html/hunger_in_the_us/hunger_index.html
Process:
Divide
into pairs.
Go
to the PPA and work with the worksheets:
1. Identify and define the problem of
hunger in
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/worksheet1.html
2. Gather evidence of hunger in
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/worksheet2.html
3.
Identify causes of hunger in
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/worksheet3.html.
4.
Create three of your own public policies that will address
the social problem of hunger in
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/worksheet4.html
and http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/solutions.html
5.
Finally, evaluate the effectiveness of your public policy
solutions and select the best solution to
solve the
problem of hunger in
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/worksheet6.html
EVALUATION:
Upon
completion of your report, each group will be graded based upon:
A) The amount of information
gathered
B) The quality of the
information gathered and
C) How well the report was
presented in the poster and the written news story, pictures and graphs.
Hunger in NYC - PPA
PRESENTATION EVALUATION RUBRIC:
|
|
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
Content |
Writing
shows in depth understanding of the social problem |
Shows
understanding through explicit references to the social problem |
Shows
understanding through implicit references to the social problem |
|
Organization |
Clear,
elaborate sentence structure; gives background, analysis, and persuasive
evidence for new policy |
Writing
varies length of sentences; gives some background, analysis, and partly
persuades with some evidence |
Writing
uses basic sentence structure; news story gives little or no background or
analysis, and does not support new policy |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Collaboration |
There
is strong evidence that all group members participated equally |
There
is some evidence that all group members participated equally |
There
is little or no evidence that all group members participated equally |
|
Visual Piece |
Poster
or Photo Journal is appealing; images represent the themes in the news story |
Poster
or Photo Journal captures the social issue but is not as relevant as category
3 |
Poster
or Photo Journal does not capture the social problem or the themes of the
news story |
Conclusion
Students
should have discovered evidence of hunger in
Standards Addressed in WebQuest
English:
ES #1: Language for Information and Understanding
ES #2: Language for literary response and expression
ES #3: Language for Critical analysis and evaluation
ES #4: Language for Social Interaction
Social Studies
SS# 3: Geography Understanding
SS # 4: Economics
SS # 5: Civics, Citizenship and Government