Lesson background
Hunger and homelessness in the community can be invisible to children whose basic needs are met. Last year as I explored hunger in our area with a group of third to fifth graders, I asked the kids to guess how many kids in their schools don’t have enough to eat on a daily basis. Their estimates were optimistically low. They were shocked to learn that 1 in 5 children in America are food insecure. And they were even more...
