Extension Team Project (ETP)Alabama 4-H War on Hunger…

Making a Difference

Getting Started

Social Policy class project: develop engaging hunger-related materials for youth– Intended audience: 4-H summer camps– Internet research

Piloting activities– 3rd grade classroom– 4-H state congress

Hunger Jeopardy (adapted from http://teach.fcps.net/trt10/PowerPoint.htm, Kim Overstreet )

AL 4-H War on Hunger… Making a Difference

GOALS To educate youth (9-19 yo) about hunger To facilitate engagement in the community

and the development of civic identity– Raise awareness about global and local hunger– Move toward solutions for reducing hunger in AL

communities

To evaluate the quality of the info/activities and their impact on youth

Educate Youth

Engaging Activities (3-7 days minimum)– Hunger Jeopardy– Action Tree– Hunger Obstacle Course– Web of Advocacy– Setting Priorities– And more! (Feeding Minds, Fighting Hunger, etc.)

Community Involvement

Each group that signs up for the ETP will also complete at least one hunger-related community service activity

(3-7 days minimum)

Evaluate Impact

Retrospective pre/post surveys– My knowledge of global hunger before/after; poor,

fair, good, excellent

Open-ended questions (optional)– Which activities were the most meaningful to you?

Why?

Demographic record Activities record (edu and community) Success story

What’s Next?

Complete first version of the curriculum Alabama 4-H War on Hunger… Making a Difference

Distribute facilitator’s guides and orient partcipants to the ETP (Jan 2008)

Implement the ETP across Alabama Continued partnership between 4-H and Auburn

University War on Hunger Analyze evaluation data to determine impact Continue to enhance curriculum

Expected Impacts and Outcomes

Increased knowledge of global/local hunger

Increased involvement in creative community service activities

Increased awareness of and involvement in the context in which hunger (and solutions) exist