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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 3 rd grade classroom 4-H state congress
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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