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Food Fright

 

Have students research the ways that struggling families in your community can get help buying food. This could include help from the government, food pantries, church, charities, universities, stores, or other sources. Ask students what they can personally do to help. Inspire them to start a school food drive or advertising campaign that would encourage others to help those less fortunate than themselves. The Connecticut Food Bank offers online tips for organizing a food drive.



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Answers to this week's SmartStuff are listed on Page 2 of the Issue 23 Teacher's Guide that accompanies Current Events magazine.

 


 

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Food Fright

  • See how the prices of various types of food have changed nationwide, in cities, and in regions of the country using the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index.
  • Get the facts about food stamps.
  • Learn what the government expects to happen with food prices from the Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service. The future might include a snack tax.
  • Check out the government’s new food pyramid, play games, and learn what people are supposed to be eating every day. Staying healthy isn’t cheap.

Locked Up

  • Frontline interviewed four teens who got in trouble with the law and the lawyers and judges who dealt with their cases. Two of the teens went through the adult court system, and two were treated as juveniles.
  • Learn more about alternatives to sending teenagers to adult prisons from the Center on Juvenile & Criminal Justice.
  • For more links to learn about juvenile justice, see this Florida State University site.

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