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Grade 5  
Unit 2: Building Bridges
It's Our World, Too
by Philip Hoose
Internet Connection Activity
The Food Pyramid    Cross Curricular
The Kids Food Cyberclub
Connect to this link:
http://www.stockportmbc.gov.uk/primary/ladybrook/nut/WW125.htm


  1. Click on the Kids Food Cyber Club to enter.

  2. Scroll down and click USDA Food Guide Pyramid. Read the information.

  3. Click Start and answer the questions.

  4. Go back then click Back to the Clubhouse and then Choices, Choices, Choices. Play one of the games.

Food Pyramid Game
Connect to this link:
http://www.dairycouncilofca.org/activities/pyra_main.htm


  1. Click Start Game. Read about the food pyramid and click Continue.

  2. Drag the food group shapes to their places in the pyramid.

  3. To learn more, move your mouse over each section of the finished pyramid.

  4. Click Next Game and then Continue.

  5. Drag each food item to its place in the pyramid.

Internet Connection Activity
Community Services    Find Out More
America's Second Harvest
Connect to this link:
http://www.secondharvest.org/


  1. Click and read Who's Hungry in America?

  2. Click people we serve for statistics about hunger.

  3. Click Childhood Hunger. How many children face hunger in the United States?

Homelessness: Myths and Facts
Connect to this link:
http://www.goodwillinn.org/facts.htm


  1. Read the myths and facts about homeless people in America. Are any of these facts surprising to you?

  2. Click What Is Homelessness on the left navigation bar. Read the information and click Why Are People Homeless? on the top navigation bar.

  3. On a separate sheet of paper, write a paragraph on the facts about homelessness you found most surprising. How did these facts challenge what you thought you knew about homeless people?

Internet Connection Activity
Craig Kielburger's Work    Leveled Books
An Interview with Craig Kielburger
Connect to this link:
http://www.cydjournal.org/2000Winter/kielburger.html


  1. Read the interview with Craig Kielburger.

  2. What incident made Craig decided to do something about child labor?

  3. What are some of the projects initiated by Free the Children?

UNITE! Kids Page
Connect to this link:
http://www.uniteunion.org/kids/kids.html


  1. Click Click Here to Read the Story. Read about B.D. and Ateth.

  2. What parts of Ateth's life surprise B.D.?

  3. What does B.D. do to help Ateth?