The Hunger Games: Unit Plan Schedule

Week

Lesson Title

Details

Watch Food Inc. Documentary

Students will watch Food Inc. over a span of two days.

Exit Response:
Upon finishing the film, students will complete an exit
response. They will analyze the film and answer the following
questions:
- Is it biased? How? Why?
- What truth does it say?
- Why is it happening?
Food Inc.
Documentary Seed to Plate Project Phase 2 Introduction
Students will take on an active role in producing food by
Activity
forming their own school garden. By growing their food, the

opportunity exists for students to actually experience what it
takes to maintain even a small portion of a crop. This project
will be year-long.

Evidence
Key Outcomes (POS)
(Assessment)
Health and Life Skills
- Develop strategies that promote
healthy nutritional choices for
self and others
- Assess the quality and reliability
of health information provided by
different sources

Exit response,
reflection, analyzes,
recognizing bias

What is the significance of Katniss friendship and love for

Rue? What is the significance of District 11 sending Katniss a
loaf of bread? Why is the Capitol threatened by this?

Social
Movement
Activity

Students will:
Research a modern social movement (last 100 years)
where different groups of people worked together for a
common goal. What was their goal? Were their
activities successful?
Explain how this relates to The Hunger Games. What is
the analogy? Who do the characters represent in an
abstract sense?
Using multimodal technology (audio + visual) work in
groups of 2-3 to record your presentation. Be sure to
include pictures as well as sound. Be creative in your
approach.

Take Home Assignment:
Students will reflect on the social movement activity.

Key Outcomes (POS)

Social Studies
- 9.1.2 appreciate the various
effects of government policies on
citizenship and on Canadian
society
- 9.S.8 demonstrate skills of oral,
written and visual literacy
- 9.S.1 develop skills of critical
thinking and creative thinking

Evidence
(Assessment)

Group presentation that
is submitted in
electronic form, Self
evaluation