Food Force: This video game might be useful to introduce issues with hunger in the junior grades. It is a 227MB file so it may not be something for an entire computer lab, but you could use it as a reward for students that finish their work early...
Free Rice: is a vocab game that students could use in down time, or to increase their literacy skills instead of solitaire. For each answer you get right 10 grains of rice are donated through the UN World Food program to help hunger, so students are not only learning but assisting in the fight against starvation at the same time.
WFP also has a section particularly for students and teachers here. there are loads of resources for the classroom and would be a very useful web page for Qld Senior Geography unit- Feeding the Worlds People.
It is really important for students to gain an understanding of the perspectives and issues of others on a global scale, these games may be a starting point to aide and support deeper learning experiences.
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