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Jelly Beans
to Feed the World |
Materials Needed:
A bag of jelly beans with enough for at least three per student.
Goals
To show that there is enough food for everyone but food is not
distributed evenly. To help students understand how it feel not have
enough food.
Directions:
1.Each student picks a slip of paper from a can. Eighty per cent will
say "poor" and twenty per cent will say "rich".
2.Divide the classroom so that the rich students have two-thirds of the
space and the poor students are crowded into a corner at the back of the
classroom.
3.Give the "rich" group a bowl of jelly beans (more than three per
student) and the "poor" group a small bowl with just a few jelly beans
(not enough for each child).
4.Before the students begin to eat they must decide how to divide the j
To take this exercise a step further, discuss the distribution of space
during this exercise. Compare the population of Canada to other
countries that are heavily populated.
Note: Before the end of the class, provide extra jelly beans for the
students in the "poor" group.
Discussion:
1.How did the two groups feel about the way the jelly beans were
distributed?
2.Did the rich group share with the poor group? If they did share, how
did they decide to share and how much to share?
3.Why is food important? Why is sharing important? What happens when
you never have enough to eat and always feel hungry?
4.Should rich countries share with poor countries? How can we do this?
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