5-6 Grade curriculum: Session 1- Who’s Hungry in America and How Can Art Help?

MAZON’s 5th-6th grade curriculum, ‘Art as Social Change’ — a four-session unit in which students learn about hunger in America through a real story (John’s), study Jewish text on tzedek and the obligation to feed the hungry, discuss charitable vs. justice responses (including SNAP), explore examples of socially-engaged art, and then create and present their own art (video or visual) addressing hunger. The notes correctly flag that statistics reflect early-2020 data and would benefit from an update with current figures.