Education Resource: Hunger Games Challenge

Engaging students in critical thinking is always a challenge struggle educurious provides a unique opportunity. Check out http://educurious.org/try/hungergameschallenge. Hunger Games is both an engaging book and a potential connection to social studies.


Students will use evidence from the text to infer what might have lead to Panem, the post-apocalyptic world of The Hunger Games." In addition "Students will also use primary source documents found through research to support their analsyes. Communicate and inform others about what they've learned and how it applies to our world. Check in with Experts in the field who provide feedback on the sudents project." The Final Project has students "write an informative essay analyzing the evidence ofa social, political, or environmental issue that may have led to Katniss's world"