Here's a simple and quick way you can contribute to helping those in need. There are certainly a lot of different ways to get involved, but this particular program is one I've used in my classes for several years now. This program is called freerice.com and it is sponsored by the United Nation's World Food Programme.
You "play" for free by answering trivia questions, and each correct answer provides 10 grains of rice to be distributed to an area in need. I hope you check it out and come back to it often. You can pick different categories (or reset them if they get too hard). Please follow the directions below to get an account and to play for the group "Service for CLC" that way we can see how we are all coming together to make a difference. Please make sure you always see "Service for CLC" above the wooden bowl on your screen, if you don't see it, it probably means the program accidentally kicked you out of the group--so just search for the group again and hit "play" from that group.
Good luck, have fun, and please help our class (and school) make a difference in this small way in the fight against hunger.
Directions:
- Go to www.freerice.com and
sign up for a free account using a special user name:
A. If you're in my Interpersonal Class, use “IP before your first name and initial of last name (so mine would be "IPKariF")B. If you're in my Intercultural class. Use “IC” in front of your first name and initial of last name (so mine would be "ICKariF")C. If you’re a personal friend or family member of mine please use a “PF” in front of your first name and initial of last name (so an example of my friend’s might be “PFEthelH”.D. And if you have family or friend of one of my students please us “PF” in front of your family/friends username followed by your initials. So if Bob Jones asked Liz Smith to play for his Interpersonal class, Liz’s recommended user name would be PFIPBobJLS.
- They will send you an email confirmation. You will have to go back to your email and verify this new free rice account through your email before you can start to play.
- Go to: http://freerice.com/content-group/service-clc which will automatically put you in the “Groups” created for us which is titled “Service for CLC”.
- If you are returning to this site you will have to go to the upper right hand corner to "login".
- From that profile page, click on “Service for CLC” and then “Play”. (The first time you may have to hit "join" or something like that so it associates you as a member of the "Service for CLC" group. Once it shows up on your Group membership you should be able to click on and then hit the "play", pick your category and your off!!!
- Make sure you do this first so the totals go towards our group. It should show on the top of the page. If it accidentally kicks you out of the group, please re-enter so that totals go towards our CLC group.
- I have set it up so you have a choice of 4 different categories: English Vocabulary, English Grammar, World landmarks, Identify Countries on the Map, World Capitals, Flags of the world, Famous Quotations and the general category of World Hunger. You can pick which you’d like to use (and can switch categories or levels anytime. If questions get too tough, go back to an easier level!)
- Answer as many trivia questions as you can as often as you can. I encourage you to try and earn a minimum of 1000 grains of rice. (You earn 10 grains for each question you answer correctly. For all you non-math majors, that means answering a minimum of 100 questions.)
- Let's see if we can't do even better than that. This is a fun, easy way to make a difference in short chunks of time. So play often.
- Share these directions with your family and friends. Let's make a difference!
