No Prep Plans | The Hunger Games: Inside Panem — Life at the Bottom

No Prep Plans | The Hunger Games: Inside Panem — Power, Inequality & ControlDistrict 12: Life at the Bottom | District Survival Investigation

Take students inside District 12 to investigate what daily survival looks like in one of Panem’s poorest and most overlooked communities.
In this no-prep novel study lesson, students use research and evidence from The Hunger Games to examine poverty, dangerous work, hunger, survival strategies, inequality, and limited choices. Students dig deeper into how District 12 shapes its residents and consider how setting and inequality influence character development and conflict.

Grades: 6–10
Time: 1–2 class periods (45–60 minutes each)

What's Included
- Teacher directions
- Student-friendly overview
- Mini research questions
- 5-step District Survival Investigation
- Survival Has a Cost evidence & analysis page
- More Than Poverty inequality & character analysis
- Build the District Survival Investigation planning page
- Color student pages
- Printer-friendly black-and-white student pages

Students Will
- Investigate daily life in District 12
- Analyze hardship and survival strategies
- Use evidence from the novel
- Examine poverty, work, resources, and inequality
- Consider whether survival decisions are truly free choices
- Analyze how setting shapes character
- Compare District 12 with more privileged parts of Panem
- Connect inequality to conflict and character development
- Plan and create a collaborative survival investigation

Great For
- The Hunger Games novel studies
- Dystopian literature units
- Setting & characterization
- Theme and conflict
- Textual evidence practice
- Literary analysis
- Collaborative learning
- ELA + Social Studies connections

Original Work & Novel Disclaimer
This resource is an independently created, original educational work designed to support classroom study of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
This product is not affiliated with, authorized by, sponsored by, or endorsed by Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, the publisher, or any other rights holder associated with The Hunger Games. The novel title, characters, fictional locations, and other intellectual property associated with the novel belong to their respective rights holders.

No portion of the novel is reproduced or included in this resource. This material provides original instructional activities, analysis prompts, and student work intended for supplemental classroom use alongside legally obtained copies of the novel.

Please Note
- Novel is not included
- Designed for classroom educational use
- Students should have access to The Hunger Games
- Some research activities may require internet access