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CBL: Interdependence: Human Rights and Social Justice/Human Needs and Quality of Life - Food Lesson Plan

Curriculum area: Language, Science, Humanities, Technology Grade levels: Grades 9-12

Objectives After completing this project, students will be able to:

Have a podcast that tells of how they would have accomplished their challenge and the process they went through Demonstrate their understanding of content and communications Use real-life experiences, physical materials, and technology to construct meanings Discuss ways that cultural groups are alike, are different Use a variety of resources to find information Learn collaborative internet tools (podcast) Create a podcast to communicate information

Suggested Activity Time 10 hours Big Idea—Interdependence: Human Rights and Social Justice/Human Needs and Quality of Life - Food Essential Question What is happening to food and our relationship to it?

Overview

People eat to live and live to eat. Two perspectives, two outlooks on the world and our basic needs. We love to talk about food, spend time preparing and planning meals, and share some of our best interactions when eating or drinking.

How then do we separate our emotional connections to food from the study of the science, health and wellness, and the most basic physical needs of food and nutrition? We need to look closely at our needs, our food production and supplies, the health of our agriculture, and the availability and sustainability of food supplies for the world.

When we look in depth at our own eating and food consumption, how do possibly ignore the food of others? Our interests in what people eat worldwide is a natural curiosity and delight as we explore the world through our own travel and our interactions with immigrants to our cities. Does food take on different and meaning in our lives if we look at the world of food? Do all cultures enjoy the same wealth of experiences? What happens when a society cannot provide this basic need to its people? What is lost if nutrition is poor? What is the lasting impact on our world if there are people ill fed or starving? Is it in our best interested as a global community to educate, organize, and provide for this most basic of needs?

What are the issues that need to be addressed in this huge undertaking personally, locally, and worldwide? Can knowledge provide the power needed to make a difference?

Challenge Reducing carbon footprint created by food production Guiding Questions

What energy resources are used to produce our food?
== What does “ carbon footprint ” mean? How does this affect climate change?==

How can one individual contribute to carbon footprint reduction in the food he/she eats?
==What are the different effects of carbon footprints in food and their production in relation to health and the environment? What kinds of food do you think has the lowest/highest carbon footprint? What are some ways you can help to reduce carbon footprint in food and its production? Which country do you think creates the highest source of carbon footprint? Does population necessarily impacts the level of carbon footprint in food and its production?==

= = =The Oil in Your Oatmeal= This movie presents an analysis of the overall cost of a breakfast when all factors are considered. [|www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsOsipWacG0]

=SlowFood Nation= Some great resources here - focuses on sustainability, carbin footprint, food production & transportation, etc:

King Corn:
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 * //Great//** documentary about the high levels of corn (and more specifically HFCS) in our diets, and the outright lies fed to us (haha! See what I did there?) by Big AgriBusiness like Monsanto, ADM, Cargill, etc:

Solution/Action
== The challenge is stated broadly enough to allow for a variety of solutions. Each group of students should base its solution on what students learned as they moved through the guiding activities. The solution must be concrete and actionable.  ==