March 31, 2017


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg5ed8LfR08

What is the meat of the cacao called?

How much is the fat content when it is cacao butter?

What other ingredients are included?

What is the last stage called?

Were you surprised how industrial this process is?  Why or why not?

Is Chocolate Good for Cote d'Ivoire?  Establishing the Context.  

March 30, 2017



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3sTh-YNlg4

Where is Cote d'Ivoire?

What are some of its major agricultural products?

What is one thing you see about its culture?

What is one other interesting thing you saw?

Is Chocolate Good for Cote d'Ivoire?  Making Global Connections, our Hook into the DBQ.

What was something new for you to think about today?

What is something you hope to explore further in regard to Chocolate and the Ivory Coast?

March 28, 2017


https://www.factretriever.com/farming-facts

Go to the site and browse it for 3 minutes.

What are three facts you did not know before?  

What is something you already knew about agriculture?



https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/4da28626-e21c-4f15-b739-ea91ee4ee463

Are you ready for the quiz tomorrow?  What questions do you have?

March 27, 2017



https://geoguessr.com/maps/58d86e1770ee846b7c3b4498

Where are some places our food comes from?



Let's Compare Our Diets to Places Around the World.  At your tables fill in a Venn Diagram comparing our class results and the "What I Eat Posters".  What are the similarities and differences you see?  You can also use your individual results as well.



What is one similarity you found?

What is one difference?

Were you surprised by anything you found?  Why?

March 17, 2017





What is the influence of corn on your diet?  

What is one difference between a factory farm and a family farm?

March 16, 2017

Portion Sizes and Ideal Weight

Look up articles on portion sizes of food. Google “how have food portion sizes increased over the years”

Look up articles on size of plates that we serve food on today compared to 30, 40 or 50 years ago.  Google “have plate sizes changed over the years”

What is the ideal weight of an adult male and female at each height?  Compare that with 50 years ago.

https://www.creditloan.com/blog/food-consumption-in-america/

What is the difference in portion size in the US from 50 years ago?

What is the difference in plate size from 50 years ago?

What is the ideal weight for a man and woman?

What are three other facts you found interesting?



We are going to watch The Meatrix and discuss these vocabulary terms.  For example, Additives, Hormones, Slaughterhouses and Water Usage.  Be ready to talk!

March 15, 2017

What does this cartoon show?  This cartoon shows __________.

Why is Johnny sick?  


Who is von Thunen and what does he have to do with Agriculture?

Portion Sizes and Ideal Weight

Look up articles on portion sizes of food. Google “how have food portion sizes increased over the years”

Look up articles on size of plates that we serve food on today compared to 30, 40 or 50 years ago.  Google “have plate sizes changed over the years”

What is the ideal weight of an adult male and female at each height?  Compare that with 50 years ago.

https://www.creditloan.com/blog/food-consumption-in-america/

March 14, 2017





What is the weirdest food you have ever eaten?

Where did it come from?



America: Food Machine Video and Questions...



Use this template for your Exit Ticket today reviewing the movie...

March 13, 2017



It is early in the week, but we want to hear what you think.

1.  Should government be involved with agricultural production?
2.  If price was not an issue I would only eat organic food?
3.  It does not matter to anybody else what my diet is?
4.  Processed foods make life easier?

  

Let's Finish this PowerPoint (finally).




https://rfschools.schoology.com/course/678712011/materials?f=75864462#foldersexpanded=

Your Meal Map Project is due this Friday.  Do you understand what is expected?

March 10, 2017

TIC/TAC/TOE WARMUP

REFLECTION

Summarize your article and your partner's article in one sentence. 

March 9, 2017

List 3 Weird Foods. What country are they from? Describe it? Which would try?

The first weird food is _______. It is from ____________. It is _________________ and ______________. I ____________try it.

The second  weird food is _______. It is from ____________. It is _________________ and ______________. I ____________try it.

The last weird food is _______. It is from ____________. It is _________________ and ______________. I ____________try it.

TIME TO READ/TABLE WORK

What is one thing you learned today.

I learned ______________.

HOMEWORK

Don't forget to write down a meal, ingredients, and where each ingredients is from.

March 8, 2017



Why are the cows mad?

What is this cartoon portraying?



More Engaging?  Hopefully.  Agriculture PowerPoint Continued. 



What is one fact about Agriculture you learned about from the PowerPoint?

What issues were you surprised to learn are impacted by or involved in agriculture?