My Connection to Food
In this lesson, students will explore where their food comes from and evaluate how connected they are to their food. Students will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of importing food and generate solutions to creating a sustainable food system within their community.
Classroom Guide
Essential Questions
- Where does my food come from? Why does it matter?
- What is the importance/benefit of eating locally grown and harvested food?
- What are the challenges of eating locally grown and harvested food?
- How can we create a local food system that is sustainable and beneficial to our community?
Standards
- Geography A: make and use maps, globes, and graphs to gather, analyze, and report spatial (geographic) information
- Geography E: Evaluate how humans and physical environments interact. GE1: understand how resources have been developed and used GE2: recognize and assess local, regional, and global patterns of resource use
- History D2: solve problems by using history to identify issues and problems, generate potential solutions, assess the merits of options, act, and evaluate the effectiveness of actions
- C3Framework: D2.Geo.4. Explain how culture influences the way people modify and adapt to their environments. D2.Geo.7. Explain how cultural and environmental characteristics affect the distribution and movement of people, goods, and ideas.