Audience: Social studies,
science, or interdisciplinary teams grades 5-12
Summary: This workshop
introduces the concept of a food system and the economic,
social, and environmental implications of food choices.
Activities and Outcomes:
Our approach models hands-on strategies teachers can replicate
in the classroom. Participants walk away with knowledge,
instructional resources, and teaching strategies they
can incorporate into the curriculum. Examples:
- Compare the environmental
impacts of different food production systems, including
industrial agriculture and organic farming.
- Analyze global trade policies
affecting food and hunger around the world.
- Experience the impacts of
global trade policies through a simulation.
- Create a timeline of historic
and political events shaping today's food system.
- Develop a strategy to promote
healthy food choices in your school while boosting
the local economy.
|
 |
The
Ecological Footprint, Food and History
Audience: history teachers
grades 5-12
Workshop Outcomes: Teachers
will learn to frame historical content through a lens
that emphasizes human-environmental interactions and the
social, economic, and political systems that support them.
Through this lens, teachers can meet standards while helping
students understand history's relevance to their lives.
The resources, frameworks, and teaching strategies provided
will help students
- Understand the the
development of economic and political systems.
- Critically analyse historic decisions.
- Identify key historic events that have influenced the
state of the world today.
- Understand the impacts of geography and culture on social
and economic systems.
|
