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Adding to Cascading Consequences and Stakeholders: Industrial Food Chain Lesson PlanAdding to Cascading Consequences and Stakeholders: Industrial Food Chain Lesson Plan
Publisher
EngageNY
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8th
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English Language Arts
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Duration
45 mins
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Collaborative Learning
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Year
2014
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Adding to Cascading Consequences and Stakeholders: Industrial Food Chain

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Young researchers create a class Cascading Consequences chart to see how the industrial food chain affects people, animals, and the environment. They also work in teams to complete a Stakeholders chart for the industrial food chain model Michael Pollan discusses in his book, The Omnivore's Dilemma.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

omnivores, food chains, research writing, consequences

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Further explore the concept of stakeholders by asking small groups to develop a list of stakeholders in educational, community, and government organizations
  • Have individuals write an imaginary letter from a chosen stakeholder's perspective, arguing for or against the industrial food chain 

Classroom Considerations

  • Serves as lesson four of the consecutive 17-part Grade 8 ELA Module 4, Unit 2 series

Pros

  • Includes thorough teaching notes to help prepare for the lesson
  • Provides tips for meeting the needs of all learning styles

Cons

  • None

Common Core

W.8.7

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