Class groups investigate the economic and political implications of a country's policies on genetically modified foods, craft a position paper detailing that policy, and share their findings with the class. Armed with this information, individuals then create a commercial to convince Europeans to eat genetically engineered foods or convince American consumers not to buy GM foods.

Additional Tags

genetically modified foods, GM foods, social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• A link to events, papers, and fact sheets on the topic are included
• Be sure to check out the extension activities

Classroom Considerations

• A fair treatment of this hot-button issue

Pros

• A very thoughtful exploration of a very complex issue
• Links to information from the Food and Drug Administration, which supports genetic engineering, and from Greenpeace, which opposes GM foods, are provided

Cons

• None

Common Core

RH.9-10.6 RH.9-10.9