Industrial+Farming+Module

Description: Students will be given a presentation aimed to teach them about the United States industrial farming system. Environmentalists, animal rights activists, farmers and public health advocates are concerned about the many negative effects of our industrial food industry. The students will be taught how and why an industrial farming system developed in the U.S. as well as the many negative aspects of our industrial farming system.

In combination with the presentation the students will be shown The Meatrix, clips from the popular documentary Food Inc. and another short animated clip that all illustrate problems with our industrial farming system.

At the end of the presentation the students will be asked questions in a game like fashion to help see what they retained. The students will be motivated to pay attention during the presentation by knowing that this game will take place at the end of the presentation and that prizes will be awarded for correct answers.

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